I had another go with the Ioptron Skyguider pro, Nikon DSLR and ZS61.
31 x 20 sec images.
I had another go with the Ioptron Skyguider pro, Nikon DSLR and ZS61.
31 x 20 sec images.
The Western Veil
Second photo is a starless version to show the nebulosity.
26 x 5 min exposures
William Optics 81GT
Altair Astro 294c OSC
Sky Watcher 35EQM Pro
Taken from the driveway as always
First time imaging this target
3 times i’ve attempted M31, and finally have a pic i am happy with!!
Couple of targets i wanted to re visit. Iris Nebula and the famous M45.
So Saturday 12th December proved to be a busy night. Having recently purchased the Ioptron Skyguider Pro I was keen to test it out. Therefore I decided to set up both my main imaging rig and this new lighter weight mount.
With my main rig the first target was the Elephant Trunk nebula. Whilst this was imaging, i set up the light weight mount and located Pleiades and set my DSLR to take 80 x 30 sec exposures.
I managed to image one hour on the Trunk before the clouds rolled in. Whilst packing my main rig away, not wanting to waste time in the cold i left my DLSR shooting Dark frames.
Warming the camera and due to general faffing around, luckily, I hadn’t fully packed away my main rig, and by the time the calibration frames had finished, the clouds had cleared. Not wanting to waste a clear sky, i set my main image rig to take one hour of images of M31. So in 1 night, I managed 2 hours of images on 3 targets.
Been waiting since I took up this hobby to image this. The Orion Nebula. Not taken from the garden this time, but the drive! Sat in the cold for over 4 hours waiting for Orion to be in the right position. It was worth the wait.
William Optics GT81
Altair 294c Pro tech
Optolong L Pro
60 x 60s
Thought I would image the Sadr region, its a very high Ha area and thought I would give it a go.
For those of you like me that are new to this, you might find the link below useful.
This has helped me understand the best combination of scope and camera to frame targets and understand what might be cropped out.
enjoy
Jim