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Originally Posted by PhotonCollector
Hi all,
here's one of my first images with my modified Canon EOS 300D. Great to see clear skies again - even if the Moon is about.
There's a higher resolution image here http://www.skylab.com.au/pmsa/ngc3372f.html
<table id="table1" border="0" cellpadding="2"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"> Telescope</td><td valign="top"> 12-inch f/5 newtonian telescope</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"> Guiding</td><td valign="top"> hand guided with 4.5-inch guide-scope.</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"> Camera</td><td valign="top"> Canon EOS 300D Digital - Hα enabled. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top"> Exposures</td><td valign="top"> 6 x 120 second exposure @ ISO200 with
dark and bias frames removed and flat-fielded.
average of 3 x 120 sec. darks,
average of 10 x 1/4000 sec bias,
average of 6 x 1 second flat fields.</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"> Total Exposure time</td><td valign="top"> 12-minutes.</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"> Filter/equipment</td><td valign="top"> Used Baader Multi-purpose Coma Corrector.</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"> Sky Conditions</td><td valign="top"> Seeing: 9.5/10, first quarter moon at meridian.</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"> Ambient Temperature</td><td valign="top">
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"> Notes</td><td valign="top">
</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"> Processing</td><td valign="top"> Iris, Photoshop, Noiseware CE.</td></tr></tbody></table> |
Hi Paul,
Wow, that modded Canon is really sensitive to Ha. I can make out a lot of detail in it, well done.
Maybe a gentle unshapen mask a few times in the bright areas might reveal even more detail.
Cheers,
Brad Moore