“First Light:” A Waxing Gibbous
The first image taken with my newly pimped-out, 50-year-old, 8-inch Newtonian--hand-built back in the day. The telescope is now equipped with a computerized GOTO drive and auto-guiding system with a Canon 60Da DSLR camera. This image was taken at prime focus. (See below for full-resolution link.)
[For a full-resolution image, click on this link: Waxing Gibbous.]
- Telescope: Custom-built 8-inch Newtonian, f/7.5
- Camera: Canon 60Da
- Shutter speed: 1/100 s
- ISO: 400
- Processing: Registax 6, Gimp