leece<p>Last night wasn't the best night for people recovering from Covid 19 to do astrophotography.</p><p>Usually we park the scopes in the driveway and hover nearby in case they attract the wrong kind of attention, huddling on the patio. This wouldn't be good for our recovering lungs.<br>But a clear night, and the stars beckoning!</p><p>But I had previously asked <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@rdm" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rdm</span></a></span> if he could design a platform for them to sit on, on the patio roof, which is angled. We can sit very close by in the gaming room, and it's literally just outside the door, and out of the sight of the road. And of course, 'they never look up' Anyone wanting to interfere with them would be noticed right away.</p><p>The view from the roof has a good look at the Eastern horizon.</p><p>So I fired off this little Lagoon Nebula beauty last night while we stayed in the warm and watched videos. It's the longest exposure I've ever taken to date, over 800 frames (15 second exposure). And it was basically, step out the door, put the telescope on the wedge Rob designed and tell the telescope what I wanted to photograph. New Star Atlas is really swish in the Dwarfii.</p><p>A little tinkered with in Snapseed and Google Photos.</p><p>Clicky to see it bigger.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrophotography</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astrodon</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Messier8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Messier8</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SouthernHemisphereAstronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthernHemisphereAstronomy</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/DrivewayAstrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DrivewayAstrophotography</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/BackYardAstronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BackYardAstronomy</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/DwarfII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DwarfII</span></a></p>