Omega Cent through New 350D

[Heian]

Hi all,
I have added a 350D to my carload of equipment a couple of weeks ago. Took some test exposures to check all was OK with mount and lenses, just to see what I could see :)
This is one of the images which I think shows that camera / lens is pretty good, but the operator will need to do some catchup..:lol:

Details
350D, 1 x 62 secs, ISO400, Asahi Pentax 135mm f/3.5 stopped down to f/4 attached via canon-m42 adapter, captured as a max resolution jpeg on 16th June. Processed thru CS2 using the Astronomy Actions from http://actions.home.att.net/Astronomy_Tools_For_Full_Version.ht ml

Comments welcome...

[iceman]

Nice image Mark! What was the camera mounted on?

[Ric]

A very nice widefield Mark.

Cheers

[Heian]

Thanks Mike,
it was mounted on the clock drive fork mount from a celestron C8 (I sold the OTA). The mount is on a equatorial wedge on a pier in my suburban Wollongong backyard. I've tested it out to 4 mins without trailing using the camera / lens combo. Will go longer when the sky clears...:(

cheers

[Dr Nick]

Nice work! ;)

[little col]

nice cluster :thumbsup:

[Shawn]

You got NGC4945 there too , if you look closely, top left corner...;). Nice work...

Crop of your image.

Im sure someone else can confirm,,,