My Starry Night - Images from the Dark Side

My first captured image. I shovelled 2"+ of snow off the deck and set up a C8 SCT with F/6.3 FR on CG5 Mount. Cold blustery night. I could not see Polaris due to the trees, so PA was a best guess.

No guiding, so 55 second subframes were taken using a Meade DSI IIC Camera. Imaged and processed in Meade AutoStar Software and post processed in PShop. Wind gusts scrapped a handful of subframes.

The MousePad frosted, so I decided to call it a night to avoid damaging the Laptop. I stood inside the walkout basement, watching the Laptop through a window. As the first dark subtracted and color converted subframe downloaded on to the Screen, my heart leapt. What an amazing moment. It was a glorious image to me at the time!