Large Magallenic Cloud

[CoolhandJo]

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]

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

[CoolhandJo]

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]

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

[CoolhandJo]

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

[strongmanmike]

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

Mike

[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.

[CoolhandJo]

ok now I need to do my math! thanks

[CoolhandJo]

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