Lagoon nebula test shot.

[mill (Martin)]

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ED80 and QHY9 on a losmandy G11 with Gemini 2
This was just a guiding test after many problems.
Still not perfect but it is getting there.
I have bought the Orion field flattener and now i have to wait for a clear night to see if it is any good.
Large picture here : http://martinsastro.net/displayimage..._display_media

Smaller picture below.

[wysiwyg (Mark)]

Martin,

Not too shabby for a test shot mate, well done!
Good luck with the flattener.

Mark

[netwolf]

Picture looks great, good detail core is not burned out. and the Flattner seems to really make a differnace. I wonder if this flattner would work with my WO80.

[Hagar (Doug)]

Looks pretty good Martin. Guiding looks OK but the 80 is fairly forgiving on guiding issues. Might be worth using a bit more focal length to tune your guiding. Even a good barlow or powermate will show up more errors than the 80 on it's own.
Keep at it Mate. I've been going through the same troubles here and am finally getting some reasonable results at 900mm FL.

[Lester]

Image looks good to me Martin.

[leon]

Now that is a test shot, blimey, cant wait for the real shot, nice work Martin.

Leon

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Well for the skies most boring deep sky object...that's a beauty Martin, love the colours

Mike

[mill (Martin)]

Originally Posted by wysiwyg

Martin,

Not too shabby for a test shot mate, well done!
Good luck with the flattener.

Mark

Thank you Mark
Ad the flattener works really well

Originally Posted by netwolf

Picture looks great, good detail core is not burned out. and the Flattner seems to really make a differnace. I wonder if this flattner would work with my WO80.

Fahim this was done without the flattener
And the flattener will work with scopes from 400mm to 650mm.

Originally Posted by Hagar

Looks pretty good Martin. Guiding looks OK but the 80 is fairly forgiving on guiding issues. Might be worth using a bit more focal length to tune your guiding. Even a good barlow or powermate will show up more errors than the 80 on it's own.
Keep at it Mate. I've been going through the same troubles here and am finally getting some reasonable results at 900mm FL.

Thanks mate it looks like i have to shove my 1140mm Saxon on the mount when it is clear next time

Originally Posted by leon

Now that is a test shot, blimey, cant wait for the real shot, nice work Martin.

Leon

Thank you Leon for a test shot it is ok

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Well for the skies most boring deep sky object...that's a beauty Martin, love the colours

Mike

Thank you Mike but it is not that great (noisy area's, stars in the edges are no good) and i thought it was too colorful, but if you say it is good then it has to be good
The Lagoon i did with the field flattener has stars pinpoint in every corner, no more cropping for me

[multiweb (Marc)]

Nice. That's a pretty small FOV for the ED80. DId you barlow up?

[mill (Martin)]

Thanks Marc
This is a crop
Imagine how the stars are in the corners of the original