Trifid Nebula M20 with Canon 20DA

[Striker]

Mike hope you dont mind me posting so many picture's.

Had a go at M20 tonight between 6:30pm and 7:30pm....one day I might even wait for the scope to cool down...lol

Tonight seeing seemed to be very good as it's the first time I could actualy see some of the milkyway.

20 x 30 second stacked images processed and resized in Photodeluxe.
SCT Prime focus on C11 at F10 FL 2800mm....unguided.

8 x ISO 800 + 8 x ISO 1600 + 6 x ISO 3200

What do you think....Its not anywhere near as good as Robby's but again I am very Happy.

[davidpretorius]

another good one, cloudy down here is tassie!!!

[asimov]

Good job Striker! Looks damn good to me, well done. I'd be pretty excited if it were me. :cool: :thumbsup:

[davidpretorius]

if mike gets kranky with this, then we all leave en mass!! i somehow doubt he will.

[tornado33]

Exccellent, Im keen to see more images from the 20DA, the only factory made DSLR for actrophotography :) Please keep posting them.
Scott

[h0ughy]

Thats one excellent shot Tony! i would be very proud of that shot.

[seeker372011]

nice work

[Robby]

very nice tony.
We just need to get you exposures a bit longer, & you'll be laughing at my images :D
Keep it up!
Cheers

[iceman]

huh? What did I miss?

Great image Tony, I'd be very happy too!

[davidpretorius]

"Mike hope you dont mind me posting so many picture's."

I was saying that there is no way you would mind Tony posting so many pictures.

Especially of the quality that TOny has been posting.

[gbeal]

Nice Tony, keep at it. Looks pretty good to me.

[ving]

this section is for pics... why would mike be angry? :confused:

great pic tony :)

[atalas]

Yep nice image of M20 Tony,like Robby said like to see a bit more exposure on that one and It will rock ! congrats mate your doing great with your new camera.

Louie :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Striker]

Thanks Guy's,

I have ordered a timer Cable release and should arrive hopefully tomorrow.... model TC-80N3

http://shop.centre.net.au/?cat=00063U0006Q0&prid=0011DJ&it=product

I too can't wait to do some longer exposures but I need to get the guiding worked out first.

I will first try some 1 minute exposures and see how bad the star trails are.

[astro_south]

Great stuff Tony - your making this astophotography thing look easy (which I know it is not!)

[acropolite]

Triffic Tony...:P

[rumples riot]

A mate of mine has a 20D and he is very happy with the shots he gets (terrestrial). Your images are very good Tony and the only thing that I can suggest is taking longer exposures at a lower ISO, this will allow you to go deeper than you already have. Aside from that, these are lovely images and I would be happy with these results. Welcome to the deep space club.

[beren]

Holy mackeral Tony outstanding image , top stuff , think i have to adopt the short/stacking method