Antares_Paul Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 I had a run on M85/86 and friends which was a little disappointing scale-wise so I decided to fall back on one of the old faithfuls. Was hoping to squeeze something out of M31 but it had already slipped down gracefully behind houses to the North by the time the M85/86 run had completed. That left me with either M51 or M101. M101 it was: 18x300s ISO 800. Canon 450D/ED120DS-PRO. I also had a pop at M104 but only got 1x600s sub off before the sycamore trees to my South ate it. Looking at that sub, perhaps 600s was a bit much @ ISO800. Noted for future reference. All in all a decent night. The kit performed and I'm confident now all the little bugs in software, device drivers etc are fettled. Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbird Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 Very nice Paul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyboy1970 Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 Nice one Paul, very clean image. I put my ATIK16 on this a few weeks back and it is slightly too big for the sensor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antares_Paul Posted April 7, 2013 Author Share Posted April 7, 2013 Yes Andy I remember the thread. I'm looking to switch to mono CCD by Winter but the loss of FoV compared to a DSLR is staggering. The QHY 8 and 10 have APS-C sized sensors but are OSC. I'll be doing heavy research nearer the time although frosting appears to be an issue with the cooled QHY cameras? I'd rather pay a bit more and get the right camera first time. Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 Very nice 101 there Paul - and can't wait to see your Sombrero - my favourite edge on galaxy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ben72 Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 nice and crisp. i like it. well done Paul. I'm with Kim on that one, looking forward to seeing the Sombrero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antares_Paul Posted April 7, 2013 Author Share Posted April 7, 2013 I'm not doing anything with the single M104 image. I had points of light to frame it but when the sub came off I stretched it to see what I had - and I did indeed have the Sombrero but with a tree outline in the foreground. M104 and M83 are tantalisingly there in my sky, but not (if you see what I mean) Thanks for all the comments. I appreciate them. Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyboy1970 Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 Yes Andy I remember the thread. I'm looking to switch to mono CCD by Winter but the loss of FoV compared to a DSLR is staggering. The QHY 8 and 10 have APS-C sized sensors but are OSC. I'll be doing heavy research nearer the time although frosting appears to be an issue with the cooled QHY cameras? I'd rather pay a bit more and get the right camera first time. Regards. I am saving for either an ATIK 314 or Starlight xpress camera, I have heard too many negatives regarding the QHY's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldfruit Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 Great image, Very detailed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angusw2 Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 Very nice Paul, I'm still trying to see this one visually! Angus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antares_Paul Posted April 13, 2013 Author Share Posted April 13, 2013 (edited) And here's a crop as I've had nothing else better to do over the last few days. Regards. Edited April 14, 2013 by Antares_Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest peter shah Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 super work, m101 is harder than you might think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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