Nifty fifty, Crux to Carina.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Tooo hot last night for long exposures, even with the cooler box for the DSLR.
What was good was the transparency, inky black skies and high contrast, brilliant!!:)
Until the clouds rolled in :mad2:.

Equipment used.
HEQ Pro 5 mount, orion mini guider.
Camera.
Unmodded Cannon 1100D, nifty fifty at f/2.8.
18 x 2 minute subs at ISO 800.
Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker .Processed in Photoshop 7.

Cheers,

Justin.

[nebulosity.]

Very nice Justin :thumbsup: I got an 1100d the other day, will have to try some wide fields tonight.

Jo

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Thanks Jo!

Hope you enjoy your 1100D, I think they are the best value and most versatile DSLR around.

Cheers,

Justin.

[Larryp]

Good one, Justin :thumbsup:

[cometcatcher]

The story of my tropical life lol. Nice image Justin. If you panned down a bit you could have a nova too, although eta would be out of frame.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Thanks Laurie!



Thanks Kevin!

Guess you must consistently warm nights in the tropics this time of year.
Should be quite a bit cooler here tonight, at 2 am this morning it was 24 Celsius.

Cheers,

Justin.

[cometcatcher]

That's quite warm for down there! And it will only be like this for the next 4 months here. :help:

Are you considering going full spectrum or astro mod for your camera?

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

One of these days, I've already had a go at modding one camera myself and stuffed it up!!:doh::rolleyes:
Think I'll leave it to the professionals.

Cheers,

Justin.

[Saturn%5]

A very nice shot Justin.

[cometcatcher]

What went wrong?

I find in my middle age I'm all thumbs so I wouldn't be game to try it.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Yep, as you say all thumbs, and bifocal glasses don't help, can never quite focus on the fiddly stuff.
I didn't get two of the ribbon cables located properly first time and ended up snapping the little plastic clamps that hold the cables.

Cheers,

Justin.

[Ross G]

Nice widefield Justin.

You must have some great skies out your way.

Ross.

[jjjnettie]

Nice one Justin. It's an awesome little lens. :)
May I suggest knocking it down to F4.5 next time and it will help to reduce the coma around the edges. :)

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Thanks jjj !

Yep, should of cranked it back a bit.

Cheers,

Justin.

[skysurfer]

Really nice pic for an UNmodded Canon !
This discourages me again from modding my 6d (too many risks).

One sees here again that a dark sky rules ! Unfortunately here in the Netherlands such pictures are impossible due to the heavily light polluted skies, unless one does narrowband CCD photography (which I don't). But in Feb I go to South Africa again and am going to take sky pictures with my brand new 6d !


You talk about Photoshop 7 ??? I thought 6 is the latest version ?

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Thanks for the comments!

Photoshop 7 is an old version, probably 10 years, but it still does the job for me.
Enjoy your time in SA, hope you have clear skies.

Cheers,

Justin.