Pretty unstable weather around here. I was out on last friday on a cloudless day but clouds rolled in and even rained at night.

Couldn't get much going lately apart from this 3min M45 on 135mm lens.


Looking forward to the Mid-Autumn festival weekend when Northern monsoon is blowing hard.. which i hope will result in a few day's clear.

New Shopping List

Main Setup
- Mewlon 210
- APM 107mm Astrograph
- Celestron CGE
- ST2000XM

Portable Setup
- FSQ106
- EM11
- 5DII modified
- SG4

Current Equipment List

Telescopes:
Takahashi Sky90
Takahashi FS60C
Celestron C5
Vixen 4" F10 Reflector (no idea what to do with it)

Mounts:
Takahashi EM11USDIII
Mizar New AR

Cameras:
Canon 40D modified
Mamiya 645
Vixen VX2


Plans for future:
Selling:
1- FS60C
2- 40D
3- Vixen Reflector (if possible...or give it away)
4- C5 (if possible)
5- ..... basically everything apart from EM11 is changeable

Buying:
1- SBIG SG4
2- Gitzo GT3541LS
3- Power solutions for the mount and SG4

A perfect example of my ideal setup at the moment.

Just imagine the mount is changed to EM11, the camera is changed to a DSLR, and the guider is changed to the new SG-4...

My FS60C can be sold; much less counterweight (but more battery needed maybe); then add a pair of Fujinon binoculars... Can't be more relaxed doing imaging.

Shopping List

----Main Setup:----

Main Scope:
1st Choice: Takahashi TOA130NF
2nd Choice: William Optics FLT-132*

Main Equatorial Mount:
1st Choice: Takahashi EM200 Temma2*
2nd Choice: Skywatcher EQ6

Guidescope:
1st Choice: Takahashi FS60CB + Extender*
2nd Choice: Stellarvue 80/9D

Camera:
Spectrum Enhanced Canon 5D MarkII



----Lunar/Planetary Setup----

Main Scope:
Celestron C9.25

Camera:
Imaging Source DFK 41AU02.AS



----Portable Setup----

Main Scope:
1st Choice: Takahashi FSQ106ED*
2nd Choice: William Optics FLT-98

Main Equatorial Mount:
1st Choice: Takahashi EM11 Temma2 Jr
2nd Choice: Vixen SXW*

Guidescope:
1st Choice: Takahashi FS60CB + Extender*
2nd Choice: Stellarvue 80/9D

Camera:
Spectrum Enhanced Canon 500D



----Visual Setup----

Obsession 15" Ultra-Compact


*More prefered due to various reasons

Suburban M42

5min x 35 + 1min x 8 + 30sec x 8, ISO800
Sky90 manual guide

8-orientation dithering, causing the banding noise to form squares...

One of the longest exposed single frame to date.

Longer exposed M63

A combined 158min of exposure from downtown HK...

70 x 40sec + 112 x 60sec.
350D ISO800

Deepskystacker 3x drizzle enabled.