NGC6974 First light with my AM5 mount and RedCat51 OTA (Phil Hoppes)

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NGC6974 First light with my AM5 mount and RedCat51 OTA

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NGC6974 First light with my AM5 mount and RedCat51 OTA

So I had first light last night for my new AM5 mount as well as my RedCat51 astrophotography telescope. I picked the Veil Nebula as it was both far away from the moon which would be rising and is a nice DSO to photograph. I have to learn a bit more on using the ASI Air Plus but overall I am very pleased. Murphy always works overtime and last night was no different. Clouds decided to roll in for a brief while and they did it right when the AA+ was doing a meridian flip on the AM5. Never missed a beat. Kept right on tracking and taking images. Found and centered things well and kept on going. I need to figure out how to center my desired FOV better with the AA+. I just picked NGC6974 and that is where it put things. I would imagine there is a way to retarget from an existing FOV but I'm not aware of how to do that yet. Overall, for a new mount and a new OTA, I'm quite happy. Hoping to get some more subs tonight and tomorrow night weather permitting.

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RA (center)	20h51m40s.29
RA (top/left)	20h45m13s.20
RA (top/right)	20h45m56s.49
RA (bottom/right)	20h57m57s.53
RA (bottom/left)	20h57m34s.32

Dec (center)	+31°41′39″.8
Dec (top/left)	+32°55′14″.3
Dec (top/right)	+30°19′52″.8
Dec (bottom/right)	+30°26′52″.1
Dec (bottom/left)	+33°02′27″.9

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