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!
Hi
With all the bad weather imaging has been a luxury over the last few months and then 3 clear nights in a row crop up and I was off duty, as the moon wasn't about I thought I would have a go at the Leo Triplet. It was taken over three nights with 30x10 minutes Luminance, 19x10 minutes Red, 14x10 minutes Green and 12x10 minutes Blue. It was taken with the FSQ106ED at f5 on a Paramount ME with a FLI Microline 8300, auto guiding was by a Lodestar and OAG using dithering. Light pollution was a bit of a problem as I had to shoot directly over our neighbours roof and their bedroom light was on frequently so Gradient Xterminator earned its keep in the processing.
This a crop of the full field of view image which can be seen at the following link http://www.pbase.com/imaging_the_heaven ... 3/original
I have only ever tried the triplet one before when I first started imaging, this "effort" can be seen in the image gallery on my website http://www.imagingtheheavens.co.uk for comparison (what a difference a few years and practice makes!)
Thanks for looking
Best wishes
Gordon
Using Sony A7Sii & A7iii, Samyang 12mm f2.8, 24mm f1.4 & 85mm f1.4 lenses, Dynamic Perceptions Stage 1 slider & Sapphire Pro, Timelapse +view intervalometer. Please visit my website https://www.inthestillofthenight.space for more info
"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.
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Super nice, thanks for sharing, being a Mechanic myself, i love your set up, super precise to Aerospace standard (or tighter spec ?) 