Milky Way Crux region

[spearo (Frank)]

Hi,
Inspired by some other far more impressive wide-fields I had to try my luck at it tonight.
EOS piggy'backed onto the C9.25
still tinkering with exposures times and ISOs when the clouds moved in...

frank

[RB (Andrew)]

Very good Frank.
Looks like you've got the colours nailed and a nice black background.
How did you focus? Did you use live preview?

[spearo (Frank)]

Andrew,
thanks. Tried t use Live view but stars were so faint I just whacked the manual focussing on the objective at infinity and fired away...i was rushing because of clouds coming in just to see if I could do it at all!
Next time I work on the focus a bit more and try longer exposures at lower ISO. 12:51 Rocket Boy! Dont you ever sleep ?!
:]
cheers
f

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by spearo

12:51 Rocket Boy! Dont you ever sleep ?!
:]
cheers
f

No, no sleep for me, waste of time.....

If the stars are too dim to use liveofcus I usually turn to a brighter star and focus then leaving the focus as is, I go back to my subject.
I know what you mean when the clouds are racing against you.

Still you did a great job.

Cheers.

[Striker (Tony)]

I did the same Frank...just go to the nearest bright star to where your imaging...focus then move to your target.

[ving (David)]

nice one
got the top half of the emu i believe