· 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 Mobius1 professor emeritus Reged: 08/28/05 Posts: 700 Loc: Madison, WI / Gurnee, IL ZS66 first/second/third light       #3388499 - 10/14/09 01:57 AM Attachment (19 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Well, I lied, it's more like 3rd/4th/5th light as my first was the moon just to get some focus zeroed in, and the second was Aldebaran. But that same night I took some other pics. I usually don't pose my images because they're just not that good, especially when blown up to the nasty proportions they tend to be, but these I'm quite happy with, especially when they're tiny in size. Just makes everything look so nice and sharp : ) All are taken with the WO 66SD at f4.7 (0.8x reducer), using a Canon 450 unmodded, 30 second frames at ISO 1600. Wanted to go deeper but left my remote at school. Mount is an Orion Astroview EQ with a homemade adapter to attach the scope. First off is M45, 8 frames, cropped from widefield, stacked and processed in CS4. The Canon seems to have some vignetting and red leakage even in the crop... -------------------- Martin William Optics 66SD Orion 100ED Orion 120-ST EQ PST-Ha Celestron CGE 1100 Canon Rebel XSI with Astronomik filters DSI-IIC Homemade spectroscope in progress... Yerkes Observatory Volunteer (24" Cass on weekends) Post Extras:       Mobius1 professor emeritus Reged: 08/28/05 Posts: 700 Loc: Madison, WI / Gurnee, IL Re: ZS66 first/second/third light [Re: Mobius1]       #3388500 - 10/14/09 01:59 AM Attachment (10 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Oh wow, that attachment is pitifully small, but even that is at the size limit CN allows.... Ok, so here's number two. M42/M43 and NGC1977. 12 frames, stack/process in CS4. 4x color, 4x Ha, 4x OIII, give it that nice color. -------------------- Martin William Optics 66SD Orion 100ED Orion 120-ST EQ PST-Ha Celestron CGE 1100 Canon Rebel XSI with Astronomik filters DSI-IIC Homemade spectroscope in progress... Yerkes Observatory Volunteer (24" Cass on weekends) Post Extras:       Mobius1 professor emeritus Reged: 08/28/05 Posts: 700 Loc: Madison, WI / Gurnee, IL Re: ZS66 first/second/third light [Re: Mobius1]       #3388503 - 10/14/09 02:00 AM Attachment (13 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   And finally (I really love this one). M31/M32/M110 system, 16 frames in CS4. Yeah, I know there's still some vignetting, though cropping helps somewhat. -------------------- Martin William Optics 66SD Orion 100ED Orion 120-ST EQ PST-Ha Celestron CGE 1100 Canon Rebel XSI with Astronomik filters DSI-IIC Homemade spectroscope in progress... Yerkes Observatory Volunteer (24" Cass on weekends) Post Extras:       Falcon- sage Reged: 09/11/09 Posts: 240 Loc: Gambier Island, BC, Canada Re: ZS66 first/second/third light [Re: Mobius1]       #3388507 - 10/14/09 02:07 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Can you link to the full-res versions? I would love to see them... -------------------- Tasco 11TE-5 'Lunagrosso': 4.5" Newtonian, 900mm f/7.9 Meade DS-2114S: 4.5" Newtonian, 1000mm f/8.8 Galileoscope: 50mm Achromatic Refractor, 500mm f/10 Tasco EQ-2-like mount w/ clock drive Celestron CG-5GT mount Post Extras:       Mobius1 professor emeritus Reged: 08/28/05 Posts: 700 Loc: Madison, WI / Gurnee, IL Re: ZS66 first/second/third light [Re: Falcon-]       #3388510 - 10/14/09 02:11 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I would if I could, but I don't have any sort of account for that (except for facebook). Maybe I should start a gallery here... -------------------- Martin William Optics 66SD Orion 100ED Orion 120-ST EQ PST-Ha Celestron CGE 1100 Canon Rebel XSI with Astronomik filters DSI-IIC Homemade spectroscope in progress... Yerkes Observatory Volunteer (24" Cass on weekends) Post Extras:       waassaabee Carpal Tunnel Reged: 11/26/07 Posts: 2692 Loc: Central California Coast Re: ZS66 first/second/third light [Re: Mobius1]       #3388663 - 10/14/09 07:45 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Those look pretty good! Have you tried any shots without the reducer? It may be causing some of the vignette. Otherwise, a good set of flats should help tremendously! Timer? My first astro pics were with the standard cable release, and me sitting there with the kitchen timer... -------------------- Gary 34N 120W -My kingdom for blue squares!