Poor man's Ha image of Cygnus

[michaelmorris]

After admiring so many superb Ha images of Cygnus posted over the last couple of weeks I was inspired to give it a go with my astro-modified Canon 1100D.

Now let me explain -  I've not used an H alpha filter.  It's a Hutech IDAS LP2  light pollution filter with a Baader red filter in front to limit the transmission.  It's a sort of poor man's very broad band H alpha filter.  http://www.sciencecenter.net/hutech/haimage-v3.htm

The image has some significant deficiencies as I only managed to get 11 x 180 second subs, the framing is quite a bit off and I accidentally left the 50mm lens on f5.6.  It's definitely not in the same league as those using a proper H alpha filter, but the result are quite encouraging.

[red dwalf]

i think it looks very impressive Mick

[RCG]

It looks to me like just about what you would see from a dark site with 16X70 binoculars.

)A nice image, which needs no apology.)

[RCG]

Or maybe 10X70.

How many posts do you need before you can edit, here?

[Pete Presland]

looks very good to me so many stars, excellently done ( p.s you are a year out on your date   )

[michaelmorris]

.... ( p.s you are a year out on your date )

... and the prize for being the first to spot the deliberate mistake goes to ... (Thanks).

P.P.S. date now fixed.

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[Mr Spock]

Looks great to me - very impressive

[michaelmorris]

Over the last two nights I've been re-imaging this target, but this time better framed, with a wider aperture, and many more subs. I've also got some colour subs as well.

Now to find the time to process it all ...

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