The night a captured m45

[Mirrorgirl]

Hi to all

It was 6 pm at night and I was twiddling my fingers wondering if it was going to be a clear night or another cloudy night, I just can’t seem to get a decent weather app that tells me the truth lol...9pm came and it was very clear “yes” I can now get more data on the m45.
I toddled of to the spare bedroom where I keep all my astrophotography equipment..telescopes and mounts..and I started to get things together to start a long waited session..i struggled taking equipment to front and then I started to put my equipment together, I got my compass out but something wasn’t right it was not pointing to the north properly...I think it was because of metal near by interfering...so I moved the telescope along a bit more and started to PolarAlign but when I found the North Star in my scope it was way off I had a hard time finding it lol...
I brought myself an interval timer and I couldn’t get it to work what a disaster I even watched YouTube videos still could not get it to work, so I had to take images the hard way of m45 and that was to take a picture every 30 seconds...I took 100 30 seconds and 20 darks at 30 seconds.. in between I kept nipping inside for warmth and a cuppa tea I was freezing lol..the camera screen had all dew on it I had to wipe it.
After the session I was really excited..I took my equipment inside..and I gathered all my pictures and put them into folders on my computer..it was either stay up all night or go to bed, I chose to stay up all night and process...like most of you are aware it took a while to get the right image I wanted..but I got it in the end..and guess what I now know how to use a interval timer lol.

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[messier 111]

fine report , thx .

[Bigzmey]

Nice capture Mirrorgirl! Worth the effort.

[John Baars]

Fine report!
And a brief overview of technical and physical problems we all face from time to time. Funny!
Thank you!

[Harshil]

Nice Image of M45! Beautiful

[pakarinen]

Very nice! I spent a little time visually on M45 last night before the clouds rolled in and was concentrating on the little triangle here to see how dim I could go with my 80mm:

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[Butterfly Maiden]

@Mirrorgirl The trials and tribulations of astronomy Rhoda.

We have all been there to some degree or other, but perseverance is the key to success.

Well done and keep at it :smile:

[Ylem]

Lookin' good

[Greenman]

Hi Mirrorgirl

Neat report, getting any accurate weather forecast in the UK is hit or miss at best. I tend to rely on Scope nights as the closest I can find. Looking at the sky and horizons by eye is the most reliable

Nice manual image, I mostly process the next day, but it depends how good the subs look

[WilliamPaolini]

Very nice! I spent a little time visually on M45 last night before the clouds rolled in and was concentrating on the little triangle here to see how dim I could go with my 80mm:
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FYI, those 3 little stars are part of a quadruple star system. The very much brighter Alcyone which they are adjacent to (mag 2.9), is the primary A component of the multiple star system (STF4008/STFA8 or WDS 03475+2406). The 3 companions to Alcyone (i.e., B, C, and D) are: 24 Tau, V647 Tau, and HD23608, magnitudes 6.3, 8.3, and 8.7 respectively.

[Mirrorgirl]

Hi pakarinen

Yes I see the triangle stars I never noticed that before...you learn something new every time...thanks for pointing this out to me
And clear sky’s

[Mirrorgirl]

Thank you butterfly for your lovely comments..your right wanting something bad anoth is that you have to keep at it...I always try my best at what I do even though it’s a struggle sometimes..but I feel much better when I know I have done something.

Thank you
Butterfly

[turboscrew]

Cool report (pun intended), and nice pic!

[Butterfly Maiden]

Thank you butterfly for your lovely comments..your right wanting something bad anoth is that you have to keep at it...I always try my best at what I do even though it’s a struggle sometimes..but I feel much better when I know I have done something.

Thank you
Butterfly

You are an inspiration to others Rhoda.

All that can be expected of anyone is that you try your best. The results may not always be great, or as we hoped or expected, but the rewards come when we are thrilled with what we have achieved.

Ultimately, we are really only trying to please ourselves but we like to share our passions with other people. Hopefully others will learn to try techniques that you have explained and perfected. It is a learning process, so please keep showing us your work :smile: