The Ring Nebula and a Point & Shoot

After weeks of lousy weather ending with the grand finale of Gustav, I finally got some afocal imaging with my new reflector. This 10” Newtonian F/4.7 is a true power house and the mount I’ve attached it to is solid as a rock. This afocal image consist 10x15 sec. subs unguided using our point & shoot camera and a steady pix mount. Stacking the 10 subs in Registax4 I used PSE 2.0 for final processing. This scope and mount will definitely keep my busy for years to come, especially once I begin upgrading my imaging equipment to match its true performance…

Ring Nebula

Here is my first attemp of M57 in two years. Although it did not turn out like I hoped... This image is 40 out of 98 15 sec. out of focus afocal exposures taken through a 40mm ep. After the stacking process, I cleaned up the camera noise with Neat Image to complete the final image.