Wading in the Lagoon, first light Orion ED80

[kon1966 (Kon)]

First attempt in light polluted Sydney on M8. Not very good at stacking just basics.

No Reducer just set to f7.5 with canon 1100d on 8SE mount with starsense.

Regards
Kon

[silv (Annette)]

very natural stars. you must be pleased with your purchase

[Atmos (Colin)]

Turned out quite pleasing for an 8SE. What was your exposure time?

[kon1966 (Kon)]

Hi Amos,
Was about...
5 lights iso 1600 10 secs, then 20 secs
5 lights iso 3200 15 secs
3 lights iso 6400 30 secs, that was pushing it for noise.
5 darks iso 3200 30 secs.

I also have found using a older orion sky glow broadband filter gives better colour than my cls ccd filter. The cls gives a more blue result on each shot. I also did not process the slightly blurry shots due to gear meshing.

Regards
Kon

[traveller (Bo)]

Good effort Kon. Glad for see the ED80 back in action.

[kon1966 (Kon)]

Thanks Bo for selling, enjoying it.

Regards
Kon

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Gotta be happy with that.