Hi all, last weekend I was experimenting with the extensions of my f/3.3 FR to take it up to f/5.0 and took this image of NGC5189 also known as the Spiral planetary at Mag 10.0
This was a combination of 65 images @ 15 seconds each in Alt/Az with the DSI II captured with Envisage and processed in MaximDL.
A few things I've noted at this focal length is the definite need for longer exposures to clear up the noise and pull out more detail.
My Meade Ultrawedge (purchased from Kal) also arrived today so I'll be taking my first steps into polar aligning and longer exposures beyond my current 30 second barrier (once the obligatory cloud cover clears).
I am very much looking forward to this new direction in my imaging and it will be very interesting to reimage some DSO's such as this one to compare the differences.
Cheers
