M42 and moon

mymoon · Post by **mymoon** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 3:38 pm

KL weather good for only taking flats but last night was exceptional save for high thin clouds.

so take picture of moon and M42 from my driveway

all pictures taken with unmodded Canon 550D+Edge C11

first the moon, mosaic of 4 panes

next M42

how I wish I can join the March Punggai trip.

cheers

Post by **rcj** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 3:40 pm

see you have taken advantage of the clear weather lately, Aziz! Do drop by at Punggai if you can!

mymoon · Post by **mymoon** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 4:03 pm

Thanks for the offer. yes the harvest for last year was dismall.

for this year I am not so sure. CNY at my mother's place in Kota Bharu

out of 8 frames only 2 usable

cheers

Nigel_Choy · Post by **Nigel_Choy** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 12:31 am

Hi, really nice picture of the moon and M42.

And may I ask a question? You live in KL and your using EQ 6 mount? How did you get your mound to reach low latitudes like Malaysia. I live in KL too. I'm really keen on purchasing a EQ mount soon

mymoon · Post by **mymoon** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 8:27 am

Nigel_Choy wrote:Hi, really nice picture of the moon and M42.

And may I ask a question? You live in KL and your using EQ 6 mount? How did you get your mound to reach low latitudes like Malaysia. I live in KL too. I'm really keen on purchasing a EQ mount soon

we use a half pier otherwise known as half pillar or pillar extensions to prevent the counterweights from hitting the tripod legs.

For the EQ6 they come either in matching white or black. I bought mine in UK during one of my trips. I was shown both colours and I was not sure which to buy so I bought both. Later I found out that the black is for the Atlas EQ-G and the white is for Skywatcher EQ6.

see them in use here

Most of the equatorial mounts can be adapted or adaptors sold for use at the equator.

Another solution is to get a full pier mount (and a half pier too ) from here

we do have an active (weather permitting) astrophotography group in KL.

from Deep Sky Objects to wide fields such as these

Do join us.

cheers

Nigel_Choy · Post by **Nigel_Choy** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 10:43 am

One of the peoples in if are William Chin and Gradient Lok if I'm not mistaken?

And the link of the astroshop you send me, can they deliveries to Malaysia,KL?

mymoon · Post by **mymoon** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 2:48 pm

Nigel_Choy wrote:One of the peoples in if are William Chin and Gradient Lok if I'm not mistaken?

And the link of the astroshop you send me, can they deliveries to Malaysia,KL?

Yes Wei Loon is an active member of the group. Last Dec in conjunction with the exhibition of TWAN at Planetarium Negara he conducted a beginners course in astrophotography.

Planetarium Negara was kind enough to run the dome at night for newbies to practise; see here

All you need to start astrophotography is a DSLR with kit lens, a tripod and a remote shutter release and stars or/and moon.

Yes I am sure they would send to Malaysia. Just send an email to them for the cost of shipping and handling to an address in KL.

cheers

Nigel_Choy · Post by **Nigel_Choy** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 2:57 pm

Thanks for the info!

Clear skies !