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
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