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Details of astrophotography imaging sessions, observations and comments.

Imaging sessions 14-15th Dec 2022

I decided to take advantage of the cool weather and predicted clear skies and set up both imaging rigs and

First full session using N.I.N.A on M81 Bode’s Galaxy with the Esprit 120 and more data gathering with the William

I decided to point both of my telescopes towards IC 1396 The Elephant’s Trunk Nebula for this session and compare

First clear night in a few weeks – very damp, bright moon and not particularly good seeing, but I set

Imaging session with the WO 61 Zenithstar and ZWO 183C of NGC 5070 the Pelican Nebula. Used the ASIAir Polar alligned

Finally sorted out the focussing issue on the Esprit 120 setup – the cables were pulling on the Pegasus Powerbox

Adjustments made to the backfocus on the WO Z61 with the Z61R Reducer – now a bit closer to 55mm