Ghost of Jupiter with new 450D (unmodded)

[tornado33]

Hi all
Finally got a 450D on Saturday, a shop in Newcastle had one. Its not modded, I plan to use it as my daytime camera as the ol 300D is getting long in the tooth and the Live View comes in handy for some manual focus lenses I have. However I still wanted to test it with astro imaging, so chose the Ghost of Jupiter, as being blue, one doesnt lose much by using unmodded cameras
6x150sec ISO200. 10 inch f5.6 newtonian. This is a full res. crop of the centre of the original 12 MP image. The high dynamic range of the nebula put the 14 bit raw imaging to work. No filters used. Processed in Iris (yes it happily works with the raw files of the new camera) and PS as usual. Live view didnt work for this area as there were no stars bright enough, so I used the normal method of taking 10 sec images and checking focus. Live view on brighter stars ROCKS, it is fantastic. I would like to get a modded 450D later, both for astro, and infrared work. (save up the money first)
Scott

[jase]

Great image Scott. There are subtle hints of inner detail. Did you perform any deconvolution during the processing routine?

[strongmanmike]

Very nice indeed

Probably better than your previous efforts on this with the OIII filter really, this looks very natural and you are now showing the orange in the central star.

Perhaps this should be called the "Eye of God" instead of the Helix...?

Mike

[tornado33]

Thanks all
I used very slight Wavelet function in Iris.
Yes these nebulae go better without filters.
Indeed it looks more like an eye than the Helix, or any other object Ive seen
Was great to get photons from the sky after 2 weeks nearly of rain.
Scott

[monoxide]

very nice!
i'm a big fan of PN and your doing a great job capturing them, the 450d looks like its doing the job well

[Alchemy]

VERY nice , the new cameras are certainly producing the goods. my 300d is old in the tooth too.

[Lester]

Top image Scott.

[edwardsdj]

Very nice detail Scott.

A beautiful image :)

[Ric]

The inner details are wonderful and the colours are very natural looking as well.

A lovely image Scott

[Matty P]

Great image Scott, Very well done.

[marc4darkskies]

Nicely captured Scott - very natural looking and definitely some inner detail there.

Cheers, Marcus

[theodog]

Nice image Scott.
The detail looks clearly defined yet not blocky.
The new camera must work a treat.
Well done.

[h0ughy]

nice image Scott - you must be chuffed with the results of the camera

[tornado33]

Thanks.
Yes if modded the camera will really rock. if modded and cooled........ :)
Scott

[seeker372011]

stunning
you just keep producing the most wonderful images-sometimes of really off beat objects-and that too without goto and without autoguiding

hats off sir

[tornado33]

Thnaks :)
Yep, my eyes and fingers provide the guiding interface from Q guider cam. to mount, and I provide the "go to" to puch the scope around with the help of the Argo Navis to locate objects.
Scott

[strongmanmike]

Give that man a New! :thumbsup:

[Tamtarn]

Fantastic first try with the new camera Scott. Certainly good detail there

[jjjnettie]

Nice image.

A quick question about "Live View".
With my little camera, when set to manual focus, it will digitally zoom in on the object so you can see it better to adjust the focus.
Is "Live View" similar or how is it different?

[winensky]

Lovely colour and detail. DSLRs keep looking better and better.