I thought I’d try some wide field images last night – I shot the following using my Digital SLR mounted prime focus on my 50mm finder scope – it was just the right field of view to capture all 3 – Saturn, Mars, and the Beehive Cluster. Focusing was a bit tricky as the finder scope doesn’t actually have a focuser – and probably wasn’t intended for mounting a camera on.

Six images shot at ISO 200 for 1 sec ea. then stacked in RegiStax. The planets are somewhat over exposed – but it was nescessary to bring out some of the Beehive. As the two planets get closer together I’ll switch to one of my main scopes and get some more detailed shots.