M45 at wide angle

avandonk · #1 05-12-2005, 11:52 PM

Here is M45 taken with Canon 20D Canon 300mm F2.8L.Five exposures stacked with Registar each 190sec at an ISO of 1600 at F2.8,in camera noise reduction on.Hutech LPR filter.Quick tweak in Photoshop.Moon still up,but its better than a picture of a cloud.
http://users.bigpond.net.au/avandonk/M45.jpg

Bert

TidaLpHasE · #2 06-12-2005, 12:05 AM

Great effort Bert, i tried to get this target this morning, i took 3 180 second exposures, and can't see any nebulosity at all

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I will have another go today, your pic has given me inspiration

davidpretorius · #3 06-12-2005, 12:20 AM

loveley bert!!!

well done

iceman (Mike) · #4 06-12-2005, 05:59 AM

Wow bert, just beautiful.

Dennis · #5 06-12-2005, 07:02 AM

Wow - what an excellent wide field image. Great job!

Cheers

Dennis

h0ughy (David) · #6 06-12-2005, 08:26 AM

awesome! how did you get the sky so black and the nebulosity to stand out???

avandonk · #7 06-12-2005, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by h0ughy

awesome! how did you get the sky so black and the nebulosity to stand out???

Tweaked the RGB levels in Photoshop.This is the advantage of shooting at F2.8, nebulosity is eight times brighter than at F8.
The only relationship that is worth pursuing at all times is increased signal to noise.

Bert

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #8 06-12-2005, 04:55 PM

Excellent Bert!!!!

I bet you are glad you cut that tree back!