It's been a long time since I've observed from Cattle Point. Early in the evening the views of Venus and Jupiter were not stunning especially Venus that looked like it was on fire, alright it was near the horizon line. I pointed the Fuji S2 at a number of areas of the sky but the you know it doesn't get that dark at this time of the year. With the Moon coming up I had to decide on something to image. I settled on a Fall favourite the Double Cluster. It pays to stay up a little bit longer so you see what a preview of what's coming up in the following weeks. I had been playing around all evening with the balance of the GM8. I still haven't removed the backlash in the RA so I really have to concentrate on making sure the gears mesh.

The image is a stack of 23 images of 60 seconds. I used Registar to register and stack the images and Adobe Photoshop CS2 to make the final adjustments.

Telescope: NP101is 540mm f/5.4 prime focus
Camera: Fuji S2
Sensor ISO: 1600
Exposure: 23 60 second light frames; no darks

I like that fact you can see the red giant stars, which I've only noticed in observing with larger telescopes or at dark sky sites.