Lagoon and trifid wide field

[Deeno]

Feeling confident with the polar alignment, I've dived straight to 200mm with my ultra budget setup.

Even though the tri-pod legs on the no-name eq-mount have now been filled with builders foam to reduce vibrations the occasional breeze only allowed seven of the twenty or so exposures usable.

7 frames at iso800 and f2.8 for 2 minutes + darks
And I've managed to take a flat which makes a huge difference!!!

Stacked in DSS and minimal processing in Photoshop.

Comments and advice always welcome

Deeno

[AlexN]

Niiiice! color is perhaps a touch off, but thats a very smooth shot! focus looks good, as does the alignment + tracking.

[renormalised]

A nice piccie:), however what you need is a more robust and heavier tripod so you can take those pics with confidence, without worrying about the tripod shaking.

[Screwdriverone]

Nah Deeno, dont listen to them, all they want you to do is make you spend all your money!

Looks very good to me, but then, I am only a poor lonely boy with a toucam and a 5 inch scope, sniff, sniff, sniff, who doesnt even know how to take a flat, more over what to do with it once I have removed it off the car and taken it to the tyre shop.....

Chris

[Deeno]

Thanks Alex
After a second look it does look a tad purple?
Closer inspection reveals a blue halo around the stars so, I need to spend more effort focusing.



Maybe a eq6 would be nice




:rofl::rofl::rofl:
Who's a funny boy then!!!

Cheers
Deeno

[AlexN]

With an EQ6 you could use your 10" newt and dive real deep! :D

I've just set my new EQ6 up with the camera + 70-200F4L piggybacked ontop I'll be attempting this same shot when all the rain my eq6 conjured up clears... 3 or 4 days I rekon...