SMC and Tuc-47

[Garbz]

Thought I'd share this one from a trip a few weeks back. While the telescope was setup taking a shot of the Eagle Nebula I had a spare camera and lens and pointed it towards the Small Magellanic Cloud.

Although Tuc-47 was on my list of things to photograph I had no idea where it was, well I guess I can tick that one off now :lol:

Pretty happy with the results, given this was just a junk shot while I was bored waiting for my telescope to finish. This was taken with a D90 and a 50mm standard lens on a normal tripod. Subs were 7 seconds at ISO1600. However 335 frames in total. No dark flat or bias. I'm sure I'm past the point of diminishing returns with frame numbers ehre. :rolleyes:

[graham.hobart]

Thats a damn fine shot!
graz

[RickS]

Looks pretty good for a DSLR on a fixed tripod! Well done...

Cheers,
Rick.

[multiweb]

Pretty impressive indeed. You should get a polarie. Love the colors you got. Very nice. :thumbsup:

[stardust steve]

Yes very nice Chris. Love it. As soon as i iron out a few bugs i will try this one. Very inspiring:thumbsup:

[Garbz]

Thanks all for the kind words. My only problem is that now I want to go back and redo the shot with a D800 and my NEQ6, now that I've been teased at how well my crappy shot can turn out. :)

[Ross G]

Nice capture Chris, especially from such a simple setup.

Ross.

[Larryp]

Really nice