M 51 supernova using GRAS-003

[batema]

I thought I would use some of my introductory free credit on the Global Rent a Scope taken through a 150mm Tak using a colour CCD camera for a 600 sec shot. Didn't cost me a cent and I have a supernova shot that I could not have got from my location. Please don't comment about my skills in the arrow drawing department.

Mark

[renormalised]

Great arrows, Mark:):):P

Nice shot too:):)

It's a pity GRAS is a little dear. To really use it to its best you need to spend quite a bit of money.

[RobF]

Thanks for showing Mark. Is GRAS very hard to get your head around?

[renormalised]

Nope, easy as pie. Just tell the scope what your target is and it does the rest. However, you can setup all the parameters of a shot for yourself, if you want to.

[batema]

Hi Rob,
I agree with what Carl said. I have just clicked on the object that I want to image out of a picture list and it does the rest. It is inyeresting as it list all the procedures it is doing to set up the image as it goes. I think you get about three images to trial which is all I am going to do but intend to put my Yr 11 Physics class onto it so we can get 20 lots of 3 images.

Mark

[renormalised]

Mark, you can get an institution account with GRAS that is setup for the likes of schools and unis. You want to have a look at what's offered:)

[batema]

Thanks Carl

[FlatWhite]

By sheer luck I managed to take an M51 image on the GRAS 02 scope just prior to the event - have to go for just after next time :-). Was playing around with the trial account and taking my first astrophotos. Quick way to learn about the differences that field of view makes, by comparing the shots from a couple of different telescopes on the same object.

Colin

[Aussie Pete]

Hi Mark,

Send me an email (pete@itelescope.net)and I will organise a Free GRAS group account for your class. Happy to help show the sky to the younguns!

Pete