M42 7th Oct.

asimov (John) · #1 07-10-2006, 06:16 AM

That full moon was a bit of a nuisance

5.5" F3.6 schmidt newt / LE modded 840K webcam.

Lester · #2 07-10-2006, 07:34 AM

You could write a book= Astro photography on a shoe string budget.

Very nice image Asi. No one else comes close in this field.

RB (Andrew) · #3 07-10-2006, 10:47 AM

That's a stunner mate.
Wow that's from the 840K?
Excellent.

EzyStyles (Eric) · #4 07-10-2006, 03:52 PM

nice asi . can even see some of the new born stars. that modded toucam does a fine job. You have the exact problem i had with my F4 scope, oval stars rather than circle and it is definitely not tracking. gee's at F3.6, how do u find collimation?

asimov (John) · #5 08-10-2006, 04:10 PM

I find collimation pretty straightforward. My polar alignment is spot on but I'm getting PE which I can do nothing about; no electronics on my CG5 mount apart from the drive motors on each axis & handcontroller.

Cheers.

beren · #6 08-10-2006, 04:19 PM

Top stuff

spearo (Frank) · #7 08-10-2006, 05:22 PM

very good!
excellent use of your equipement there for sure.
those modded TOUCAMs are excellent all around, I use mine for autoguiding but hopefully soon I'll use it for planetary stuff too.
talk about versatile
frank

asimov (John) · #8 08-10-2006, 05:30 PM

Thanks Stuart.

Yes Frank, they do a great job for what they are!

Cheers