Did the dirty

[anthony2302749]

Did the dirty on the Canon Eos 350D last night using the excellent instructions by Ash (http://astro.ai-software.com/articles/mod_350D/mod_350D.htm (http://astro.ai-software.com/articles/mod_350D/mod_350D.htm)). The whole job took about 2 and a bit hours to completes.

I had no plans to test out the camera until tonight, but by the time I had completed the mod the clouds had clear. So like a kid with a new toy out came the scope on when the modified 350D and the way I when. Test target for the night was the “Keyhole Nebula”, all I can say is “WOW”:eyepop:

So here is my first shot with the modifided 350D.


If the weather remains good for the next couple of days, boy am I going to have fun.

Anthony

[h0ughy]

Very Nice anthony! di you look at doing darks, flats etc?

now how many exposures and for what time?

[anthony2302749]

No darks or flats at the moment, just happy to have a camera that still works :thumbsup: and can see into the Ha. The image that I posted was just a single 1 min exposure using a ED80 which is piggyback on top of a LX200. As for a filter I used a 2" Baader Fringe Killer which is also very useful for CCD work as it incluced a UV/IR Cut coatings as part of the Fringe Killer formula. To process the image I used Photoshop, all I adjusted is the curve.

Anthony

[Dennis]

Stunning image Anthony - congrats on this and the successful mod.

Cheers

Dennis

[davidpretorius]

wow, that is great anthony!


i cant get that mod link to come up!

[anthony2302749]

Hi David

Try this link http://astro.ai-software.com/

[EzyStyles]

very nice Anthony. great colour balance and diff spikes.

[johnno]

I agree,
THAT,is a great shot,well done.

Regards.
John