M41, a smidge to the south of Sirius

tlgerdes (Trevor) · #1 09-04-2010, 11:18 AM

Been a while, new 8" F4 newt that I am fighting with, but this one came out OK.

Taken from a light polluted inner Sydney.

20x 90sec on a rising moon. Canon 1000d @100ISO with MPCC, temp 21deg C. This is a 2/3rd crop of the full frame, so around 1deg FOV.

multiweb (Marc) · #2 09-04-2010, 11:59 AM

Seen this one before

but then again great shot and beautiful colours.

tlgerdes (Trevor) · #3 09-04-2010, 12:55 PM

And this is before "We" rebuilt the buggar

. This one is actually a re-shoot of the one your saw. Longer subs by 30s and with flats correctly orientated. Thanks for your help so far.

Dennis · #4 09-04-2010, 03:44 PM

Lovely shot Trevor, a very pleasing and calming portrait of this wonderful cluster. Love the round stars and processing!

Cheers

Dennis

tlgerdes (Trevor) · #5 09-04-2010, 09:13 PM

Thanks Dennis.

When you get up close the stars arent as round as they should be. Collimation is out. Marc and I pulled it down after this and re-aligned everything, but still needs more tweaking. Waiting for my Catseye set to arrive next week.