Last night, I tried out the “plan” feature in ASIAir. Set it up to go to 3 different targets, start autoguiding and shoot for an hour or two. Over the last few sessions I have gotten comfortable with the rig moving by itself without me watching. It worked perfectly. Can’t wait to process the images when I go home today. 

Dark shark nebula (LDN1235) is a faint and dark nebula as its name suggests. It is made of dark dust created in the cooler atmospheres of giant stars. It spans about 15 light years across and is located in the constellation Cepheus at about 650 light years away.

This image is a composite of 80 two-minute exposures.