William optics star 71 first light

I decided i was going to upgrade the sw 80ed and after going back and forward for a few months i finally settled on a star 71 checked and tuned from FLO with a view to eventually getting another for a dual rig.

2017-01-30_09-19-37 by Richard Sweeney, on Flickr

It arrived on Thursday and managed to get 2.5 hrs on the Flaming Star and Tadpoles Saturday night.

300* 30 second subs (my polar alignment is out and i need to get guiding) Gain 399 Offset 15

100 darks, 100 bias

Zwo Asi1600mm

5nm astrodon ha

pix1 copy by Richard Sweeney, on Flickr

Also managed 20 mins on the horsehead.

horseheadwo by Richard Sweeney, on Flickr

Tzetze

Nice work Richard. That's one very fine new telescope you have there!
Guiding is so much worth the effort, and it can be a lot of effort at the best of times.