Saturday 21 April 2012

100mm PST Mod - First Light 21st April

After some time acquiring the components needed, today was first light for my 100mm PST mod. To say I was gobsmacked was a complete understatement, the jump from the 40mm i've been using to 100mm is huge in terms of resolution. I spent some considerable time taking it in visually, and before long had my entire eyepeice collection out and was comparing views. I realised quickly though that clouds were building up rapidly with the 'april showers' we have been having all this month so far and so decided to get an image in. This was taken @ 100mm f10, DMK31 stacked in autostakkert, and all other processing done in CS4. I'm hoping sunday morning brings more clear skies first thing!