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Roger, thanks for the tip on Polar Align Pro! I have been practicing setting up a tripod in the yard in preparation for Stellarvue and this app is great! Once you get the mount aligned, you click "save" and next time you set up, use the app (I place the phone carefully on top of the doveta...

Roger,
What is the "special" app that did the daytime polar alignment?

What are we gonna do with those darn kids these days!
https://www.wpri.com/dont-miss/kid-astr ... e-from-ri/

Roger,
Very impressive, nice job on M81.
I set this image as my screen saver on a large monitor and am curious about some detail: on the left side just past the core, there seems to be some somewhat vertical (slightly diagonal) lines of material. Could this be part of the galaxy? Or, an artifact?

Yes, detected by you, an amateur astro-sleuth. (amateur?...... I don't think so! Your skill is awesome and thanks for posting this)

Steve, any idea why the Webb track in the one hour exposure is curved?

Tim,
How many subs for these images? How about exposure times too?

Mark, I agree with Roger on back focus. I wrestled with this as well a few years ago and tweeking the shims, got a better result.

Pete,
I was imaging that night and saw it pass near my object (NGC7822 and NGC7635) I couldn't stop my setup to slew to catch it but is was sure neat seeing it!

Nice wide angle stuff Tom! You mentioned L-enhance....is that filter the reason for all the nice reds in NGC7000 area?