NGC2239 - 80ED first light

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

Originally Posted by whzzz28

Looks great! Much better than my Meade 5000 ED80.

May i ask if this was with a reducer or straight out f6?
If with a reducer/FF, what did you use?

Cheers.

Using the Orion FF for short tube refractors. No reduction.

[LewisM]

Not a lover of B&W astroimages (narrowband or normal) , but WOW to the detail!!!

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Nice work

[ChrisM]

Peter, I would be very happy with that image! Another one to add to the list!
Chris

[astronobob (Bob)]

I Like that alot Peter, Great details and very well executed
very inspiring for this duck ,,

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

Finally got around to reprocessing with some flats....

Full res version here:
http://astrob.in/36122/B/

[batema (Mark)]

Fantastic image. Can I ask what the image of the blue and green circle is and what it is for.

Mark

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

Thanks Mark. The blue image is a screenshot of CCD Inspector's analysis of a frame taken through this scope. As I understand it measures the shape and size of stars across the image and infers the field curvature and collimation of the scope.

http://www.ccdware.com/products/ccdinspector/