Yellowish 47Tucanae & Small Magellanic Cloud

[IanP]

Yellowish 47Tucanae & Small Magellanic Cloud
This is SMC & 47Tucanae & NGC362 with 60Da (20x90sec@Iso800) and el-crapo 18-200mm lens @ 170mm on Polarie.
Thanks for looking.
Ian

[renormalised (Carl)]

For an "el crapo" lens, it's not half bad!! Good shot

[DavidU (Dave)]

Nice one, the lens seems not to bad.

[IanP]

Thanks Carl,
Thanks Dave ..

The lens seems not to bad

Optically maybe, but mechanically – total crap.
Both rings are so loose that one needs to use a sticky tape to stop them from rotating by themselves at the slightest blow of the wind or movement of the shutter.

All together, the 47Tuc is not bad, but SMC needs more data ..

[Ross G]

Nice looking widefield Ian.

Even the better quality camera lenses need to be taped down. Their focusing is sensitive even to the slightest touch!

Ross.

[byronpaul (Paul)]

Ian,

I really do like this image

Inspires me to try something similar.

Was this taken from a dark site?

Paul

[IanP]

Thanks Paul,

Was this taken from a dark site?

Actually no, it was taken from my backyard and therefore it was heavily black-clipped.

[rogerg (Roger)]

Nice. simple & effective. And such short exposure time too

[gregbradley]

That worked quite effectively especially considering being taken from the burbs.

Greg.

[IanP]

Thanks Roger,

Originally Posted by rogerg

And such short exposure time too

Well, even a short series of 90s frames can produce an image, perhaps not of extraordinary quality, but something that just can satisfy basic astrophotographer’s desire.

[IanP]

Thanks Greg,

Originally Posted by gregbradley

That worked quite effectively especially considering being taken from the burbs.
Greg.

I haven't yet discovered my "secret dark site"