I borrowed a SBIG ST7 and here are my first images. Sky was very bright tonight and sky was a bit foggy. Magnitude limit was just over 4 mag. It took some time to get the ST7 running, but when it worked I also got the selfguiding going fine. I inserted an other filter than my "Fringe-Killer. Stars are looking a bit "blown-up"

Last Update: 23 July 2006

Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 73P

Here I aligned on the comet which was moving rather fast .. surprisingly for me as I had never experienced something like this before.

Here I processed the alignment on the stars.

SBIG ST7 full frame mode.

Stellarvue NightHawk (AT1010 / Classic) 80/480mm Achromatic Refractor / IR Stop Filter

05 May 2006 2133 UT / 30*60s = total of 30 minutes

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M13 Globular Cluster

As you easily see: The stars have some halo, which I already reduced with the software.

SBIG ST7 full frame mode.

Stellarvue NightHawk (AT1010 / Classic) 80/480mm Achromatic Refractor / IR Stop Filter

05 May 2006 2238 UT / 6*300s

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