Rustang

Well done guys, great images 👏

How would you say the Canon M200 would hold up against capturing Ha or would you just get it modified!?

Thats a lovely image. I was looking at a second set up and the Star adventurer definitely suits that for now, obviously that limits me a little but I recon I can definitely get better images with some equipment upgrades. I've been pondering the Samyang 135mm for a while and will probably treat myself once I've upgraded the camera. I have also thought about using a OSC but I just really like the simplicity of a DSLR and lens and I've seen some super images with just that so will continue down that road for now.

Yeah it's really cool seeing lots of targets in one image, and the simplicity of the set up is refreshing. I just need to look at improving the camera and len's over time to improve on the quality of the image but I'm really happy with the start of this setup and the Star adventurer has been great and I'm impressed with being able to do 5min long subs with it.

Yeah they can be hit and miss, my Pentax Takumar 135 f3.5 is the best one I've brought so far, probably should have brought 28mm version of that lens instead of the Hoya but they are cheap enough to swop about.

Just started messing around with this basic type of astrophotography myself I find the simplicity of it refreshing 😊 Cygnus at 28mm

Cygnus and Cassiopeia at 28mm. Now these are not the best but I'm really enjoying using the star adventurer and it seems more than capable of taking 5min subs! While this really isant the best camera and lens to be using, I've really found it fun to capture some wide field shots. I used my modified Canon 600D with a clip in Optolong L enhance filter and an old Hoya 28mm f2.8 manual lens which has some pretty bad coma. It was difficult to find infinity focus with the filter in place so after the first night trying it out I found where the new infinity focus was on a building in the distance during the day. The filter also made it harder to find and compose a target but I managed ok with some 10 sec test shots to help compose my image. I would like to get my hands on a Modified 6D at some point to really help sharpen things up and its definitely something I'm going to be continuing doing and hopefully really improve on. Please forgive the noise they are only 35min and 1hr stacks, stacked with dark's so I wouldn't zoom in on them anymore! 😊 5min subs at approx f3.5 iso 800 Bortle 6

It will be worth it! 👍

Thanks, yeah forgot to mention that 👍

Cheers 👍

So after two false starts and lots of waiting, my Crescent nebula HOO project is complete. I'm really pleased for many reasons, the new scope is great and it seems Ive finally got the flatterer at pretty much the correct distance as my corner stars are the best Ive ever had!. The new Baader ultra narrowband filters have really helped and so has the now 20 min subs. I finally feel Ive progressed forward with the new camera and the quality of my imaging. Its also been a real pleasure to process as I finally have no horrible vignetting to deal with! WOZ73 with dedicated flattener guided on my HEQ5 PRO HA - 4hrs 40mins (3.5nm) OIII - 4hrs (4nm) Bortle 6 skies No calibration frames. Stacked in DSS and processed in PS.

Very nice 👏👏

Cheers, hopefully tonight will stay clear then il be good to go so 🤞

Focus is now sorted on the WOZ73 so thanks everyone for your help on my previous thread, the focus aid in APT worked a treat! 👍 No more just eye-balling it, Ive booked myself into spec savers!! 😊 I'm really looking forward to getting some OIII now to create a HOO image but this is 4hrs 40mins of 1200 sec subs captured last night using my QHY-9 mono and 3.5nm ultra narrow Ha filter which has really proven to be worth the buy. Along side the new filter, now I'm capturing 20 min subs the noise is just so much better so really happy. The corners are a little bright as its only a quick edit and this image has no calibration frames!

Thanks mate 👍

Thanks 😊

What they all said and more! 👏

Never tried this before, didnt know if it would work but seems to have, just need to smooth out the trails next time but the camera took a while to load each sub! It also includes two meteors! Taken a Bodiam Castle last night, approximately an hours worth of subs - Fuji XT2 16mm f2.8 iso 1600.

A definite improvement. 50mm f2.8 on Cygnus 17 x 1min subs stacked with darks

Looks very nice to me 👍

Right, let's try and do things properly 😊

The postman brought me exciting times ahead, or clouds, which ever way you won't to see it! 😁😊

Thanks guys, a Star Adventurer should be with me today, exciting times head 😁

It's certainly not going to win any awards but its my first half hearted attempt at the Milky Way, I wasnt even going to bother posting it but what the heck!. I was way to busy enjoying just looking up to be honest, its not the best of framing and I dont have a small tracking mount so this is just a very short stack of 5 sec subs. Taken in Bortle 4 skies in Somerset with my Modified Canon 600D and Nikon 50mm at 2.8. Has it given me the Milky Way bug?, it certainly has so I think a Star adventurer will be on its way soon

It seems that my SW80 ED DS Pro was Ok with my mask focusing but the WO Z73 not so much so will try all that's been mentioned and see how I get on when ever the next clear night is. On the plus side I'm really pleased with the results now I'm taking 20min subs so still looking forward to future results.