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Orion and Flame nebulae
Been a while since I stripped, re-greased and tweaked my mount that I thought I would give it an airing tonight as the sky was clear and the moon was not spoiling the view. I also had been wanting to test a new 2" light pollution filter I bought a while ago as well.
Everything went wrong
the mount's gears were grinding and making a racket and the goto functionality was way off, even though I spent ages aligning polaris. And if that was not enough, my power pack was not fully charged and only lasted a short while. I'm suprised I even managed to get any exposures at all. I'm glad I did not drive to a dark location somewhere miles away 
These are single exposures
1) Orion m42. 92 second exposure @ ISO 2000, 5d MKII
2)Alnitak and flame nebulae ( part of Orion's belt) 91 second @ ISO2000
I'll have to sort out my mounts grinding gears problem and try to figure out why my GOTO's were completley off, before I try again. The LP filter was a good buy, so, hopefully next time I'll get longer exposures and maybe I'll stack exposures for better detail.
Everything went wrong
the mount's gears were grinding and making a racket and the goto functionality was way off, even though I spent ages aligning polaris. And if that was not enough, my power pack was not fully charged and only lasted a short while. I'm suprised I even managed to get any exposures at all. I'm glad I did not drive to a dark location somewhere miles away These are single exposures
1) Orion m42. 92 second exposure @ ISO 2000, 5d MKII
2)Alnitak and flame nebulae ( part of Orion's belt) 91 second @ ISO2000
I'll have to sort out my mounts grinding gears problem and try to figure out why my GOTO's were completley off, before I try again. The LP filter was a good buy, so, hopefully next time I'll get longer exposures and maybe I'll stack exposures for better detail.
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Great shots DJ.
I envy you having all that kit. I would love to get images like that.
I envy you having all that kit. I would love to get images like that.
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Fantastic!! 
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wowee that is beautiful
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Fabulous shots Grant.
I bet this can be very addictive.
I bet this can be very addictive.
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Wonderful shots DJ!
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Wow wow wow, did I say wow!!!!
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Looking good I say, lovely work Grant, Id personally like to see more of these!
