[APML] M42 at 300mm on new EQ6 mount

[AikeM.Voelker-Jamin@t-online.de (Aike M. Voelker)]

Dear list,

it has been quite a while since I've posted my last picture.
The time waiting for my new mount was endless (almost three month..),
but finally, two weeks ago it arrived! 

On last Sunday a high pressure system reached Germany 
and I was ready to go.  

The shot is a single, unfiltered exposure with my Carl Zeiss 
300mm f/4 lens taken with my Pentax ESII on Kodak E200. 
The lens was piggybacked on my Vixen R200SS mounted on a EQ6 mount.
While shooting in a very light poluted area I had to cut down the 
exposure time to 15 minutes! The grain in the exposure is a result of 
working with "Levels", e.t.c. in Photoshop.

Originally working with a LX200 it was quite a new expierience to now
have a polar finder scope, alignement with the new mount turned out easier 
than I thought.

If interested here is the direct link under:

http://www.geocities.com/astroike/m42a.htm

I would appreciate any comments!

Clear Skies and a Happy New Year to all of you,

Aike M. Voelker
http://www.astrophotography.de


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