well i was just fiddling around and tried snapping m42 while still low in the sky. its ony about 5x 3sec exposures but you can see a little bit of fluffy stuff in there anyhow. my focus was out too.
might have a go at guiding one day and chuck on my slr
sorry waiting for Striker and tornado33 to get off the floor with that last comment Ving, you know , chucking on the SLR!! They feel very threatened . nice go though
you pickin on me houghy?
thanks. next go i am going to give it more exposure... i was just mucking about with this one. i wasnt even well aligned.
not at all, just laughing, be like me taking a deep deep sky shot or worse still, going for a planetary image. I have heaps of room for improvement, but at least you have done it! more than I can say
You've managed to show the Trapezium very nicely, for such a meagre exposure and your half hearted attempt whilst "fiddling around". I'd hate to see what you can do when you are serious.
I think you need heaps more exposures to get more nebulosity-can you go 30 seconds? if not maybe you could stack 100 or 200 such short images ?would be interesting to see what would come out
Ving, you are a brave soul, and have very kind friends at the forum
Not one of them said the image was dreadful.
I salute your efforts too, because i also produce shocking images of DSO's
Hi Ving, it's a start and that's better than no start. I lost count of the number of times I pressed the delete button rather than the save button when I first started.
It's the thrill of the chase that keeps you coming back for more.
hey, i am working with a lpi here. its not cooled and does a max of 15 sec exposures.
well maybe 100 of these fifteen sec exposures then may do the job
the problem is then going to be stacking them-unless you have perfect polar alignment there will be rotation between the first and last image and registax etc wont handle this well
be afraid-be very afraid-I see IRIS in your future
Yep, It'll come, as Ric says we all deleted more than we saved or posted at first
It's a start and i reckon that bug has got a hold already.
would be interesting to see more stacked but i expect you will be limited ultimately by the length of exposure. I 'd say see how close you can get to a minute exposure.
Hi
I tried some imaging with the LPI as well when I first got my LX90 - theres a couple of pics here http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/calleja/. I got the bug straight after the 1st image appeared on the screen.
I think the LPI saturates (hence the big blobby trapezium) and as you said has a 15 sec max exposure - but I think it's a pretty good planetary cam and easier to use for planets than the DSI
sorry waiting for Striker and tornado33 to get off the floor with that last comment Ving, you know , chucking on the SLR!! They feel very threatened
. nice go though
