What do you know, M42.

[Cosmic (Daniel)]

Hi all,

Had a chance kids all asleep and the weather permitted

-Total of 1hr exposure-
Sensor was at 40 degrees, still to much thermal noise!
Happy with the results for a DSLR.
Equipment:
Equatorial NEQ6
Canon 550D @400iso
8inch Newton TS
Orion StarShooter Autoguider
BPCC coma corrector Controlled by laptop and relevant software for tracking.

To be honest the processing is a little over done, but to bring out the detail I had to push it. So its best I could with what I have, it was great just to get out there

Dan

[peeb61 (Paul)]

Very nice indeed Daniel, nice image for a DSLR on such a warm night.
hats off to you.

Paul

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Neat image, Daniel! You've picked up plenty of detail

[Cosmic (Daniel)]

Thanks Paul and Laurie for your kind words. Had the sensor been cooler, it would have made for a great picture. Just anther accessory on the to buy list haha.

[spacezebra (Petra)]

Thats brilliant - what subs did you do?

Cheers Petra d.

[Cosmic (Daniel)]

Hi and thank you Petra. I used 12x300sec light @400iso 5x40sec @800iso for the core, no flats or darks ect where used. BackyardEOS was indicating 39-40 degrees even with a short cool down period, that's Darwin for me tho. I belive this camera would be excellent, if it was not for the sensor temps it produces.

[naskies (Dave)]

Nice work Daniel - especially in those temps!

[Cosmic (Daniel)]

Thanks Dave, got as high as 50 degrees at one point just frame and focusing it for capture

[jsmoraes (Jorge)]

well done, exactly as DSLR Canon can work. As you said, the processing could be better. To reduce noise, try in Photoshop Filter-noise-reduce noise on color channel red, green and blue. With different values for strength and details for each one.
I did here, and it seemed more clean

[ourkind (Carlos)]

ahh nice tip Jorge I will try that myself some time

[jsmoraes (Jorge)]

With permission of Cosmic: (from IceinSpace to me - and to anyone) One of the best tutorials of astrophotography:

http://www.imagingdeepsky.com/

Ken Crawford

[Cosmic (Daniel)]

Excellent thank you Jorge. Like you said, its some good in depth. information on processing It seems somtimes the longest and almost hardest part to capturing DSO.

[bartman (Bart)]

Fantastic Daniel!!!!!

[Ross G]

Great looking photo Daniel, especialy from a DSLR.

Ross.