CCD vs Film? Lots of time vs no patience? Alright, this is your place to discuss all the astrophotography what's and what's not. You can discuss about techniques, accessories, cameras, whatever....just make sure you also post some nice photos here too!
Tonight's been a rather clear night for weeks, with sufficient clear sky time to bag some 20 minutes uninterrupted sub-exposure groups in hydrogen-alpha. Here is a quickie HA image taken from my balcony earlier of Orion Nebula. It has a tight imaging window period since it is located quite east while the balcony faces south, just about 1.5 hours before the object goes out of view completely. This is also the first image of M42 taken with my newer CCD camera (ST8300M) with the AP130GT combination via the Baader 2" HA. The image consists of 2x20min plus a few shorter exposures to do up the core region. Guiding was erratic, so stars are not perfect. Might possibly evolve to a full NB project if opportunity allows.
Wow, very nice, Remus! I finally found time to dust off my equipment again and tonight was also quite clear. Managed to get M42, but nowhere as nice as this!
"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
You gonna go for LRGB with the new toy to complete M42 or go False color?
Would be interesting to see the results! Shows how H-a imaging can benefit us here in Light polluted areas and window/balcony AP!! I so need to get me a H-a filter...soon!
My wife never complained about how much time, effort & money I spent on my Astronomy hobby!................suddenly I met her!!!
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