Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  IC 3064  ·  IC 771  ·  NGC 4206  ·  NGC 4216  ·  NGC 4222
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The Silver Streak, Jonny Bravo
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The Silver Streak

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The Silver Streak

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The past few months have been awful imaging conditions. I think I managed to get a total of 5 hours in March, and that was mostly under poor conditions. It's hard to dial in a new imaging system when the weather just doesn't cooperate with you.

As you can tell from this image, I'm still trying to get things setup properly with the 8" EdgeHD. I've got some tilt that needs to be addressed. I think my spacing is off as well. I'm not sure collimation is spot on.

Like the past few months, April skies were, for the most part, terrible. The exception was a couple of nights around the full moon (of course). This data was mostly taken with an 80% illuminated moon. I really need a whole lot more integration time to do this target justice, but I'm posting this as a "here's where I am on my imaging journey with the EdgeHD".

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The Silver Streak, Jonny Bravo