one night in october

The rain and humidity have brought out the mosquito population en vigor, but who cares when you are trying to diagnose why the telescope slews and then refuses to move further. The joys of astro-photography when stuff is held together by bits of tape and string

Anyway, a warm Friday with the festes de san francesc d'assis in full swing. These fiestas are pirotécnica gone mad. And so it came to pass, the dodging random fireworks and huge clouds of billowing smoke. Perfect conditions for imaging the night sky...

planetary nebula m27 pesas in vulpecula
700d on 250p    38x4min @ ISO800

galaxy m33 in triangulum
700d on 250p    41x5min @ ISO800