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TareqPhoto
13-12-2019, 08:01 AM
Yesterday was cloudy, but i was in rush to test the adapters i received, and i only tested the adapter for Canon lens connection [with ZWO filter wheel], but i failed, because i thought it should be 55mm, but i found out that it must be 44mm actually, so i ended up to remove the filter wheel and place the filter on the sensor window, but vignetting is there anyway i think [or maybe that what i think].

The sky condition wasn't good, because we all know the enemy number 1 for all astrophotographers in the world, but i didn't stop, the sky was really clear if the enemy is moving away, and with the moon nearly full, and under Bortle 8/9 sky, what can you expect after all?

The only good thing from last night is that finally i managed to use guiding, so almost officially that was the first night i used guiding with, but i have to build my next plans or projects on that now, so we will see what will be next targets results.

Rosette Nebula 12 Dec 2019
Canon EF 300mm F/2.8L IS @ F/4
QHY163M + Astrodon Ha 5nm [1.25"]
Skywatcher AZ-EQ6
Ha = 7 x 300 sec [because of clouds many frames were remvoed, even few are still included in those 7 frames anyway :-( ], Gain 200 Offset 21 @ -10C
SGPro, PixInsight, Photoshop

Ross G
21-12-2019, 07:14 PM
Hello Tareq,


Nice capture.
It will progress well as you add to it.
I am using a similar setup to you...Nikon 300mm F4 lens, asi1600 ccd and NEQ6pro mount so I will follow with interest your results.


Ross.

TareqPhoto
23-12-2019, 03:53 AM
Hello Ross,


Thank you very much!


I am also following you as i want to see more results from lenses, many are using telescopes with better nicer images i think, but with my lens i feel like the stars are never round or good shape, and i see so so much stars with my lenses than telescopes, so i feel like the lens is adding more distracting stars and killing the roundness of stars, so want to see others how they do it.


Tareq

Nikolas
23-12-2019, 10:31 AM
Looks great Tareq I look forward to the final image

TareqPhoto
23-12-2019, 02:07 PM
Thank you very much, Nikolas!