Ngc2174

[Les Tilly]

I had a few problems with my new reducer / flattner but it came out ok in the end this is Ngc2174 a total of 6 hours 30 minutes
2 hours HA 15 min X iso 800
4hrs 30 mins RGB 8 min and 3 min subs ISO 800
Taken with Canon 40D and SV102ED
Thanks Les
http://www.pbase.com/t_total123/image/109297496/large

[Hagar (Doug)]

Hi Les, Another nice crisp image. Nice noise free image with a DSLR.
Very productive and a lot of details in all your images
Well done.

[Quark (Trevor)]

Thanks for posting your image Les,

Looks good, like the colour of the Neb and stars. Doesn't look over processed. When I first looked at it I thought the stars in the bottom right corner looked elongated but it just may be an effect of their density.

Overall a very pleasing image for the amount of effort that you have put in. Looking forward to seeing more of your most excellent work.

Regards
Trevor

[Les Tilly]

Originally Posted by Quark

Thanks for posting your image Les,

Looks good, like the colour of the Neb and stars. Doesn't look over processed. When I first looked at it I thought the stars in the bottom right corner looked elongated but it just may be an effect of their density.

Overall a very pleasing image for the amount of effort that you have put in. Looking forward to seeing more of your most excellent work.

Regards
Trevor

This is the problem I am having with the reducer /flattner I Believe it could be the spacing from lens to chip I took some test shots will look at them tonight to see if the spacing is good

Thanks for the kind words Guys

[Quark (Trevor)]

Originally Posted by Les Tilly

This is the problem I am having with the reducer /flattner I Believe it could be the spacing from lens to chip I took some test shots will look at them tonight to see if the spacing is good

Thanks for the kind words Guys

Hi Les,

I believe the distance from the lens in the field flattener to the CCD chip in your DSLR should be 55mm +/- 4mm.

Regards
Trevor

[Les Tilly]

Originally Posted by Quark

Hi Les,

I believe the distance from the lens in the field flattener to the CCD chip in your DSLR should be 55mm +/- 4mm.

Regards
Trevor

That is correct Trevor I just found out televue makes an adapter for the canon camera hopefully it will work better than what I have for it right now
(Just checked my adapter and its the one for the canon camera so this reducer will not work with my scope so have to send it back )
Thanks for the info

Les

[gregbradley]

Thats a top DSLR image. Well done.

Greg.

[iceman (Mike)]

Really nice image. You're turning out some nice stuff Les.

[Craig_L]

Nice shot Les.

Did you use darks or the ICNR on the 40D? I'd be interested in seeing the H alpha image if possible. I have a modded 450D but find the H alpha shots rather noisy.

Cheers Craig

[glenc (Glen)]

A great shot Les. NGC2174 is not well known but it is visible in my 50mm finder.

[CoolhandJo (Paul)]

Nice image Les.

[peeb61 (Paul)]

Nice image Les,
Very clear and clean, colours certainly stand out.

Paul