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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 Gregk Pooh-Bah Reged: 11/19/06 Posts: 1450 Loc: Gilbert Arizona Horse head Plus M45 Darker site       #3399228 - 10/19/09 11:32 PM Attachment (15 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Both images taken with a William optics 66mm apo and .8x focal reducer Moded canon XT 10 x 4 minutes Vekol road dark site -------------------- www.azspaceblog.com/ Orion Star Shoot Pro OSC Oiron Star Shoot II OSC Celestron Cg-5 ASGT mount Celestron ED80 Piggy back with william Optics 66mm APO Celestron 6" SCT Piggy Back with william Optics 66mm APO Edited by Gregk (10/19/09 11:35 PM) Post Extras:       Gregk Pooh-Bah Reged: 11/19/06 Posts: 1450 Loc: Gilbert Arizona Re: Horse head Plus and M45 Darker site [Re: Gregk]       #3399233 - 10/19/09 11:34 PM Attachment (10 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   M45 -------------------- www.azspaceblog.com/ Orion Star Shoot Pro OSC Oiron Star Shoot II OSC Celestron Cg-5 ASGT mount Celestron ED80 Piggy back with william Optics 66mm APO Celestron 6" SCT Piggy Back with william Optics 66mm APO Post Extras:       Nils_Lars Post Laureate Reged: 01/04/08 Posts: 3415 Loc: Santa Cruz Mountains , CA Re: Horse head Plus and M45 Darker site [Re: Gregk]       #3399487 - 10/20/09 02:43 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   A couple of really nice shots you got there , I think thats a combo of the dark site and that scope. So you might have to do that again -------------------- 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:       Gregk Pooh-Bah Reged: 11/19/06 Posts: 1450 Loc: Gilbert Arizona Re: Horse head Plus M45 Darker site [Re: Gregk]       #3400059 - 10/20/09 12:02 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks I Was a little disapointed at the outcome. I also took Helix and M33 with my CCD They seemed to yield more signal but to be fair the Star shoot II is Tec cooled.... I need to do longer exposure get out out maybe 8 to ten minutes not sure my CG-5 can do Greg -------------------- www.azspaceblog.com/ Orion Star Shoot Pro OSC Oiron Star Shoot II OSC Celestron Cg-5 ASGT mount Celestron ED80 Piggy back with william Optics 66mm APO Celestron 6" SCT Piggy Back with william Optics 66mm APO Post Extras:       Nils_Lars Post Laureate Reged: 01/04/08 Posts: 3415 Loc: Santa Cruz Mountains , CA Re: Horse head Plus M45 Darker site [Re: Gregk]       #3400476 - 10/20/09 03:49 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Well DSLRs seem to benifit from a giant pile of subs more then CCD , so you could just add another 20-30 4 min subs and 30-40 darks and bias and ill bet you could do more stretching to get what you want. Temps should be cooling down now in AZ right? -------------------- 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:       Gregk Pooh-Bah Reged: 11/19/06 Posts: 1450 Loc: Gilbert Arizona Re: Horse head Plus M45 Darker site [Re: Nils_Lars]       #3402135 - 10/21/09 12:58 PM Attachment (2 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   More of both would have been better Thanks I may even go out 8-10 minutes as I tried last PM with M31 Here is the result only 2 8 minutes subs and one dark + 5 flats And yes finally arizona is getting cooler -------------------- www.azspaceblog.com/ Orion Star Shoot Pro OSC Oiron Star Shoot II OSC Celestron Cg-5 ASGT mount Celestron ED80 Piggy back with william Optics 66mm APO Celestron 6" SCT Piggy Back with william Optics 66mm APO Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 14 registered and 8 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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