A couple of days after I took my brandy new C6-NGT out for first light, I decided to try hook up my DSLR to it. The first series of pics weren't great, entirely due to a hasty and beginner's alignment. The exposures were about 30 seconds each.
My first shot was of M13, a globular cluster in Hercules.
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| M13 - Globular cluster in Hercules |
Compared to my first shot of M13 using the MallinCam, this image's detail is much higher, but trailing is clearly visible from a lousy equatorial alignment. I was still quite excited about my first shot, though, on a real equatorial platform.
I then decided to slew over to M57 in Lyra.
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| M57 - Planetary nebula in Lyra |
Just like the first shot of M13, field rotation from a bad alignment is obvious; even more so in this picture... I wonder if I bumped the mount after my first imaging of M13. However, the color from this picture was great.
Overall, I was quite satisfied and excited about my first outing with a more capable beginners imaging set up!
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