orion photo

kingkong · Post by **kingkong** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 9:03 am

sure Jeremy. let me know if you are coming to my neck of the wood - but borneo is a big place... and i'm not in sabah. if mulu caves is in your itinerary, i'm near by. if you are travelling alone, i may even have a room for you to spend a night, if that's what you want.

jermng · Post by **jermng** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 10:12 am

Hee hee .. I've got friends in Miri too, and now that you say so, I'm recalling the dark skies you have there!!

and the miraculous thing is, there were no mosquitoes when I went there a few years back ..

(cos of the bats?)

THanks for your kind offer. We'll see how it works out.

kingkong · Post by **kingkong** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 12:53 am

another take of orion

EOS350D (unmod), IDAS LPS filter, EF 50mm f/1.8, single 132sec, f/2.8, ISO400, processed in Iris & PS CS2. unguided on LXD-75 (sorry, should read lxd55)

i'm surprised by the obvious nebulocity around Alnitak in this single exposure...

jermng · Post by **jermng** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 12:54 am

Wow, another beautiful image!

Post by **Airconvent** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 2:12 am

kingkong wrote:another take of orion

EOS350D (unmod), IDAS LPS filter, EF 50mm f/1.8, single 132sec, f/2.8, ISO400, processed in Iris & PS CS2. unguided on LXD-75

i'm surprised by the obvious nebulocity around Alnitak in this single exposure...

Hi King Kong
Are you referring to the star next to the Horsehead?
Yes, I can just make out the flame nebula....good image!
While unguided, I suppose the scope is tracking normally in equatorial mode?
cheers

kingkong · Post by **kingkong** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:25 am

aye captain airconvent. the lxd55 is on a permanent pier in my backyard observatory and drift aligned. no pec. due to my poor iris skill. apparently i'm getting better result from a single exposure here than the previous stacked version...
perhaps the orion will look more "natural standing up than lying down... let me try that... 8-)

anat · Post by **anat** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:33 am

Kong:

Nice shot. You would get Barnard's Loop if you increase exposure time and/or ,of course, have the IR filter removed

Anat

kingkong · Post by **kingkong** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:56 am

hi Anat. thanks. very tempting. but my imaging dslr is also used for daytime photography. i can't afford two dslr's

i'll have to squeeze the capability of my current gears to the limit before i buy more stuffs again. otherwise my kids will have to beg on the street very soon...
but yes, i'll try the bernard loop, flamey and rosette when the sky is clear again... all will benefit from no IR-cut! sniff...

ariefm71 · Post by **ariefm71** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:35 am

very beautiful.

aquillae · Post by **aquillae** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 2:14 pm

great shot, i can see flame and nebulosity around the horsehead.
I've been reading the 50mm f/1.8 lens review...so tempting