I got hold of a new Apochromatic FPL53 lens for my nighthawk telescope. Here is the first ever "testshot" of M109 I have made. Quality is not yet what I have expected.


Image taken in bright moonlight. There is nothing special to be expected besides M109 galaxy to be on this image.
28 February 2023 - 20014UT - ISO2000 - 30*20s - LUMIX G110 - Nighthawk with FPL53 lens 80/480mm

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Equipment

Optics              : StellarVue Nighthawk Modified Refractor d=80mm f=480mm (f=1/6)
                    : Intes MK-67 Maksutov Type Reflector d=150mm f=1800mm (f=1/12)
Camera              : NIKON D7000 DSLR unmodified (from 2011)
                    : Panasonic LUMIX G110 MFT System (from 2021)
                    : The Imaging Source DMK21AU4.AS monochrome USB highspeed camera
Filter              : IR/UV Cut, Astronomik H-Alpha, Astronomik LRGB
add. optics         : ED 2x Barlow lens, eyepiece projection
                    : 35mm, 50mm, 135mm and 200mm NIKON lenses available
                    : 2.8/60mm Sigma, 12 .. 60mm Leica for MFT system
Mount               : VIXEN GP with MT1(RA) & MT1(DEC)
Controller          : Littlefoot Controller (selfmade)
Guiding             : PHD
Aquisition          : DELL Notebook (Windows 10)
Image Processing    : ImagesPlus, NeatImage 7, Registax 6, DeepSkyStacker, Gimp

latest list update  : March 2023