· 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 scully1234 sage Reged: 09/04/07 Posts: 309 Loc: Rush, NY NGC 7331 and friends       #3414124 - 10/27/09 01:36 PM Attachment (19 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Am finally getting the CG-5 and autoguiding setting dialed in. I also solved my framing problem by tweaking the guide scope alignment so that the DSI in the guidescope can see what the other scope is pointing at. This allowed me to shoot the same object on two separate nights and make a good guess as to were the object was centered on the big scope by maneuvering the object on the laptop screen in PHD. Here is my first attempt at a beautiful spiral in Pegasus - NGC 7331. I had no idea how photogenic it was. I was able to capture several little fuzzies around it as well. 24 subs of 5 min @ ISO 1600 Imaging scope = C8 XLT Imaging camera = Canon 450D xsi Guide scope = Meade 70mm az Guide camera = DSI OSC Guided with PHD Stacked in DSS Processing = PS CS4, Noel's tools, lab color mode for final saturation and color adjust. -------------------- Astrophotographer ! Finally ! (thanks to everyone's help on CN) My webpage = www.starsinmybackyard.com Celestron C8 XLT on the CG-5GT mount Meade 70mm AZ guide scope Canon EOS 450D (xsi) DSI color (guide cam) Acer mini-laptop (for guiding and xsi tethered shooting) Canon A530 point-n-shoot Post Extras:       s58y Postmaster Reged: 12/12/04 Posts: 5510 Loc: Eastern NY Re: NGC 7331 and friends [Re: scully1234]       #3414129 - 10/27/09 01:39 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Nice. Lots of details in the galaxy, and nice round stars -------------------- 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:       Rankinstudio sage Reged: 04/05/08 Posts: 425 Loc: Salt Lake City, UT, Lake Powel... Re: NGC 7331 and friends [Re: scully1234]       #3414131 - 10/27/09 01:39 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Very nice capture, processing -------------------- David Rankin http://www.rankinstudio.com Astro Gallery Orion 254mm F4.7 (imaging scope) Baader MPCC Quickcam pro 9000 (guider, imager) Canon Rebel XSi (self modified) Atlas EQ-G (EQ MOD) Canon 50mm F1.8 II Lens Canon 28-200 F3.2 Lens DSLR peltier cooler Post Extras:       Nils_Lars Post Laureate Reged: 01/04/08 Posts: 3459 Loc: Santa Cruz Mountains , CA Re: NGC 7331 and friends [Re: Rankinstudio]       #3414344 - 10/27/09 03:48 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Very nice work on a dim target , that target has some really nice structure for sure. Tracking looks good but the stars look a little flared at the corners , are you using a reducer/corrector? -------------------- 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:       scully1234 sage Reged: 09/04/07 Posts: 309 Loc: Rush, NY Re: NGC 7331 and friends [Re: Nils_Lars]       #3417800 - 10/29/09 09:06 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks guys ! Erik - no I dont have a FF for the C8. Its on my Christmas list this year, along with a new shorty Orion 80mm to replace my "purple haze" Meade $20.00 e-bay guide scope ! -------------------- Astrophotographer ! Finally ! (thanks to everyone's help on CN) My webpage = www.starsinmybackyard.com Celestron C8 XLT on the CG-5GT mount Meade 70mm AZ guide scope Canon EOS 450D (xsi) DSI color (guide cam) Acer mini-laptop (for guiding and xsi tethered shooting) Canon A530 point-n-shoot Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 5 registered and 9 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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