Saturn and Helix Pn's

[tornado33]

Hi all
last night the skies were lovely and clear, no moon, and reasonably dark for Newcastle anyway. Imaged the Helix nebula. 17x10 mins ISO400. UV/IR and Baader UHCS filter used. Modded 350D. 10 inch f5.6 newt. Fairly warm night. Had to do meridian flip during imaging run.

A few nights before I did a quick run on the Saturn Nebula. I used the unmodded 600d as it has smaller pixels for higher resolution and the object is quite bright. I used 2x5 mins and 5x30 secs ISO200, focus with Live View on a background star. Both off axis hand guided as usual.
Scott

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Woah! that Saturn Neb shot is excellent

Clear out huh?....

Mike

[dcalleja]

Love the Saturn PN - really good detail

[John Hothersall]

Have to agree Saturn nebula is a cracker of a shot.

John.

[tornado33]

Thanks all.
The seeing was quite good that night, as the fainter stars were so tiny on the raw subs
Scott

[Ross G]

Great photos Scott.

Love the colour and detail on the Saturn Nebula.

Ross.

[atalas]

Wow! love the detail and color of the Saturn neb Scott! awesome dude.