Monday, 8. August 2016, 06:30h AM: Finally at home. I’m very, very tired…
Does not matter, I’m in holidays 🙂
This night on Gurnigel at 1600m was spectacular! 15 GB data 🙂
Equipped with a deck chair, full batteries and my new Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L the session could start! With some special guests 😉 Muuuuh…
This time I decided to shot NGC7023 Iris Nebula at 400mm…
And the Milky Way…
And an ultra wide field of M31 and M33.
Next a few impressions about this wonderful night.
All Images taken with the 100D and the EF-S 24mm f/2.8 @ f/2.8, ISO1600-2500
4 comments
Can I ask if you use manual polar alignment or use drift alignment or other method. I am also interested in purchasing Star Adventurer with similar setup (Canon 70d, 70-200 f2.8 and 1.4x adaptor). I was thinking of 50mm guide scope with ZWO one colour camera as guider and using PHD with laptop. Do not know how accurate polar alignment can be achieved.
I use manual polar alignment. If I want be more accurate I wait 20-30 minutes after first polar alignment, then I check if Polaris is still in position and re-align if necessary. MGEN firmware 2.42 comes with a polar alignment function (Scheiner method). I will test it soon.
A buddy from Astrobin uses PHD guiding for his Star Adventurer. He was able to do 6 minutes exposures at 600mm focal length. See here the result and technical description: http://www.astrobin.com/263490/C/
Hi, did you test already the new polar alignment function?
How is it working for you and how long does it take?
Cs
Lou
Hi, unfortunately not… but thanks for the reminder 😉 I completely forgot it… hope I can test it during my holidays now. CS, Karol