philjay Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Another clear one forecast for tonight so I set up the WO FLT98 with MK4 reducer flattener on the HEQ5 at the top of the garden with intention of bagging M17 with a camera. (The only place I can get objects this low in the south due to my gardens aspect). Plus chopping an aged ragged conifer down this week has opened up a small extra sector of sky from that position so I had to give the newly discovered piece of sky a try I decided to go for the 1000d and guided with the finder guider and all went well. Captured using a remote timer release to keep things simple.I messed up the darks and flats so this is uncalibrated hence its severely cropped. Stacked etc in Images plus and mucked about with in PS7 The run started with a bit of light sky with 2 minute subs then went out to 4 minute subs. I fell asleep in the conservatory (nice and warm) so missed when the cloud came over so a few subs were washed out. This is about 25 from 40 minutes worth and is rather noisy, its not a mute Swan but hey its my 1st DSO image in months and my 1st 1000d image in lord knows how long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted July 23, 2014 Author Share Posted July 23, 2014 Here's the wide view, rescued the flats but not the darks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 That's really nice Phil. Not seen that before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 like that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest peter shah Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 A low target....nicely captured Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RonC Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Nice one Phil, well captured! The kit is working well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest northernstar Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ibbo Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 nice Swan/Omega/lobster Phil or if you prefer NGC6618 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted July 25, 2014 Author Share Posted July 25, 2014 Ta folks, it was nice to use the DSLR and HEQ5 for a change, still prefer the Atik though less of a faff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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