Viewing Report 9th August 2024

22:04 – 04:00

Trying again on NGC 7380 the Wizard in OIII again tonight. Focus position is 16,602 on OIII.

Landed up on Gaia DR3 star to centre the scope and match that of Ha, The PA is below for the rotator, however the rotator was slipping and could not rotate properly. I have tightened up the rotator but it still needs adjusting. I noted that ticking the checkbox for reversing the direction screws up the position. I finally got it in the right angle to image. However, the first handful of images are in the wrong position, so synced on NGC 7380 rather than the star Gaia DR3.

This is where I should be

OBJCTRA – ’22 48 05.544′

OBJCTDEC ‘+58 04 19.89’

I will redo on the next night. I set the scope running and went to bed around 1am