M42 Longest guide yet 157 secs wow.

[xelasnave]

I guided it for 157 seconds and held it together... It was like sweating blood.. do I quit while I,m ahead was all that was going thru my mind. Standard 300d Canon camera, at prime focus 80 x 400 mm ar on 150 sn illuminated reticle lxd 55 mount 157 sec Shot iso 1600 wish I had gone 800 iso but I didnt think it would guide good enough (still sorting stuff ) I have little processing software this is untouched other than min basic contrast/brightness etc And I have shorter exposures for detail of the burnt out Trap area but I cant patch them satisfactorialy yet..if ever
alex

[xelasnave]

This is No 1 cropped to around 900 and resized to 600 to give you similatr quality to original )I hope)
alex

[atalas]

Its looking real good Alex !

Louie :thumbsup:

[ballaratdragons]

Oooooo! Nice Alex!

[TidaLpHasE]

:thumbsup:Great shots, nothing but clouds here.:poke:

[Striker]

That looks real nice Alex.

Cant wait to start on M42....just a little late for me atm.

[h0ughy]

way to go, nice shots there

[beren]

Wow thats very good Alex, heaps of nebula detail evident :cool:

[Mick]

Very nice photo Alex. :)

[xelasnave]

Thanks for the encouragement all.
alex

[[1ponders]]

Nice shot Alex :thumbsup:

[RB]

Hey they're great Alex,
Wow some nice detail.

:)

[seeker372011]

Hey Alex, that's one of your best ever shots of the M42 complex...well done with the guiding

im not too sure evn with your dark skies that ISO 1600 would be the best choice --as we have said before on this forum higher ISO =less dynamic range

[davidpretorius]

this is great, please email /post me any raw images and i would love to help with processing. I need to learn!

[josh]

Far out thats a fine image. The best ive managed to pull off ended up looking like a bug had flown at the lens and couldnt pull up in time.
Congrats. I bet you were starting to get the shakes at the end of that.

[tornado33]

Thats a lovely shot there, even shows the 'Running man" nebula, the blue nebula below M42

[asimov]

NICE Alex! well done on the guiding.