Just a plain star field.- do look large.

Fantàstica. Congratulations!

Thank you it is great to have thing working as they should, now just a moon less night.

oui , un champ immense d'étoiles

And the point at 5 min they are all round normally straight up with out guiding they would not be at all only close to 60 seconds . many thanks.

Well done, Steve, all the work has paid off.

Thanks it has been a long road and I had me wondering did I make the right choice more than once. It even had the Guru on the computer scratching his head as well.

Much like wide field and working on the Milky Way same does apply here I started at 10 min then worked down each min checking mostly the edges as the Center was round. 5 min is ok this shot is not cropped but full size but if I was going to crop I would use 6 min. much like a single Milky Way shot wide field is 20 sec but I can do the Bows at 25 as all the edges are taken out in the overlaps.

so It is a case of give me a dark cloud less night I will enjoy and next year will be very full.

Hi Steve

A very nice picture, and I am amazed at the clear skies you get!

Best Wishes, a nice weekend, and stay safe!!
Peter

Peter

This clear of clouds BUT not the moon so no detail but the B/W of the night but just what I needed to test out the set up at last. Tomorrow is the last test the program that does it all set it and go to bed. You can be sure I will not be going to bed standing over it all the way.

If this all works "AS IT SHOULD" then it is all the planning for the next year of targets and possibles to use the mount to the full.

I hope I can do some justice to deep space as a lowly DSLR user and lens as apposed to big rigs..

I can only say stay tuned just how this turns out over the next few months. I hope its all been worth so far the hiccups...

Up to your usual standards my friend. A deep journey into outer-space for us again. Glad that the equipment is working something like and I am not only talking about your own brain :)

Take care, Herb