The Sisters at ISO 6400.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Hi,

Another image at ISO 6400 and I'm chuffed how its come up.

This is by far the bets M45 I've done to date.

8" F/4 astrograph HEQ pro 5 mount. Orion mini guider.

Unmodded canon 1100D, baader type III coma corrector.

15 x 2 minute and 31 x 1 minute subs ISO 6400. Stacked in DSS, processed in PS Cs2.

Image cropped.

Cheers,

Justin.

[rustigsmed (Russell)]

nice work Justin you managed a fair bit of dust there!

its a bit low for me when its visible from my imaging spot.

seems like you're going to keep on using iso 6400 for the time being?

cheers

[Larryp (Laurie)]

You captured heaps of reflection nebulosity there, Justin. Very nice!

[PeterEde (Peter)]

Wow
Very nice

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Originally Posted by rustigsmed

nice work Justin you managed a fair bit of dust there!

its a bit low for me when its visible from my imaging spot.

seems like you're going to keep on using iso 6400 for the time being?

cheers

Thanks Russell!

I'm enjoying using 6400. you can get in 2 minutes what it takes 10 in ISO 800.
Solves all sorts of problems with tracking issues on long exposures and the extra subs means noise is reduced when stacking.

Originally Posted by Larryp

You captured heaps of reflection nebulosity there, Justin. Very nice!

Thanks Laurie!

Never gets very high from this latitude so I'm happy with how much faint stuff there is.

Originally Posted by PeterEde

Wow
Very nice

Thanks Peter!

Cheers,

Justin.

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Came out well Justin. I nearly targeted this last week, but got distracted by comets, as usual.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Originally Posted by cometcatcher

Came out well Justin. I nearly targeted this last week, but got distracted by comets, as usual.

Thanks Kevin!

Certainly been a good year for comets, some of the best conjunctions I've seen.

Cheers,

Justin.

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Wow Justin, lots of nebulosity in there well done

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Originally Posted by Camelopardalis

Wow Justin, lots of nebulosity in there well done

Thanks Dunk!

Cheers,

Justin.

[SimmoW (SIMON)]

really impressive! Yet another win for the SLR or mirrorless ( ) crowd

PLEASE post to a decent image hoster though! I'd like to see it without the fly-wire in front of it..

[multiweb (Marc)]

Gotta be happy with that one. Lots of nebs. Always found it very difficult to image.

[Somnium (Aidan)]

wow, really impressive, one of the better M45 pictures i have seen and taken with only 1 hr of subs. well done

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Originally Posted by SimmoW

really impressive! Yet another win for the SLR or mirrorless ( ) crowd

PLEASE post to a decent image hoster though! I'd like to see it without the fly-wire in front of it..

Thanks Simon!
http://s1172.photobucket.com/user/jt...d5fad.jpg.html

Originally Posted by multiweb

Gotta be happy with that one. Lots of nebs. Always found it very difficult to image.

Thanks Marc!

Originally Posted by Somnium

wow, really impressive, one of the better M45 pictures i have seen and taken with only 1 hr of subs. well done

Thanks Aidan!

Cheers,

Justin.

[DJT (David)]

Nice image Justine. I have never had a lot of success with this but you have brought it out very nicely.

Cheers

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Originally Posted by DJT

Nice image Justin. I have never had a lot of success with this but you have brought it out very nicely.

Cheers

Thanks David!

Marc said he had problems imaging it too. Is it something to do with light pollution?

Cheers,

Justin.

[DJT (David)]

Not for me, initially it was poor processing skills. My issue now is handling blooming with my current setup. It's not made for clusters with bright stars, which is fine.

[atalas]

Very attractive shot Justin.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Originally Posted by atalas

Very attractive shot Justin.

Thanks Louie!

Cheers,

Justin.

[griz11 (Dan)]

You really captured the sisters well. Love the nebulosity. I haven't been able to get it right yet. My stars are all blown out when I do get the gas. Haven't learned to layer things yet. Is that how you did this one?

Griz

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by tilbrook@rbe.ne

Thanks David!

Marc said he had problems imaging it too. Is it something to do with light pollution?

Cheers,

Justin.

Nah, internal reflections and what not. Damn those bright blue stars
Here's my two pics here and here.