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[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 Buzzer professor emeritus Reged: 07/21/07 Posts: 659 Loc: Long Island, NY M81- M82       #2166919 - 02/04/08 08:00 AM Attachment (302 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Hello again, Here is a picture of M81- M82, 74-3 minute, Canon 40D UNMODDED, Astro-Tech 111, Let me know what you think, Andy -------------------- Meade SN-10 Carbon Fiber TMB 92ss Mini Borg 50 Guidescope Celestron CGE Mount QHY8 Orion Starshoot Autoguider http://buzzer.zenfolio.com/ "I THINK THE WEATHERMAN NEEDS MORE EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT" WANING CRESCENT OBSERVATORY Post Extras:       FarmerDave sage Reged: 09/07/07 Posts: 414 Loc: Northern Virginia Re: M81- M82 [Re: Buzzer]       #2167000 - 02/04/08 09:04 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Hooray for the unmodded cameras! Nice shot! I like the little cluster in the lower right - reminds me of the small UFOs in Close Encounters. -------------------- Celestron C6/C9.25/CG-5GT Mount Orion 80ED/EON 72/Supercharged Atlas EQ-G Garrett Optical Signature Series 10x50 Canon XTi (soon to be modded)/Canon 40D (unmodded) Meade DSI/Meade DSI Pro/Philips SPC900N 1944 Ford 2N/1948 Ford 8N Bahtinov Mask Generator * AstroCataLink * 40DShutterCount Post Extras:       JerryWise Postmaster Reged: 12/26/03 Posts: 7833 Loc: Lexington, SC Re: M81- M82 [Re: Buzzer]       #2167001 - 02/04/08 09:04 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Great image. For unmodded you got a lot of the red anyway. -------------------- Jerry Celestron C-11 Post Extras:       tboss70 Carpal Tunnel Reged: 11/25/05 Posts: 2323 Loc: Missouri Re: M81- M82 [Re: JerryWise]       #2167252 - 02/04/08 11:43 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   NIce shot, and it looks like no CA. Can you see any in a 100% cropped picture? -------------------- Todd Post Extras:       s58y Postmaster Reged: 12/12/04 Posts: 5492 Loc: Eastern NY Re: M81- M82 [Re: tboss70]       #2168394 - 02/04/08 08:15 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Very nice image. You captured lots of the spiral detail in M81. Unmodded cameras do just about as well as modded ones well with this type of target. -------------------- Hutech 30D, SBIG ST-402 autoguider SV80S, TV102iis Old camera lenses: 800mm f/5.6, 180mm f/3.4 AP900, Barndoor tracker http://www.pbase.com/s58y Post Extras:       wrather1 AstroBear Reged: 10/25/05 Posts: 3880 Loc: Dallas, Texas Re: M81- M82 [Re: s58y]       #2170379 - 02/05/08 04:51 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Good shot. That's a nice scope. -------------------- "Don't worry about what telescope you own, or its quality. Just get out under the night sky, and enjoy God's wondrous universe." - T. M. Back Meade RCX400-12 "Ursa Major" TMB 130SS + EQ6-PRO "Ursus Polaris" Orion ED80 "Ursa Minor", WO ZS66ED "grab-'n'-go" EOS 30D (Hutech), ToUcam Pro, Star Shoot Autoguider, Meade DSI North Texas Clear Sky Chart Post Extras:       Buzzer professor emeritus Reged: 07/21/07 Posts: 659 Loc: Long Island, NY Re: M81- M82 [Re: wrather1]       #2171084 - 02/05/08 09:32 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Hello, Thanks for all the kind words. Todd no CA at all, Andy -------------------- Meade SN-10 Carbon Fiber TMB 92ss Mini Borg 50 Guidescope Celestron CGE Mount QHY8 Orion Starshoot Autoguider http://buzzer.zenfolio.com/ "I THINK THE WEATHERMAN NEEDS MORE EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT" WANING CRESCENT OBSERVATORY Post Extras:       weatherandsky Carpal Tunnel Reged: 12/27/06 Posts: 1844 Loc: Ontario, Canada Re: M81- M82 [Re: Buzzer]       #2172317 - 02/06/08 01:41 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I agree with the others... very nice work especially for an unmodded cam! THat being said, have you given modding a thought? -------------------- Kerry * Weather and Sky Photography * QHY-8, Canon 40D unmodded, Meade DSI-C Meade 12" LightBridge Astro-Tech 8in RC Celestron C6-SCT Sky-Watcher Equinox 80mm APO Omcon 4.5" Newt Celestron Skymaster 15x70 Canon 50 f1.8, 100 f2.8Macro, 100-400 f4.5-5.6L, Sigma 17-70, 18-50, 28-300 CGE, CG-5 GT Post Extras:       Buzzer professor emeritus Reged: 07/21/07 Posts: 659 Loc: Long Island, NY Re: M81- M82 [Re: weatherandsky]       #2172873 - 02/06/08 05:59 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Kerry, I had a Canon 400 XTI that was modded and it seemed I could never get the color right on processing. I am going to stay like this for a while and might do it down the road, Andy -------------------- Meade SN-10 Carbon Fiber TMB 92ss Mini Borg 50 Guidescope Celestron CGE Mount QHY8 Orion Starshoot Autoguider http://buzzer.zenfolio.com/ "I THINK THE WEATHERMAN NEEDS MORE EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT" WANING CRESCENT OBSERVATORY Post Extras:       ik507racer super member Reged: 01/15/08 Posts: 147 Re: M81- M82 [Re: Buzzer]       #2178877 - 02/09/08 11:14 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   What else can toy tell us about the Astro tech 111 , I haven t found any review. CLEAR SKIES Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 11 registered and 11 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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