[Matty P (Matt)]

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Very nice. Was this with your 450D?

How do you like the 450D?

What does ICNR stand for? (something something noise reduction?)

Greg.

Thanks Greg,

Yes, this was taken with my 450D (unmodded). For astro work it is a great camera even unmodded. It performs really well and the live view function is a real live saver, helping getting the focus as perfect as possible everytime. It's lightweight and is a great camera for daytime use as well.

I'm wanting to get my 450D modded soon so my images will/should only improve.

Originally Posted by Hagar

Very nice Matt, Lots of detail, good colour, nice round stars and depth in the nebula.
I like it a lot.

Thanks Doug,

I'm glad you liked it.

Originally Posted by ChrisM

Very impressive Matty - especially (I gather) for one of your early attempts. Did you use the 450D at prime focus and guide with your 70 mm scope? (I have a friend who guides with his 8" SCT and shoots through an ED80).

Use of the range of exposure times has really helped capture the large dynamic range and bring out the colours.

What does DSS stand for (I think it's probably imaging software).

Also, what focussing method do you use?

Keep up the good work,
Chris

Thanks Chris,

Once I purchase a new refractor, I use will sometimes use my C8 as a guidescope but for this image, I used my 70mm refractor as a guidescope.

DSS = Deep Sky Stacker. A program used for stacking multiple deep sky images.

For focusing, I use the camera Live View function which lets me focus in real time. The only drawback of this function is that you can only focus on bright stars but that isn't a problem.

Thanks.