Well finally I got enough clear sky to be able to shoot at least a few subs, I was hoping to first light the AT10RC first using the QHY9 but wouldnt you know it yesterday I sent it to Dave at
www.astrofactors for a routine service. Fortunately I had the Canon T1i as a back up and this is it's first light. Nothing special and it's lacking in detail due to the short time but I'm happy that the QHY5V/60mm Stellarvue seems to be guiding ok at 2000mm without having to use an OAG. This is 1 hour, un cropped and shot at 400ISO. I hope to add more data if and when we next have clear skies.
Thanks for looking
Terry
Location: DownUnder Observatory, Fremont MI
Date of Shoot 4th May 2011
Camera: Canon T1i modified by HyperCams & Mods
6 x 10 min sub exposures at 400 ISO with 20 each dark and flat frames.
Scope: Astronomy Technologies AT10RC with AT2 inch Field Flattener.
Autoguided: using QHY5V autoguider by
www.astrofactors.comParamount GT-1100S German Equatorial Mount (with MKS 4000)
Image Acquired using Nebulosity II, stacked with Deep Sky stacker and processed with Photoshop CS3, using Noel Carboni's tools.
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