Centaurus A

[Geoff45 (Geoff)]

Here is a pic of Centaurus A I took at the SPSP.
WO ZS110 on Losmandy GM8 autoguided by Orion Starshoot autoguider.
6 x 10min lights, dark subtracted.
A promising pic stuffed up by poor focus!
Geoff

[Alchemy (Clive)]

Originally Posted by ghsmith45

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A promising pic stuffed up by poor focus!
Geoff

never mind ive seen and done worse. the scary thing is youll do it again and again no matter how much care one takes, still its fun trying to get the perfect image.

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

Still a nice pic. with lots of detail and a lot of stars. What camera did you use?

[Geoff45 (Geoff)]

Originally Posted by peter_4059

Still a nice pic. with lots of detail and a lot of stars. What camera did you use?

Unmodded Canon 350D.

[iceman (Mike)]

Still some nice detail and colour, Geoff. But it looks like you didn't take flats?

Did you end up finding someone with the Canon CD?

[Geoff45 (Geoff)]

Originally Posted by iceman

Still some nice detail and colour, Geoff. But it looks like you didn't take flats?

Did you end up finding someone with the Canon CD?

Very perceptive about the flats Mike--I didn't take any. Yes, I found someone with a Canon CD. (For those that are wondering what Mike's question is about, I had updated to XP from 2000 and not having tried my camera--but tried just about every other bit of software and hardware--I found myself at the SPSP with the laptop asking me to insert the CD for the 350D. Fortunately someone had one with them. I think the moral of the story is "always ensure you can reload essential software in the field")
Geoff

[Garyh]

Nice and deep Geoff,
bummer about the focus but its not too bad!...
focus can be a challenge when your tired and the eyes just won`t focus either or they are all gummed up!! well that my excuse when I do it..
cheers Gary

[winensky]

With the colour its still better than my best. Thanks for sharing.

Kind regards
Matt