Chad,
I captured ten luminance exposures of 600 seconds each, followed by ten RGB binned 2x2 at 300 seconds. That equates to a total integration time of 4.08 hours. Of course, given set up, alignment checks, and one event of China syndrome at the meridian flip, it took about six hours of real time.
Given the 0.7 reducer, the Edge HD 1100 scope was operating at about a two-meter focal length. When it worked, the Meade LX850 mount performed quite well but I had to PEC train (three runs) each night because of software glitches that required a hot shut-down. I lost several images the first night because the new worm gear was uneven. I was pleasantly surprised at how well this one came out. The location was also under a shallow inversion that degraded the seeing.
The Starlock on the Meade LX850 is an amazing piece of technology, but the rest of the mount software is a jumbled mess and Meade decided they do not need to supply replacement parts when something like the RA drive fails. As a result the drive gears were hand crafted at a machine shop and are less than perfect.
Jeff
Jeff,
That is amazing! How long was the integration time?