- WO Megrez 90FD/TV 0.8x FR/FF AT8RC mini Borg 50/Q-Guide/PHD CGEM Canon 350D Hap Griffin Baader mod - o.o My Friend Flickr Edited by waassaabee (10/14/09 07:46 AM) Post Extras:       Clay Kessler super member Reged: 04/16/07 Posts: 151 Loc: Manchester MI Re: ZS66 first/second/third light [Re: waassaabee]       #3388756 - 10/14/09 09:15 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Very nice! You are going to like imaging through the ZS66 - a lot! Shooting "T" shirt flats will solve the vignetting - and yes the reducer is the cause but it does make the corners better. There are LOTS of objects that just fit in the FOV nicely with this scope. -------------------- Best Regards Clay Kessler www.ssoastro.org Post Extras:       Agnotio sage Reged: 08/29/08 Posts: 228 Loc: Ottawa, Canada Re: ZS66 first/second/third light [Re: Mobius1]       #3388781 - 10/14/09 09:33 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I use ImageShack for hosting my images here, up to 1.5 MB. You can upload individually or sign up for an account to keep track of your photos: http://www.imageshack.us/ -------------------- Sky-Watcher Equinox 80ED EQ6 Pro with EQMOD Canon 450D Sky-Watcher 10" f/4.7 Dob Post Extras:       Falcon- sage Reged: 09/11/09 Posts: 240 Loc: Gambier Island, BC, Canada Re: ZS66 first/second/third light [Re: Mobius1]       #3389209 - 10/14/09 01:53 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I poped Mobius1's images on my server at a medium resolution - you can see them here: - M45 - M42 - Andromeda There is some good dust detail in andromeda there! -------------------- Tasco 11TE-5 'Lunagrosso': 4.5" Newtonian, 900mm f/7.9 Meade DS-2114S: 4.5" Newtonian, 1000mm f/8.8 Galileoscope: 50mm Achromatic Refractor, 500mm f/10 Tasco EQ-2-like mount w/ clock drive Celestron CG-5GT mount Post Extras:       Mobius1 professor emeritus Reged: 08/28/05 Posts: 700 Loc: Madison, WI / Gurnee, IL Re: ZS66 first/second/third light [Re: Falcon-]       #3390391 - 10/14/09 11:44 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Yeah, I already love imaging with it... I mean, how couldn't I after just clicking on M31 a few times and getting that image? Problem is, I think I'm going to run out of objects soon enough. I can think of maybe 15 DSOs that are good targets, especially with my level of LP. The first time I setup the scope, I did not have the reducer on actually, however I could not get the think to focus with my Canon. I really didn't want to hang a diagonal off of there either. -------------------- Martin William Optics 66SD Orion 100ED Orion 120-ST EQ PST-Ha Celestron CGE 1100 Canon Rebel XSI with Astronomik filters DSI-IIC Homemade spectroscope in progress... Yerkes Observatory Volunteer (24" Cass on weekends) Post Extras:       Nils_Lars Post Laureate Reged: 01/04/08 Posts: 3395 Loc: Santa Cruz Mountains , CA Re: ZS66 first/second/third light [Re: Mobius1]       #3390410 - 10/14/09 11:49 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Very nice shots , should be some fun this season with that scope. -------------------- Erik Orion Atlas Self Hypertuned (EQMOD) Orion ED 80 Williams Optics VII reducer Celestron 8" SCT Orion Starshoot Autoguider PHD guide Canon 400D Hap Griffin Mod w/Baader filter Astronomik clip-in LP filter and 12nm Ha Stilleto CVF and Bahtinov mask Tamron 75-300mm&28-80mm lenses NexImage webcam http://www.flickr.com/photos/31986095@N05/ Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 15 registered and 14 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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