QHY8L First Light

Here is my first attempt with my new QHY8L ccd camera. I am very impressed with this camera.

Well the moon did cause a little bit of a problem last night but I think the Baader Neodymium filter helped a lot here.

 

Right technical details

 

Focused using one of my Bahtinov masks (deh........ of course)

20x 120s Lights

10x Darks

0x Bias

0x Flats

QHY8L OSC cooled to -15C

Williams Optics Megrez 102 at f7

EQ6 Pro mount unguided

4 June 2012

It's not brilliant but the moon was interfering, it was my very first go with this camera, but still I am very pleased with the result. Longer and more exposures needed and flats would be of benefit too. Also I had to use a 2" extension tube as I couldn't reach focus with the camera straight in the focuser.