Look on the bright side - from all appearances, it would have been a great photo as you managed to achieve fantastic focus across the FOV...
James
Quote: How to not do astrophotography...
Always remember to take off the mask BEFORE doing your real exposure...
-------------------- - 90mm WO refractor
- 11" Orion SCT
- PlaneWave CDK17 ("Cosmic Cannon")
- MallinCam Hyper Color Plus
- More eyepieces than I can use
- Atlas EQ-G mount
- Losmandy GM-8 mount
- AP 1200GTO mount
- Pro-Dome-15
- An unhealthy desire to take up Astrophotography
- A wife who doesn't understand my fascination with faint fuzzies, but encourages me anyway
- A 17 year old son who calls me just another nut job
- A 15 year old son that still thinks I am cool