While waiting for some of the deeper targets, I captured some open clusters in Auriga to get the rig steamed up! Got a couple of nights for this. Normally not a target for my setup, but they should be in anyones album.     Tweet This Post

Pretty good astro-wheather over here, although a bit windy. I did some fine tuning on my RC-scope the last couple of weeks. I changed the construction of the focusser. Before the focusser was physically connected to the mirrorcell. That all has been changed! Now the focusser is mounted on the rearcell of the scope, making

The Seven Sisters, Pleiades or Messier 45 has several meanings for different cultures. Maybe because they are visible to the naked eye. Long exposures reveal a blue reflected dust cloud. It’s an easy target for amateur astronomers an therefore often one of their first attempts in astrophotography. And if you expose long enough the picture