This was essentially a test image-I absolutely loved Dennis di Cicco and Sean Walkers brilliant ultra widefield work-(AS&T May June 2009)-and was keen to see what my QHY 8 could do when coupled with a 50 mm lens-in this case a Canon 50mm f 1.8-the famous (?) plastic lens that so many rave about (and in any case is the only prime I own)
imaged last night-was like 35 degrees at midnight in Sydney-and only a test. Had issues with flats-my usual lightbox didn't work properly with this little lens, and something went wrong with the darks but then, this was test. Have a few things to work on for next time
anyway here is my result
3 x 10 minute subs
QHY8
Canon 50 mm f/1.8
CG5 mount-autoguided for the 10 minute subs
Baader 7 nm H alpha Filter
location-suburban Sydney
more exposure next time will help as well as better flats and darks. But I am encouraged by this and would appreciate any comments or input?
oh, if you'd care to view a larger image, its available on my flickr acoount
at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9178472...82609/sizes/o/
thanks for looking
Narayan