Mersing Astro Expedition 28 July 11 to 31 July 11

Gary · Post by **Gary** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 3:42 pm

Medium rare looks good! Looking forward to well done from your next trip!

raychan · Post by **raychan** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 6:10 pm

Wow....nice photos!
Too bad we can't see anything like this in SGP and have to travel all the way to another country just to see the beautiful skies *Sigh*

kochu · Post by **kochu** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 9:31 pm

I missed Jul 28 at Mersing , which was best of 3 nights, I was told. On 29 th and 30 th The sky conditions was steady only after 3 O'clock.
The sky coverage and quality is better than Sedili.
Anyway I could not complete my Veil project. Only 3 each RGB and one L could be acquired,

Part of Veil (NGC6992) taken with SW 120ED/EQ6 400 sec each RGB x3 and one 400 sec L/ Maxim DL/EQdir/DSI/QSI583WS at -10 degrees.
Kochu

shirox · Post by **shirox** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 9:44 pm

Hi Kochu, That is very nice!!!!!! glad you caught some data too!!!! lol

heyjojos · Post by **heyjojos** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 9:52 pm

nice... : )

shirox · Post by **shirox** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 10:35 pm

FSQ85ED + GM8 + Autoguided Miniborg QHY5
T1i + Astronomik CLS
15 x 5mins iso 800
M8 & M20

stargazer · Post by **stargazer** » Wed Aug 03, 2011 12:29 pm

Guys,

Very nice photos !

Looking at the setup, are you guys using televue, Vixen, Takahashi?

I am just wondering as long as the optics are superb, we can still see excellent DSO with 'small' scopes?

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Post by **rcj** » Wed Aug 03, 2011 1:32 pm

Kochu: Looks good. Glad you took the chance to continue to shoot the very last night. Still remembered the moment of the black-out. The sky was not bad then!

Shirox: Lagoon looks much better after the modification heh!

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cataclysm · Post by **cataclysm** » Wed Aug 03, 2011 1:51 pm

I am just wondering as long as the optics are superb, we can still see excellent DSO with 'small' scopes?

Under dark pristine, you can see alot even with a tiny scope, having said that, aperture still rules. A larger scope will have more light gathering & resolving power. But what a premium refractor does so well is it provide excellent contrasty views, and stars look the ' prettiest ' through them.

kochu · Post by **kochu** » Wed Aug 03, 2011 1:53 pm

Yes Remus,

That Blackout caused about 3 hrs lost time. By 5.30 the object was so low, the last shot did not show any sign of Veil. I hope I can add some more data next time , provided I can find a way to set the camera at the correct angle . Probably better to do once again.

Thanks for organising the trip.

Kochu

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Mersing Astro Expedition 28 July 11 to 31 July 11

Mersing Jul29/30-NGC6992

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