It's a reclining chair.
Observation with my Canon IS is just fantastic! Now, I just want darker sky.
My neighbour keeps his light on all the night, and there is also a nearby street lamp.
Nevertheless, scanning with binoculars are simply irreplacable experience.
Canon FD300 f2.8 Testing: Other than the double clusters, I have tried a number of other targets as well. They will be used to demonstrate the lens.
EQ mode testing failed, since the Seestar failed to point at a clear patch of sky when doing the polar alignment. It keeps resetting its WIFI for unknown reason. I have given up and pointed it to M81 and M82 for the rest of the night.
1.5hr in total, altazimuth mode 30s subexposures.
My daughter came back and I setup my 85mm refractor on a SVBony SV225 mount for some visual observation. I have used my Canon 10x30 IS as well. Very fine session.
I tested a new zoom eyepiece which is better than expected.
Finally got a clear night.
Armed with my Canon 18x50 IS, I got the comet without problem.
Finishing my quick dinner, pulled out my EQ mount and placed it on the pier, no time to do polar alignment again.
Started some 60s exposure with my Canon 6D. This is a newly acquired camera after selling my DIY modified Canon 450D, guess what, it covered more than half of the cost of the 6D and this is my first full frame DSLR.
Canon 200mm f2.8 wide open:
Will process it later, now the same setup was slewed to M31 for some test shots. I won't do long focal length stuff, an old full frame DSLR should do the job quite well in the cold Scottish winter.
Our small backyard opens up some cosmic opportunities.
I used my 85mm ED refractor for observation. Wide field with a 20mm widescan, high power with a SVBony 9mm and a TMB 4mm eyepiece.
The moon was so close to M45, a great side that could be seen within the same field of view of the 20mm widescan.
Soon I pulled out my Canon 10x30 IS and my 18x50 IS for quick scanning.
I looked at a couple of open clusters.
We looked at the Jupiter, and the Mars.
Later I pulled out my green laser pointer, to show them around the night sky.
It was not exactly dark, but that certainly brings a lot of joy.
Transparency low with moon hanging up high.
Even Orion was not apparent, M45 was not detectable with naked eyes.
Scanning around and found M42, and then I could make out the Orion.
And then scanning in the direction of M45, done.
So many low earth orbit satallites, I could even see two of them at the same field of view.
With high magnification of IS binoculars, detail on the moon is great. Mars is quite close to the moon, making a very nice view.
