first DOB shots

[southern 40]

its great to see so many people on this site who have and image with dobs instead of those high tec drive them selves gizmos(jus jokin i want one) these are two of the first shots i managed to get using my cp4500 and
six and a quarter inch dob

[RAJAH235]

Nice crisp images, Bazz. Good detail. Better than my first shots. :D L.

[iceman]

Excellent images Bazz! Very sharp! What eyepiece did you use?

They look a little oversmoothed - i'm not sure if the camera has too much noise reduction or if you ran the images through neatimage. But they are very nice detailed shots.

Have you read the article I wrote "Astrophotography with a Dob"?

[[1ponders]]

Fantastic first afocals Bazz. :thumbsup:

[toetoe]

Very nice Bazz, keep them coming, your up there with the others with shots like that. :2thumbs:

[ving]

wd bazz! :)

i give it 2 :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[iceman]

You could just give it one of these :2thumbs:

[ving]

yeah but I dont know the code for that one...
:2thumbsup:?

[h0ughy]

excellent, crisp shots. :2thumbs: :thumbsup:

[fringe_dweller]

Superb shots personihavenevermetbefore :D looks like you learnt from a master? :poke:
Keep up the excellent work! :)
Fringey

[southern 40]

thks guys,the eyepiece i use is a williams optics DCL28 screws straight into the cp4500.As to the camera settings iceman i had only had the camera a short time and it was on auto with flash.My dob has a metal tube and uses magnets for balance and with the camera it over balances so i jam a foldup chair under the front and let the moon drift by and take the shot :rofl: .i'm going to get more magnets one day.i use photo shop for sharpening and ive found with the moon if you add just a bit of brightness you get rid of that pixel artifact type stuff.i'm :ashamed: just about to read your article iceman ,i also use a celestron 2x barlow but i don't think i used it on those shots.