Hi all...
It's been very quiet on the Kiwi front latey. And that is mainly due to the crap weather we have had lately.
The clouds sort of parted last night and it finally cleared completely at 11pm. Which meant I had about an hour of imaging time before the moon. Managed to shoot M17 the omega/swan nebula.
Focus is a little soft, but I am pretty happy with it...
Scope: C9.25 @ f/6.3 on G-11 mount
Camera: Canon 300D, 13x3mins, ISO800
Guiding: ST80, ToUCam, K3CCDTools, & Star-Mate
Darks: 9x3min averaged dark. Flat & Bias: None.
Processing: Photoshop. Curves, colour filtered unshape mask, & Levels.
Bigger image here...
http://www.star-mate.com/DSO/M17%201...Pro1%20Web.jpg
Cheers
Rob