· Get a Cloudy Nights T-Shirt · Submit a Review / Article    Click here if you are having trouble logging into the forums Cloudy Nights - Official Forums of the 2009 International Year of Astronomy Privacy Policy | Please read our Terms of Service | Signup and Troubleshooting FAQ | Problems? PM a Red or a Green Gu.... uh, User   You are not logged in. [Login] Forum Archives · Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Astrophotography and Sketching >> DSLR & Digital Camera Astro Imaging & Processing Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 GeorgeNC Pooh-Bah Reged: 03/26/07 Posts: 1119 Loc: Land of the Sky, North Carolin... Comet Tuttle, M-33 & M-31; 31.12.2007       #2087448 - 01/01/08 12:18 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Did some widefields of Comet Tuttle last night using Canon 40D and 35mm prime lens. Single 3 minute exposure at f/3.5, ISO1600. Camera mounted on CG-5, unguided. -------------------- Celestron C11 on CGE Mount Stellarvue 80mm Nighthawk II W.O. Flt110 on CGEM Canon 40D (Hap Griffin modified) Orion StarShoot Autoguider Post Extras:       GeorgeNC Pooh-Bah Reged: 03/26/07 Posts: 1119 Loc: Land of the Sky, North Carolin... Re: Comet Tuttle, M-33 & M-31; 31.12.2007 [Re: GeorgeNC]       #2087451 - 01/01/08 12:19 PM Attachment (13 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Also imaged Comet Holmes - couldn't get both comets in same frame, would needed a wider lens than the 35mm prime I was using: -------------------- Celestron C11 on CGE Mount Stellarvue 80mm Nighthawk II W.O. Flt110 on CGEM Canon 40D (Hap Griffin modified) Orion StarShoot Autoguider Post Extras:       stefsaber Post Laureate Reged: 06/24/06 Posts: 4721 Loc: Rainy Florida Re: Comet Tuttle, M-33 & M-31; 31.12.2007 [Re: GeorgeNC]       #2087535 - 01/01/08 12:56 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Sweet wide-field pictures! Thanks for sharing! -------------------- -Stefan "A common mistake people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." -Douglas Adams Current Scopes: "Gator" William Optics 66SD---Black Swan William Optics Megrez 80 II ED Triplet---Zhumell 10" Dob -Sirius Mount---Canon Rebel XT- Past Scopes: ETX 90---Vixen ED80Sf Fort Myers, FL Post Extras:       thelittleman Vendor (Peter's Actions) Reged: 05/21/05 Posts: 4077 Loc: Hampshire, UK Re: Comet Tuttle, M-33 & M-31; 31.12.2007 [Re: stefsaber]       #2087706 - 01/01/08 02:19 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Very nice George! I might try a widefield similar to these in the coming month -------------------- Clear Skies, Peter Photoshop Tutorials and Actions! New actions now added Preprocessing in Iris Tutorial http://peter-morris.magix.net/ Post Extras:       hairycrab member Reged: 04/04/07 Posts: 33 Re: Comet Tuttle, M-33 & M-31; 31.12.2007 [Re: thelittleman]       #2087723 - 01/01/08 02:32 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Very nice! I might try too if not for the clouds these past weeks -------------------- http://niksyahron.smugmug.com Post Extras:       novbabies Postmaster Reged: 06/05/05 Posts: 15678 Loc: Northern Georgia! Re: Comet Tuttle, M-33 & M-31; 31.12.2007 [Re: hairycrab]       #2088260 - 01/01/08 06:37 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   George, awesome shots , Holmes is getting more and more horseshoe crab-like these days !! -------------------- Good Seeing! Mark Orion 12" XTi f/4.9 VERY old Edmund 6" f/8 reflector Assorted binoculars Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 12 registered and 7 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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