Inspired by the amazing work of
@Mathew Ludgate I threw caution to the winds recently and purchased a second hand Nikon 200 f2 lens, being sold for knockdown price because the autofocus didn't work.
Last night, I give it its first outing. I strapped it precariously to my Star Adventurer, since my RC8 was occupying my EQ-6 observing NGC1097. To add to the fun, my Canon 6D was taking shots of the aurora.
A bit challenging try to manage 3 rigs simultaneously, but I finally managed to get the Nikon going at 2am. Although I did have to ditch the A/G whose weight attached to the camera was tilting it a fair bit with respect to the Nikon focal plane (thanks CCDInspector). [So not quite a first light image - but close enough!]
In total, I managed 80 x 120sec + 15 x 10 sec subs and I am pretty amazed by how fast this lens is.
While I have done the best processing job on it, and I will get more data tonight, I thought I would post as a record of a tumultuous evening, with three rigs running simultaneously.
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