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M17 Swan Nebula #6, Molly Wakeling
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M17 Swan Nebula #6

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M17 Swan Nebula #6, Molly Wakeling
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M17 Swan Nebula #6

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While I was using my Nikon D5300 on my Vixen Polarie tracker for widefields, I didn't want to let my Borg refractor just sit there, so I put on a SBIG ST-8300M I'm borrowing from a fellow club member with some ZWO filters I borrowed as well (since my Astronomik ones were in use with my ZWO camera). The setup was far too back heavy on the scope, and I don't have a long enough dovetail to balance it, so I put some weight on the end of the scope (duct taped a pair of binoculars...), but it wasn't quite enough. So guiding in declination didn't go very well, hence the short exposures. A longer dovetail is next on my shopping list!

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M17 Swan Nebula #6, Molly Wakeling