Winter is drawing to a close and I'm almost ready to begin astro-imaging again. This season will be far different from last season in that it will be a FULL season. Last year I didn't get my equipment setup finalized until August. This winter I've been preparing by reading "The New CCD Astronomy", by Ron Wodaski. My hope is that I can take my imaging to another level this season by beginning to use flat frames, achieving better polar alignment, and utilizing Photoshop (which I now own) for more sophisticated image processing. I'm in the process of gathering raw materials to build my own light box based upon plans I've found on-line. I would also like to spend some time studying the errors in my mount and auto-guidng and quantitatively monitoring the "seeing" so that I can understand what the key variables are in the quality of my images. I will try to transition from using CCDOps for camera control to using CCDSoft v.5, which seems to have much better features.
There is good weather coming this weekend with clear skies and low temperatures in the low 40's. I may try to do some imaging but may end up waiting until the next new moon.
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