My comeback

[prokyon]

Hi folks!

After a very long time of absence I am back. Time of disinterest in astronomy left back. I did not visit any astronomy forum. Also the weather was bad so I did not have to resist stargazing :lol:.

But now I am infected again. And so I bought a Gemini 42 mount with Pulsar controller.
Last weekend I started my fist attempts. I was not able to configure the autoguiding, so I had to do it manual :(. Temperature 0 °F. Hoops, very exhausting!
But I got the feeling of astronomy and liked it yet.

Here are my results.

http://www.prokyon.startime.at/Bilder/M42_18Dez09_web.jpg
done with Pentax75, Canon 350d mod. 8x300sec and 10x60sec with ISO 800

And one night later I did this:

http://www.prokyon.startime.at/Bilder/Galaxien_Hexenkopf.jpg
with Pentax75, Canon 350d mod. 6x600s with ISO 800

It was sooo freezing, I colud not do more frames. So it is a little bit noisy. But I was surprised to find these galaxies, so I enlarged them.

The witch head nebula is a difficult object. I think I will try it again (with autoguider :lol: ) and I have to increase the exposure time.

cheers

werner

... and it is nice to be back here. Now I must visit all the other threads I missed. (at least a part of it ;) )

[AlexN]

Werner, That Witch head shot is amazing. All the images of it I've seen do not show the background galaxies in there! Very impressive!

You say that was unguided? Fantastic for 10 minute subs..

[jjjnettie]

Welcome back Werner!
I love the way you've presented your Witches Head!!

[DavidU]

That's a great comeback Werner. Very nice.

[prokyon]

Thanks for your nice comments! I hope I will stay infected with the astro bug for a long time. ;)

[Hagar]

Welcome back Werner. You might even get some of the wingers complaining about your announcement on returning. Tell them to suck eggs if you do.

Love the two images and I particularly like what you have achieved with the witches head and surrounding galaxies. Looks great.

Well done and again welcome back.