[RyanJones]

Hi all,

Presented with a great night on Saturday night, the thoughts turned to what to image next. I’ve always loved this object and I’ve seen a lot of great ones on here but at Mag 11+ I was maybe looking for something easier. Alas, with a bit of inspiration from Alexander Massey, I decided to give it a go.

Quick side note, for those who haven’t visited Alex’s website, it is well worth a look. He hand sketches objects and his work is awesome !

For this object I had to swap over all of my gear from my F/4 newtonian to my C9.25 SCT....... and this is where my problems lie..... I’m so used to using the t-ring for my camera that has my coma corrector attached to it. I totally forgot to swap to my normal one. This is where my really poor stars come from. Quite disappointing really because I’m quite happy with the rest of the image.

So here’s the capture details:

68 x 180 Sec subs
Canon 350d modified @ iso 800
STC Duo filter
HEQ5 pro guided @ approx 0.9 arc sec error
Celestron C9.25 with 0.63 reducer

Thank you for looking