M20 13th June

Well, I am a bit peeved. The weather forecast for Jakarta was for mostly clear skies and this afternoon there were large patches of blue, so I set up the scope. Of course I was being overly optimistic 🙁 . Clouds, clouds and more clouds !!!

I did get one stretch where I could fire of some subs and this is the result.

Astronomik UHC-E clip in filter

While I wait for my ordered telescope and attachments to arrive, I wanted to try taking some star trail photos, both to see how they would turn out and to practice focusing on stars with the Canon 70D before I try hooking it up to the telescope.  The light pollution in Jakarta tends to get…