As well as Ron's monthly get together up this neck of the woods, last night there was a small imaging night at my place, about 5 km (crow flies) from Ron's. Tony has already posted his great first efforts here some of the others of us managed to catch a few photons as well.
I spent most of the night trying to remember what I was supposed to do with a 20D and 135mm lens. I'm sure somewhere someone was having a good laugh at my expense.
There was quite a bit of cloud dodging last night so all that was managed was 12/5min shots of The LMC (portrait). Still being low to the southeast Brisvegas has to make is presence felt with a horrible yellow gradient. I haven't put a lot into it. It was nice to be out imaging with a group again
Edit: uploaded a full size crop. a very nice lens
Last edited by [1ponders]; 07-11-2010 at 07:02 PM.
I think we caught enough to keep us happy for a short while Rob. I should be thinking about a summer target by now and the the LMC looks like a promising target. I've been chipping away at a few closeups using the ED80 and 72 WO and my SX-h9 in Ha. Its a nice spot in the sky to work.
Unfortunately this uploaded image looses a lot compared to the uncompressed tiff. The resolution on this lens really amazes me at times. Under dark clear skies you could really push this lens.
Oh I was having fun in there Terry. I'd forgotten what its like to have to check an image on a 50mm screen bent over looking over your shoulder without having glasses one. Some of the subs for this were a bit dodgy from the cloud but something is better than nothing.
Here's one I collected a couple of weeks ago. 3 hours (12X15min) using SXVF-H9 + Ha and ED80 (original) over 2 nights. I had hoped to have around 5 hours for it, but sometimes you miss a few.
I've been poking around the the LMC when I've had the chance lately, using WO72 and ED80. Plenty of interesting material in there.
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a very nice lens
Some of the subs for this were a bit dodgy from the cloud but something is better than nothing.
