Ngc 2287 - M 41

[JohnG]

Hi all

Shot of NGC 2287, Open Cluster, Canis Major, taken on Saturday night before the clouds rolled in.
30 seconds, 1600 ISO, Prime focus, Takahashi FS-102, Canon EOS 350D.

JohnG

[ving]

funny, while i was looking at it, you were snapping it! :)

nice shot

[atalas]

Nice John, I've always liked shots of open clusters . :)

[h0ughy]

I wonder what it would look like with say 400 or 800 iso and a slightly longer exposure.? very nice, and the focus looks good too

[Robert_T]

Hi John, lovely cluster shot and some nice colour differences obvious.:) Have you looked at taking a few shots and stacking up (if them pesky clouds stay away for a few minutes).


cheers,

[JohnG]

Had the techno gremlins working against me on Saturday night, I did 10 shots to stack, only got that one to come out alright, rest had streaks, guiding errors and other problems. Ah well, the joys of learning. At least I was happy with the focus on that shot.

JohnG

[iceman]

Very nice John!

Where's Bermagui?

Can you come to Lostock? :)

[JohnG]

This is a shot with three 4 second exposures, more what you see visually.


Bermagui is on the far South Coast of NSW, just south of Narooma, Bega is the nearest large town. Unfortunately I won't be able to attend Lostock. (This time anyway)

JohnG

[h0ughy]

yes he needs to come and pleay with his "old" scope and show me how he get his focus so good ;)

[ving]

bermagui is a great lil' town. went fishing there once :)

yup, thats close to what i see :)

[sheeny]

Good one John.:thumbsup:


Just waiting till my USB/parallel adapter arrives then I can try out my long exposure modified ToUcam... hope to have it by Lostock...:prey2:


Al

[acropolite]

Nice images John, the 350D is certainly proving to be a good astrophotography camera.:camera:

[tornado33]

well guided and focussed, the scope does a good job right to the corners too, no visible coma :)