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rogerg
21-03-2013, 12:56 AM
Hi all,

A shot of the Triffid and Lagoon nebulas from a couple of weekends back. Taken using a Canon 6D at ISO 6400. Quite amazing considering.

ISO: 6400
Exposure: 28 x 60 seconds
Scope: Megrez 90 APO + Borg DGL
Mount: GM-8

Probably the worst thing about the image is some trailing. The colour is OK but hard to judge as that region of the milky way is so cluttered I find it hard to pick a neutral colour.

Significantly larger and higher quality image here:

http://rogergroom.com/astro-photography/astrophotography-of-nebulas/roger-groom-201303-m8-and-m20/

Roger.
RickS
21-03-2013, 01:03 AM
Looks nice, Roger, but I'm disturbed that you've chopped the toes off the "Great Foot."
rogerg
21-03-2013, 01:07 AM
:)

I never expected to capture that much nebulosity so didn't give it thought sorry :)
RickS
21-03-2013, 01:10 AM
No apology needed :D Good work from a stock standard DSLR!
Larryp
21-03-2013, 07:34 AM
Very nice, Roger!
multiweb
21-03-2013, 07:37 AM
M8 is back! Whohoo! :thumbsup:
rogerg
21-03-2013, 09:48 AM
Thanks :)



:lol: Yes ... it was 3am or something ... 4am when I went to bed :)
johnnyjetski
21-03-2013, 11:45 AM
Absolutely spectacular Roger.
David Fitz-Henr
21-03-2013, 04:01 PM
That's a nice widefield shot Roger!
rogerg
22-03-2013, 01:22 AM
Thanks both - glad you enjoyed it.
astronobob
22-03-2013, 09:10 PM
Top caturing Roger :thumbsup: A very dense area to work with, yep. I dig this area at this scale,, my 1st of this area was a bit wider, just under 400mm and had fluked the toes, A nice surprise . . .
Ross G
26-03-2013, 07:49 AM
Nice widefield Roger.

Impressive quality from the Canon at 6400asa.

Ross.
gregbradley
26-03-2013, 08:31 PM
Nice work Roger. You're right that camera did pick up a lot of Ha.

Did you end up getting a 6D over 7D2?

Greg.
rogerg
26-03-2013, 08:40 PM
:) It's a fun area to image, can't say I've ever got a perfect shot of it tho :)



Agree, it's the ISO which makes it impressive to me :)



Thanks Greg. No, I haven't bought a 6D yet. I was borrowing a friend's (and actually he'd borrowed it too, to test it out).

I don't believe buying a new DSLR is a good value proposition for me right now. The 7D does a good job and I love using it. If I were to suddenly decide I have the time to drive all over the countryside taking spectacular wide-field's I would probably jump at it, but doubt that'll happen before the successor to 6D and 7D are released :)