M42: Astrophotography from the pub (Brian Boyle)

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M42: Astrophotography from the pub

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M42: Astrophotography from the pub

Wednesday nights are quiz nights at the Beech Tree Pub in Queenstown. As the nights draw in, this is starting to clash with another of my passions: astrophotography. The quiz finishes around 1 hour after astro twilight starts and its 30-min drive home.

Solution, open up early and set the ASIAir to Plan mode. Oh, and, hope it doesn't rain.

For my first attempt at AP from the pub, I chose M42 at 1600mm. The night didn't look that great, and so I went for the brightest DSO in the sky. I arrived home victorious from the pub at 11.30pm with 2 hours data already accumulated and the clouds starting to roll in. In effect, all the useful data I collected had been while I was at the pub or driving home.

So, here is the result of my first "pub" image...

In hindsight, I should have been a little more careful on framing - I messed up the orientation of the camera by 90degrees - but overall I was pleased with my first image form the pub.

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RA (center)	05h35m11s.124
RA (top/left)	05h36m32s.608
RA (top/right)	05h33m40s.649
RA (bottom/right)	05h33m49s.469
RA (bottom/left)	05h36m42s.374

Dec (center)	-05°17′04″.28
Dec (top/left)	-04°44′11″.56
Dec (top/right)	-04°45′44″.28
Dec (bottom/right)	-05°50′06″.39
Dec (bottom/left)	-05°48′35″.51

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