· 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 Andrew Welsh Carpal Tunnel Reged: 03/28/06 Posts: 2483 Loc: Rochester, NY Backlog... M56 from 24 May 08       #2555022 - 08/01/08 05:24 PM Attachment (23 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   After M5 set behind a tree, I looked around for a good white light target for the 8" SCT, and chose M56 in Lyra (near Cygnus, near the bottom star in the summer cross). This has a nice star-rich region around it considering it's pretty much in the direction of the milky way, but my image suffers from a slight misfocusing. Of course, like most star-rich images, I have to take a beating to post it at 800px... JPEG quality set to 50 M56, Taken 24 May 2008 Stack of 36 x 3 min subs, ISO1600 Canon 40D through Meade 8"/200mm SCT w/0.63x reducer, f/6.3, 1260mm focal length Autoguided with Philips Toucam Pro 840k webcam and Guidedog software Focus and camera control with EOS Utility Calibrated and stretched in Iris Final Processing in Photoshop CS2 with Noel's astronomy tools, GradientXTerminator, Noise Ninja and FredMiranda.com's Intellisharpen II 50% full-sized image here -------------------- LX200 8" classic, f/10, Meade eq. wedge, .63x FF/FR Canon 40D and 5D, unmodified Canon EF 300/2.8L IS, 400/5.6L, 135/2L, 50/1.8, 85/1.8, 35/2, 24-70/2.8L, and Peleng 8mm fisheye Orion Apex 102mm (4") Mak-Cass Pimped out with accessories and bling My DSLR Astrophotography Webpage and photo bucket with full equipment list Post Extras:       Nils_Lars Post Laureate Reged: 01/04/08 Posts: 3385 Loc: Santa Cruz Mountains , CA Re: Backlog... M56 from 24 May 08 [Re: Andrew Welsh]       #2555082 - 08/01/08 06:10 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thats a cool widefield shot , that glob looks good hanging there. -------------------- 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:       s58y Postmaster Reged: 12/12/04 Posts: 5492 Loc: Eastern NY Re: Backlog... M56 from 24 May 08 [Re: Nils_Lars]       #2555225 - 08/01/08 07:56 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Very nice image, especially the way the stars in the glob blend into the background starfield. -------------------- 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:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 4 registered and 7 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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