COLD
  CRISP
    CLEAR
      and very CALM

The seeing was very steady and clear – all four stars of the Trapezium in Orion were clearly visible in my 80mm achro guide scope – the view in my Onyx 80mm apo was pinpoint sharp. I quickly set up for imaging – only to discover the battery for my illuminated guiding eyepiece was dead – I had to do my imaging unguided with exposures limited to about 1 minute. It wasn’t the cold – it was my dead camera battery that ended my observing session (after about 3 hours).

No wolves to keep me company – but there were a lot of geese making quite a racket.

The following images are single frame shots – quickly processed – and drastically reduced in size – I will post the stacked and fully processed verions to my gallery in the next day or two. All imaging was done using my new Onyx APO 80mm refractor and Canon Digital Rebel XTi mounted prime focus.

Despite the cold I am planning on doing another run to Binbrook Saturday if weather holds for clear skies.

Great Orion Nebula

Flaming Nebula (and the Horsehead Nebula) in Orion