Meade ETX125 and Fujifilm XT1 and Orion Nebular M42 & Moon

My ETX125 has been sitting idle for quite a while as I've been exploring the world of camera only Wide Field Astro.

I thought it was time to have a go with my new camera. With its very sensitive sensor the long focal length of the ETX may not be as much of a problem, so off to the shed to make an adapter.
The following Pic is taken from our Backyard in Melbourne Australia, never gets very dark where we live. I'm pretty happy with the result.
This is stack of three images, no cropping, the ETX has a narrow field of view.
I'm finding with the Fuji camera that reducing noise by stacking, whilst helpful, is not as important as it used to be with my old camera. A good single image with some "curve", "contrast" and "wavelet denoise" works well, all done with "GIMP"

I tried some more imaging on the following two nights, with poor results due to periodic error.
I must have just been using the good part of my drives "worm" this night. Gives me something to think about... A new mount maybe.

Meade ETX 125.
 Fuji XT1 at Prime Focus.
 25sec. f15. asa25600 stack of three images

Moon
Meade ETX 125 Fuji XT1 At Prime Focus un-cropped

Some Diff Post Processing. Straight out of Camera jpg

Fujinon XF 18mm f2.0 Astrophotography

I've just received my second XF lens 18mm f2.0 and I'm really happy with it.

My first Astro shots with this lens were on our last holiday to Fitzroy Island.
The skies are quite dark here so I had a go at some "Milky Way" shots.

The following is a composite of three images. I only had my "Gorilla Pod" so it was a bit difficult being so low to the ground, next time I’ll take a bigger tripod with some kind of panorama head.

Milky Way camera pointed straight up. Three image panorama. 3200asa 15sec f2.2

The second shot is just a single frame with some post process.

Fitzroy Island & Snorkeling

Fitzroy Island is a fantastic spot located just off Cairns in Queensland Australia.
Winter, or the dry season as it's known in QLD is a good time to visit, not too hot about 28C.

Plenty of walking and snorkelling, this pretty butterfly was abundant, I had to get a shot, didn't fly away either.

Fujifilm XT-1 with XF35mm lens

You get the idea

A few Snorkelling  Pics From Fitzroy Island.

 I now take mostly movies, although it takes ages to piece them together.