Dumbbell

[spearo (Frank)]

Hello,
another close to the horizon shot...
Such a perfect imaging night last night too, nice and mild.

cheers
frank

[ving (David)]

who are you calling a dumbell??
oh, oops!

great shot, the weather has been very favourable hasnt it!
my cold hasnt tho

[Octane (Humayun)]

Frank,

That is absolutely beautiful.

I love that sky blue in the middle. Just gorgeous.

Regards,
Humayun

[EzyStyles (Eric)]

great m28 frank. is your camera modded?

[spearo (Frank)]

Hi
thanks again,
Eric the Canon 20 Da is a factory "modified" 20D that better captures Ha spectrum.
does a good job though I'm due to get the sensor cleaned to remove some dust particles.

Worth owning if you can find one (discontinued model)
cheers
frank

[Lester]

Hi Frank,

that is very nice. What was the exposure time, and did you use a focal reducer?

[h0ughy (David)]

Lovely image mate!

[spearo (Frank)]

Thanks guys,
Lester: the image is a stack of 3X 422 seconds at ISO 1600, using the Canon 20Da on the CG5 mount, autoguided through a 100mm spotting scope fitted with a modded TOUCAM. I diddnt have the focal reducer on that night so the F ratio was F10. If it hadn't ben so low on the horizon by the time i started imaging it i would have tried more shots at lower ISO with longer exposure time but i knew i'd be lucky to get a couple of shots only before she went behind the trees near my norwest horizon, so i shot in 1600

I probably should have put the focal reducer on come to think of it...
frank