First shot with a modded camera had some trouble getting the camera, cables and computer all working together and was a bit rushed so I think the focus has suffered Was shot through a 90mm Takahashi refractor set up with a field flattener and IDAS filter, 15 light frames consisting of 5x90s 800iso, 5x120 400iso, 5x240 200iso with matching darks and autoguided using a 102mm refractor and a ST-4
nice shot, and I do agree that the focus is just a smidgen out. Focusing is the bain of my existence, I can tell you a cooled 40D or 450D camera with liveview sounds the ticket for me in the future. i am trying to use a fotosharp adapter for the canon camera with little success, unless it is me and the technique? But hey you captured some photons and that is worthy of praise
I’d very much like to see a larger version if one is available. There is a terrific amount of detail in the image. Lovely composition and colours – a superb image for a rushed set up. I can just picture the spaghetti like rig; cables running everywhere! LOL.
Hi Stuart, congrats on the modded camera and a nice fist shot you must be smiling...the mods sure make a big diffesrence.
I know you were in a rush but was there any special reason for your spread of ISO/exposure settings - the net impact of upping exposure and dropping iso was to give roughly the same overall weight to each stacked set? I thought the idea was to do long exposures to get the faint parts and a short ones to preserve the core - but normall at the same ISO?
Thanks fellas...yeah David wish I'd focused properly, the problem I was having was with the USb-serial shutter cable supplied by OPT and the driver so I was a little eager to push on once I soughted the problem out Thanks RB/Dennis heres a link to a bigger version http://picasaweb.google.com/BerenJar...65395545869170 . Thanks John, I was just testing how the set up would go by just using my mounts polar scope and using the ST-4 with different exposure times and ended up using it all in Images plus. Its interesting it took me 5 minutes to set the scope up using the polar scope and a couple to aquire a guide star and half the night trying to sought out the camera cable hassle
PS; Added a pic of just the 5x240s stack, digital development in IP and small level adjustments in PSCS3
Now that's a sweet looking image which should be expected from the Tak Sky90. Great little number that scope. I do however feel you've still got some work to do getting a handle on the modded camera. The colour is heavily weighted when reviewing the histogram. You may need to drop the red and/or boost the blue. Look forward to seeing more.
Cheers again fellas, thanks Jase for the tip Mike from my brief use with and without {the Tak field flattener/reducer} it certainly makes a difference and something that's needed with the scope when used for imaging.
had some trouble getting the camera, cables and computer all working together and was a bit rushed so I think the focus has suffered 
Was shot through a 90mm Takahashi refractor set up with a field flattener and IDAS filter, 15 light frames consisting of 5x90s 800iso, 5x120 400iso, 5x240 200iso with matching darks and autoguided using a 102mm refractor and a ST-4 
