North American, Equinox 66 Apo

[Magnum]

I took this last night, The North American Nebula, Canon 400D+ CLS filter on my Equinox 66mm APO + Flattener, ISO800 10 x 10min exposures, total 1hr 40min.

Eq6 Pro guided with 50mm finder + webcam & EQMod + phd.

Lee

[ashworthacca]

Cracking shot Lee, thanks for sharing

[twotter]

That's a great image - I really like picking out the details

[Sparrow]

Lovely photo - what flattener are you using - I need one for my 66mm astrotech.

[Magnum]

Thanks, I use the skywatcher field flattener, which is optimised for fracs from f5.5 - f6, and it only costs £65 from FLO

There is a review in the reviews section but i don't know how to link threads.

Lee

[jsigone]

very nice FOV and framing.

[Sparrow]

Thanks Lee - now that's got me puzzled - I borrowed one of those to try out last Autumn and couldn't achieve focus.

Never mind - I'll perhaps borrow it again and have another go

[Magnum]

I had the same problem so I had to have a couple of mm turned off of the SCT to 2" adapter!

Lee

[Magnum]

It was brought to my attention that my processing was a bit dull on this one so I have pushed the curves a lot more, how does it look now?

Lee

[ollypenrice]

Great image with strikingly tight little stars, very tight for such a small aperture and better, I think, than I got from my ZS66.

Olly

[Sparrow]

I think it was fine as it was Lee - to be quite honest I think it looks a bit gaudy now (but that is just my opinion). Unfortunately, as I've found out, it doesn't matter how you process it, some will like it and some won't - as there's a lot of personal taste involved - I now process mine as I like them - I do listen to valid comments and suggestions and will try different versions of images otherwise it would be pointless posting them. At the end of tha day though, it's you who matters as it's your image and it should be how you like it.

Regards

John

[Magnum]

Thanks for the nice comments, I agree John that we should process images as we like them as everyone has different tastes, in this case I do think the original looks a bit dull so maybe I will process again somewhere between the two.

regards

Lee

[Sparrow]

Good idea Lee. - It's sometimes hard to strike the right balance - I've got ten different versions of my Horsehead image and still can't decide whcih to keep and which to ditch:)