Yesterday evening I could get my first usable result with the iOptron SkyGuider Pro mount. It is already damn hard to find the right section of the sky with LiveView without GOTO functionality.
Rosette nebula
The one shown was the third attempt. This definitely requires more knowledge about the objects in the sky and also in interaction with the mounted focal length. 500mm is not to be thought of at all for the time being. Also, the shot suffers from too much lateral light pollution. This does not occur so much with long focal lengths.
The recording data and astrometry evaluation.
[…] Second attempt to photograph the Rosette nebula. Last Tuesday I tried it with the Fuji X-T3 and the Tamron 70-200f/2.8. By presetting it to 70mm at the beginning, it was a little easier to find the object. However, the image quality of the 70-200 is rather to get used to due to heavy coma. Nevertheless, something always goes. […]