Clouds and Deep Sky - Yes They Mix.

I was out playing with the GE X5 last night.  The sky was...best I could describe it - "Variably Cloudy", conditions seemed to change minute by minute.

The idea of the test was to try out a "Barn Door Tracker" that I built a couple weeks ago.  The following image was taken with a 30 second shudder speed, which is just enough to detect star trailing.  I plan on doing some film photography on this mount this summer, and thought I would try it out with the GE.  I have taken other star images with it, so I know it will capture some things.  Here is a photo of Orion, part of  Monoceros and Canis Major.  The cloud cover rolling in looks kinda cool, so I decided to post this image.

The 2 dark streaks on the bottom of the image are 2 small ham radio antennas that made its way into the photo.