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25-01-2009, 01:18 PM
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Orion - Barnard's Loop
Hello all...
Been very quite recently (read Lazy!!)
Back into it last night.
Orion area with my 50mm f1.8 plastic fantastic Canon lens.
Modded 40D
Canon 50mm f1.8 @ f4
iso1600, 11x600sec and 10x30sec mask
ICNR, no flats - fair bit of vignetting as a result, retry soon maybe...tried to crop it out in 2nd pic!
EQ5 GoTo mount
Autoguided with PHD
Images Plus and PS.
High Res...
http://s327.photobucket.com/albums/k...urrent=11a.jpg
Cheers
Doug
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25-01-2009, 01:27 PM
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25-01-2009, 01:29 PM
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Great shot Doug... a loopdey loop, a horse, a flame, two big white blobs and Brunhilde up near the top
25-01-2009, 01:30 PM
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Doug, viewed the high res - WOW - amazing star field! Nice enough contrast in the diffrent colours to get a good overall visual image of the region!
25-01-2009, 01:44 PM
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Great shot Doug. Love the witch (Brunnhilde) in the first one as well.
25-01-2009, 01:48 PM
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Cheers all - looks overcooked to me on re-inspection.
25-01-2009, 02:09 PM
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Wow Doug now for the equipment you used, it is a mighty result, well done mate, had wondered what had happened to you of late.
25-01-2009, 02:24 PM
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n ice shot, i wished i could be doing this..... darn weather, wife and life LOL. It is an excellent shot to drive the passion to do more astro work Doug
25-01-2009, 02:37 PM
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A cracker!
25-01-2009, 04:19 PM
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very cool. first time i have seen all of these i one picture.
25-01-2009, 07:41 PM
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Niiiiice!
25-01-2009, 10:08 PM
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Wonderful work Doug, very fine imaging indeed.
25-01-2009, 11:01 PM
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An excellent study of Orion.
25-01-2009, 11:14 PM
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What an amazing roadmap for the whole area....!
25-01-2009, 11:20 PM
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Nice image Doug. Love the wide field. Makes Orion neb look fairly small and insignificant. May be a little heavy on the processing.
26-01-2009, 06:56 AM
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Good one Doug!
26-01-2009, 12:10 PM
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Awesome widefield - Top shot.
26-01-2009, 04:36 PM
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yep thought it was good enough to now have as my desktop background on the 81cm monitor!
26-01-2009, 11:00 PM
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yep thought it was good enough to now have as my desktop background on the 81cm monitor!
Thankyou David
27-01-2009, 02:45 PM
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Wonderful!
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