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Very briefly the skies opened up though it was extremely windy.

I don't have the cable release yet, so I had to manually release, on top of that the telescope was mounted on my tripod, not the most stable platform, the howling winds also introduced vibrations.

Still, if I can figure out the metering then I could see myself getting some really nice shots.

Yep, shot from across the Bay. That's what a telescope gives you :)

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The top dovetail is to actually mount it correctly, but I attached a second, smaller one, on the other side to allow me to throw it on my tripod.

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13 Second exposure with the scope braced against the window sill. I need to get longer screws to be able to mount the dove tail to the tripod plate.... Guess a trip to Home Depot is in order tomorrow.

I am also a bit.... curious about the yellow light streak, no idea where that came from.

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Shot out of my bedroom window, 1000mm, not too bad, though the telescope was hard to hold steady by hand :)

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