First image post on ISS: M38

[jones (Salvatore)]

Hi,
I figured I should start posting here Some of you have read my thread in General Chat about moving to Australia from this cold land that is Finland, but since this project will take a while, we can get acquainted already.

Here's my latest image: M38 and NGC1907.

My equipment is a SkyWatcher ED80 on HEQ5 and an unmodded Canon 450. I image from a light polluted site

Here's the full field:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/siovene...3714/lightbox/

And this is the 100% crop:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/siovene...3848/lightbox/

Comments? Suggestions?

Thanks all

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Beautiful star colours Salva!
Awesome setup too.

[erick (Eric)]

Nice colourful stars in a lovely starfield, Salva.

How many frames did you take, and what was your exposure time?

Stars look quite round to my eye, so alignment/tracking is OK.

Do you think your focus is sharp? I'm not sure myself. How do you focus - do you use a mask?

Congrats on your first image here - better than my first several! (and come to think of it, probably better than anything I produce now )

[jones (Salvatore)]

Hi Eric. It's 37x300'. I think the focus is sharp: I used a DIY Bahtinov mask. Thanks for the comment

[Derek Klepp]

Nice pics Salva but found your pier photos most informative

[White Rabbit]

ditto on the star colour, really nice.

[telecasterguru (Frank)]

Well done.