Large magellanic cloud

[Tristan]

G'day guys,

Thought I'd share my "best so far" image taken with my basic gear. I have a canon 1200D, this was taken through a yongnuo 50mm lens, piggy backed on a 200mm Saxon reflector on manual eq5. (Poorly aligned) about 11 photos before clouds rolled in. Taken at lake moogerah dam, Queensland.

Open to constructive criticism ( note the compression my phone did to it)

Cheers.

[Ryderscope]

Hi Tristan, the 1200D has managed to pick up the areas of nebulosity in the LMC so you should be pleased with that. I see some stretching of stars in the upper left corner so maybe the lens needs to be stopped down a few steps. What F stop were you using for this image? Looks like you have the makings of a good system here Tristan.

[Rick Parrott]

Very nice!

[Tristan]

Maybe they accidently sold me one that let's more HA in then usual haha, I was quiet surprised when they came out of DSS.

Stretching of stars I think is due the rough polar align, and/or the mount not setting to a low enough latitude (stops about 29°)

I was at F/1.8

[Ryderscope]

Running these lens wide open at F1.8 is not recommended for imaging as they do not usually display a flat field. For your next run try stopping it down to F4 or F5.

[Tristan]

Thanks for the advice!