Vern’s Weblog

Here is the result of last nights experiment to see if I could guide well enough to take two minute exposures. Also, it was a check to see if any subtle nebulosity could be detected in a two minute exposure. The answer to both questions was, “well sort of”. I clearly need more practice in the back yard before I try at a dark sky site. Equipment was a Stellarvue A1010 and Canon 300D direct focus guided by Toucam 740 hooked up to C11. I intended to auto guide, but couldn’t communicate with the scope. I ended up watching the notebook screen and pressing the keys on the controller. Three 2 minute exposures at ISO 800.

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