Astronomers often use the phrase “first light” in reference to the first time some new equipment is used, especially a telescope.  I’m looking forward to first light for my new observatory in Santa Fe, but these images are from my trip to the Pacific Northwest in August.  The only new equipment there was my travel trailer! I stayed at SkyView Acres (SVA) for most of the trip, and did all the imaging from there (see the Sept. 23rd post for a photo of my setup).  I used the SVX80T ‘scope (with 0.74X reducer) for all the images, and it worked […]