Did the dirty

[anthony2302749]

Did the dirty on the Canon Eos 350D last night using the excellent instructions by Ash (http://astro.ai-software.com/articles/mod_350D/mod_350D.htm). The whole job took about 2 and a bit hours to completes.

I had no plans to test out the camera until tonight, but by the time I had completed the mod the clouds had clear. So like a kid with a new toy out came the scope on when the modified 350D and the way I when. Test target for the night was the “Keyhole Nebula”, all I can say is “WOW”

So here is my first shot with the modifided 350D.


If the weather remains good for the next couple of days, boy am I going to have fun.

Anthony

[h0ughy (David)]

Very Nice anthony! di you look at doing darks, flats etc?

now how many exposures and for what time?

[anthony2302749]

Originally Posted by h0ughy

Very Nice anthony! di you look at doing darks, flats etc?

now how many exposures and for what time?

No darks or flats at the moment, just happy to have a camera that still works and can see into the Ha. The image that I posted was just a single 1 min exposure using a ED80 which is piggyback on top of a LX200. As for a filter I used a 2" Baader Fringe Killer which is also very useful for CCD work as it incluced a UV/IR Cut coatings as part of the Fringe Killer formula. To process the image I used Photoshop, all I adjusted is the curve.

Anthony

[Dennis]

Stunning image Anthony - congrats on this and the successful mod.

Cheers

Dennis

[davidpretorius]

wow, that is great anthony!


i cant get that mod link to come up!

[anthony2302749]

Originally Posted by davidpretorius

wow, that is great anthony!


i cant get that mod link to come up!

Hi David

Try this link http://astro.ai-software.com/

[EzyStyles (Eric)]

very nice Anthony. great colour balance and diff spikes.

[johnno]

I agree,
THAT,is a great shot,well done.

Regards.
John