Dumbbell with 8 inch newt and Canon 300D

[seeker372011]

had another go at the Dumbbell, this time with the 8 inch Newt..still a challenge from my backyard as it doesn't get all that high above the house to the North..think it is directly above the whirly thingy on my roof

Camera: Canon 300d (unmodified)
Scope: Celestron C8 NGT -CG5 Mount
autoguided-guidedog
Filter: Astronomik CLS
Location: Suburban Sydney
Details; Stack of three 10 minute exposures at ISO 400
Processing : registration and Stacking in IRIS
Post Processing: Photoshop
Noise: Neatimage
comments and feedback welome

BTW this was on 19 August- I think the variable star flared on the 22nd so I just missed it

[cometcatcher]

Very nice. :)

[asimov]

That's a really nice shot Seeker, well done.

[Iddon]

magic :)

[Striker]

Looks good to me..very well done.

[atalas]

Nice Job Narayan pleanty of deatail and colour , I would like to see the same shot from a dark site for sure mate . I'm sure at 10minutes subs you would of been battling a lot of sky glow in your processing . Having said that let me say that It still looks very good mate ! :cool:

Louie :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[seeker372011]

thanks for the nice comments. Yes Louie, it is a bear to deal with the light pollution when trying to image the Ring or Dumbbell nebulae from Sydney, as they are so low in the Northern sky.

[iceman]

Great shot! Well done.

[[1ponders]]

Nice catch narayan. How do you find guidedog for autoguiding and dealing with stars that would be jumping around so close to the northern horizon.

[seeker372011]

Guidedog works -but only just, I had it set for 2 plus second exposure on the guide camera

It lost the guidestar from time to time but since I was reasonably well polar aligned, the software was able to "re-lock" after missing one cycle

I lost at least one (10 minute) image because I completely lost the guide star..I was inside watching TV....and came back to some abstract art