Cygnus, Cepheus, and Lacerta widefield (Andrew_B)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Lacerta (Lac) · Contains: Extremely wide field

Cygnus, Cepheus, and Lacerta widefield, Andrew_B

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Cygnus, Cepheus, and Lacerta widefield

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

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Cygnus, Cepheus, and Lacerta widefield

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

This was the first outing for my latest toy: the Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer Pro tracking mount and the first time I've had a chance to use a motorised mount. Polar alignment worked better than expected despite me using the pan and tilt head on the tripod to set latitude. 2 minute exposures stayed sharp apart from some coma from using the 24mm wide open, but seeing conditions were poor with a large amount of haze/thin cloud that made visual aiming very difficult and ensured a lot of light pollution was visible. I aimed and pointed in the general direction of the zenith in the hope of getting the least worst images, and considering what the individuals subs looked like, I was very surprised that it worked as well as it did.

The FujiFilm X-A3 impresses again with its red sensitivity despite being unmodded and I'm eager to see what it can do with longer exposures at a dark sky site. It did well picking out IC 1396 in Cepheus, and the North America nebula, but that dark patch in Lacerta must be a processing artefact of some kind so I'll need to have another go at the image processing workflow.

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