Hi all
Thats it, I cant help myself, Ive got to step into the melee. The challenge is to better resolution on the following objects
Ghost of Jupiter
Toby Jug Nebula
Both taken with my 22 year old Astro Optical Supplies Sampson GEM mount and 10 inch Newtonian OTA.
Of the two the Ghost of Jupiter would be the highest resolution of the two, it is cropped, whereas the Toby Jug is full frame full resolution (slightly jpeg compressed to keep file size reasonable.
The only bummer is that I would have been better off not using a nebula filter on the Ghost of Jupiter, as Mike pointed out is is a little monochromatic as only narrowband O3 emissions were allowed through. (Ive got a secret little project to do with this Planetary possibly over the Easter break)
What I like doing is pushing gear to do things it was never ever designed to do. When I bought the scope in the days of hypersensitized film, I never believed the scope could obtain images like these. The only upgrade to the actual scope is the off axis guider, and of course the modded DSLR and Qguider.
Anyway folks, the friendly gauntlent has been thrown down, I do expect that sooner or later a CCD'er may take it up and persent some very good shots, please do
Scott