Large Magallenic Cloud

[CoolhandJo (Paul)]

First attempt at the LMC

Taken from Coonabarrabran with a Samyang 135mm on Canon 500D Mod with Skywatcher Star Adventurer Pro. 5 x 120 sec ISO 1600.

Thanks to Jeff at Wobblesock Obs and his Dark Sky site


Higher Res here http://astrob.in/mtr93u/0/

[John W (John Wilkinson)]

Well done Paul - a lot of detail there - shows the various sections well.
Cheers, John W

[CoolhandJo (Paul)]

Originally Posted by John W

Well done Paul - a lot of detail there - shows the various sections well.
Cheers, John W

Thanks John! I was like a kid in a candy shop that night! So many targets to choose from. Ill add more data overtime

[multiweb (Marc)]

Nice lens. Shame you have a bit of pattern noise. Dithering would help with that when stacking.

[CoolhandJo (Paul)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Nice lens. Shame you have a bit of pattern noise. Dithering would help with that when stacking.

Yes Ill use the inbuilt dither function next time. RA only so will probably go for 0.5 arc minute

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Shooting from Coona is always good...one day I'll get to do it

Mike

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by CoolhandJo

Yes Ill use the inbuilt dither function next time. RA only so will probably go for 0.5 arc minute

In my experience given the size of the pattern I'd go all out in DEC and RA by at least 5 to 10 pixels.

[CoolhandJo (Paul)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

In my experience given the size of the pattern I'd go all out in DEC and RA by at least 5 to 10 pixels.

ok now I need to do my math! thanks

[CoolhandJo (Paul)]

Added some Ha 5 x 60sec. Just helped to reduce walking noise and add some depth.