A friend of mine, Kush, has recently discovered the addiction know as astrophotography. He posted a picture of M42/M43 that made me think of my first images of that target and how I’ve progressed since then. Here we go! Circa 2004: Meade SN6 Meade DSI Pro (Mono camera, LRGB filters) Dec …
Short and sweet while waiting for M27 to transit. 14 x 2min EdgeHD 8″ QHY 8L 0.7x Focal Reducer Hutech IDAS-LPS light pollution filter (with diminishing returns now that wideband LED street lamps are becoming popular)
FINALLY got some good data on the Dumbell Nebula (Messier 27). The last few days have been clear and calm-ish but at night it has still been pretty turbulent. I intended to just knock the cobwebs out since I haven’t been able to use the scope for a few months and the first few nights …