What type of telescope is it? With my 8", I looked at the full moon in a 25mm eyepiece and saw the image of it whenever I closed my eyes for a second for the entire night. Absolutely blinding.
Recall that recently published this post:
http://www.orbiter-forum.com/showthread.php?t=33337
At the end I was able to buy the telescope MEADE ETX-80AT and as promised here are the photos. It is noteworthy that in the telescope look better than it looks in the photos, my camera is a small camera of 10.2mpx (though in the photos landscapes of the Earth looks wonderful).
Thanks to everyone who helped me to buy the telescope:tiphat:.
Tried out my "new" (used) SBIG ST-7 on the whirlpool galaxy this weekend.
4.3 hours of luminance with the ST-7 and 8" LX200.
Color came from an Atik Titan-C and Orion ST-80 riding piggyback, but due to a software glitch I lost most of the color data and had to settle for only 35 minutes worth.
Well the ST-7 died, so I've replaced it with an SBIG ST-2000XCM. Some quick and dirty shots from the first light test last night; due to some technical glitches I wasn't able to get appropriate calibration images (no flats or bias frames on these, just a single dark frame subtraction), and due to weather there's only about 20 minutes of light on the Horsehead and Rosette nebulae. Still, I'm quite happy with the camera's performance.
Well the ST-7 died, so I've replaced it with an SBIG ST-2000XCM. Some quick and dirty shots from the first light test last night; due to some technical glitches I wasn't able to get appropriate calibration images (no flats or bias frames on these, just a single dark frame subtraction), and due to weather there's only about 20 minutes of light on the Horsehead and Rosette nebulae. Still, I'm quite happy with the camera's performance.