So, it is estimated to be a wait of 5 more weeks before I get the Apochromatic Esprit 120. For the time being I’m messing around with the Startravel Achromatic.

Here is last nights attempt at HOO 4-pane mosaic of the Heart Nebula, each pane is 5 x 300s exposures.

I have not done any calibration frames for this set up as I am going to overhauling a lot of the equipment soon, which is why you see some mosaic artefacts between the merged panes.