Eta carina, M42 through 6 inch F3.6 Schmidt Newt.

[tornado33]

Hi everyone
With my 10 inch scope's mirror with Qhi Qin co in Campsie being aluminised/overcoated I cant do any imagign with it so got this old makeshift wooden mounting setup where I can put on my 6 inch F3.6 meade Cometracker Schmidt newtonian and an old "Kmart Special" ex Halleys Comet 3 inch cadadioptric guidescope onto my 10 inches "Sampson" mount. This is the first time Ive used the modded 350D with the 6 inch.

First shot is M42, 2 x 240 sec ISO 200
Next is Eta carina, 2 x 90 sec ISO 1600. Both using UHCS filter and processing by Iris , Photoshop and Noiseware. Sky was over 50% cloudy, I was shooting in between breaks, and thats what limited my exposure times with Eta carina, as well as M42 (I would have gone longer with more exposures if clear.
I cant use my coma corrector on this scope as the cleap n nasty focusser 2 inch adaptor it came with wont grip it firmly enough, so there is some coma present.
Scott

[Starkler (Geoff)]

Very nice !

The coma is fairly obvious but I love widefield shots
No image of m42 is complete without the outer nebulous loop feature

[h0ughy (David)]

WOW, thats amazing, how much neb did you get with M42???? WIIIDE eta C as well. Can't keep a good man down!

[PhotonCollector (Paul)]

WOW they are very nice images.

If I were you I would modify Comet Tracker and make it accept the Baader Coma Corrector!!

With such a lovely wide field, objects like Trifid and Lagoon will be awesome.

Paul

[RB (Andrew)]

Great shots Scott.
I especially like the Eta Carina Shot, it's stunning.

[ving (David)]

they're great scott

[tornado33]

Thanks all.
Yes I will have to see about getting a better 2 inch eyepiece holder attachment that will firmly hold the Coma Corrector. It may not remove all the coma because F3.6 is a little under its lower limit but may get rid of most of it.
I was only using it to fill in while the 10 inch is down but I might use it on stuff like the Lagoon and Triffid.
Scott

[EzyStyles (Eric)]

Those are very nice Scott esp ETA. Keep it up mate .

[Itchy]

Originally Posted by PhotonCollector

WOW they are very nice images.

If I were you I would modify Comet Tracker and make it accept the Baader Coma Corrector!!

With such a lovely wide field, objects like Trifid and Lagoon will be awesome.

Paul

Hi Scott. What Paul said. He beat me to it! Perhaps even some tape around the MPCC to thicken it a little.

This little coment tracker has a LOT of potential! You can't beat fast optics!

[tornado33]

Thanks.
I might have a fiddle today and see what I can do re holding the mpcc firmly.
Indeed I cant wai for the opportunity to image the Lagoon and Triffid nebulas
Scott

[xelasnave]

Scott fantastic capture. I downloaded your M42 and "played" around with it in photoshop elements and found there is a wealth of additional detail there, the loop was very easy to bring out.
alex

[tornado33]

Thanks
Yes I must have another play with it too, and see what detail I can coax out.
Scott