3rd Image - Image Train Still Dogging Me

[KenMiller]

I found yet another detail to attend to in my image train. There's a small set screw on Takahashi's Canon Wide T-adapter. After doing this evening's imaging I realized my camera was wobbling slightly because it wasn't tightened enough.

I believe the defects in this image of the Seven Sisters result from that (other than the processing, which I'm also still struggling with). I'll see tomorrow night - weather permitting.

Getting this shot was logistically challenging. I had only about a ten minute window when it appeared between two branches of a tree. Other than that gap I can't get a clear shot of M45. I'm very tree challenged.

[budguinn]

Ken, you just started to get some of the nebula in it...not bad with a short exposure.
I've found that the big killer is set screws. I'm going to try to make all of my system mechanically solid with screw connectors/t-rings, if possible.

[KenMiller]

I was thinking that Loc-tite might be a solution. I don't think I have any reason to separate the adapter from the next piece in line.