Lmc

[raymo]

15x 60 secs 100mm Yongnuo f/2 ISO 3200. Nano Tracker. Stacked and basic processing in DSS. JPEG, no flats, bias, etc:
Strangely, it is sharper now that it has been reduced to 200 for posting here;
too sharp in fact.
raymo

[Robert_T]

wow, like a spoon of white sugar spilled on black card :-)

[PKay (Peter)]

You know that sky well Raymo.

Nice wide field image, well done.

[blink138 (Pat)]

cracker raymo!
pat

[Zuts]

Wonderful image. The stars really punch as a background to the blue of the cloud. The shortest FL I have is my Baader Vario guidescope, 60mm, F4 at 250 mm. I am tempted to try with that.

[raymo]

Thanks, Robert, Peter, Pat, and Zuts.
Zuts, do you not have a DSLR with a nifty 50?, that does a good job with
the LMC, and also the SMC and 47 Tuc in the same image.
raymo

[Zuts]

Originally Posted by raymo

Thanks, Robert, Peter, Pat, and Zuts.
Zuts, do you not have a DSLR with a nifty 50?, that does a good job with
the LMC, and also the SMC and 47 Tuc in the same image.
raymo

Good idea, I never thought of that!

[jahnpahwa (JP)]

i like it Raymo. I'd be keen to see a crop that doesn't compress too much here, too

Do you know if Yongnuo is related to Samyang?

[raymo]

Hi Jahnpahwa, being as Yongnuo lenses are as cheap as chips, I doubt that they have a connection with Samyang.
raymo

[Startrek (Martin)]

Raymo,

Excellent wide field of the LMC
You really get lost in that sea of stars
Love the colour too
Well done !
On another note , my son in law may get into wide field AP later on as he has a Canon EOS R and a stash of lens’ ( he’s a landscape photographer)
Wide field is out of my league, so do you think the Skywatcher Star Adventurer or the Iopton Sky Tracker with tripod etc... would be a good entry level mount to get started with some wide field AP ?

Martin

[raymo]

Hi Martin, thanks for the comment. The Star Adventurer would do just fine,
and would allow some unguided deep sky work if well polar aligned.
SW's five year warranty does it for me, not that I've ever had to take
advantage of it. I did have two condensers blow on my HEQ5 some years
ago, but replaced them myself, total cost $1.50.
raymo