M31, THE WIZARD and iC 1396

[ultranova]

Hi Every one, I took advantage of the clear skies last night,

So just for a change I blew the dust of the Sw 80mm Ed pro and set the QHY8L camera up on it.

All three images were taken with this setup, I was going to spend the 3 hours of darkness on one subject namely m31,

But I grossly underestimated when it would come into view by two hours, (Its a age thing) so in the end I decided o see

what I could get out of the scope camera setup, having never used the ccd camera on it.

All targets were 6 subs at ten minutes , apart from the wizard that got 4 five minute subs chucked at it as well for a total of 80 minutes.

All processing done in PI and PE

I must say Im fairly pleased with the results, but all are in need of 2 to 3 times the amount of time spent on them at least.

I shall plan more carefully next time and don't pick targets that go out of view.

Paul

[peter shah]

Very natural processing...a super set of images

[Astro_Gaz]

i enjoy the natural look of all these images, i imagine this is how they would look to the eye, if we could see them  

[oldpink]

very nice images
I'm looking at an ED 80 for imaging this certainly improves my view on its capability's

[Quatermass]

Agree good processing they look great

[ultranova]

Thanks for you kind comments every one, much appreciated,

I don't think you can go far wrong with the 80 ed with flattener / reducer, very good value for money,

Pretty much Plug and play every time.

Paul

[greenkat]

Love the images

I recently bought the QHY8L & used it on Mon night with my SW Ed80pro, 12x5 min subs, no darks flats or bias & ended up with this, though had to crop because the rest looked all wishy washy

[StuartJPP]

That's a few nice shots you have got there...I like M31...