some dusty hobart stuff

[graham.hobart (Graham stevens)]

Hi Folks, whilst re-learning how to do LRGB imaging again with a Ccd, I was shooting some stuff with the Sw newt (8") and the cooled 60Da.
Not quite the staff of Gandalf , more like the paper clip of Monty Python!.
Anyhoo.
Corona and the glob 6723, over a few nights, yes it takes me a few nights to get four hours 15 minutes., Snake Nebula less than two hrs,
DSS, StarTools, .
It's not a Tak, but I love it and would dearly love the bigger SW. Yes I would buy another SW. Easy collimation. Nice build. Not a bad focuser. If you are after the ultimate in scopes, for a budget. I would say yes.

[graham.hobart (Graham stevens)]

I give in

[blink138 (Pat)]

not bad at all dr. graz! some great information there
i would love to image this section myself but alas my scp is well hidden by a huge peppermint tree next door!
my lovely old mam bought a family camper so hopefully my brother and may get out the next new moon to darker skies
my brother is thinking about doing a cooling mod himself on his 60d graham, how low below ambient can it do mate?
pat
............... oh what do you give up on?

[rustigsmed (Russell)]

hi graham,

nice work, some my fav parts of the sky. i like the star colour on the snake although the blue star is a bit crunchy.
you've done pretty well on corona and the glob for 4 hrs thought you may be able to tease out a bit more dust and colour? star shapes are better on the snake not sure the cause of this.

agree with you on the SW really good value.

Cheers

Russ

[Rex]

Not bad efforts there Graham. For a small amount of data you have managed to show some nice detail. With more data you could squeeze some more out of your corona. As they stand I like the snake best out of the two.