M81 & M82 Unguided.

[Simms]

Well, here is tonights effort - really pleased with this - I would say my best DSO image yet - made up of 15 x 2min subs & equal darks - the camera is still outside getting some more subs but I wont be able to process them until tomorrow. Hope this looks as good on here as it does in photoshop.

Must of had good polar alignment tonight as this was unguided - I think I could of pushed it to 3 min subs but was a bit concerned about Periodic error setting in.

Comments would be appreciated!

[Veracocha]

I think that's beautiful, I'd be very happy with that.

[dc509]

Very nice!

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[rich_t]

Looks very nice to me, stars look perfect too.

Rich.

[PRICEMAN]

Very very nice

Leigh

[Scotty27]

Great shot, really good detail.

[cgarry]

Stunning image, really stunning.

Chris

[Thelonious]

Nice picture. Always interested in seeing others' unguided pictures as I've no guiding myself and am keep on starting taking pictures once the skies clear up.

[Telrad]

What a great image. Unguided too! Amazing, fantastic!

[Simms]

Cheers everyone! Can`t wait to get a guidescope and get some longer exposure times.

[Simms]

Added some more subs tonight - seems to resolve a bit more detail in the core. Comments?

[hayju01]

Cracking Shots!!!!

[caerus_sam]

..and just think, this is all being seen a few doors down from me.! My Mum is impressed.!

[stolenfeather]

Another great shot! I'm sure your albums are all winners!

Isabelle

[Wildwood]

Superb picture!

[davo]

M82 is great in the first image & M81 in the second.

[Ags]

Wow - I dream of taking pictures like this. Is your camera modded?

[Simms]

Wow - I dream of taking pictures like this. Is your camera modded?

Nope, not modded at all! Its actually my general day to day work camera - primarily used for weddings and events!

[EA2007]

Very good for 2 minutes. A good alignment with my (N)EQ6-Pro can just about push 2 minutes without trailing.

More subs will add finer detail, keep it up laddo.

[Ags]

Nope, not modded at all! Its actually my general day to day work camera - primarily used for weddings and events!

It may not be modded but it is quite a camera - I looked up the Canon 1D - it sounded expensive, and it is! Although the mk 3 is 1000 pounds cheaper at the moment than the mk 4...

Judging by M82 you have excellent sensitivity to Ha anyway. Obviously the filter in front of the 1D chip is not as indiscriminate as on the more mass-market models.

[Sp@ce_d]

Oooh ya.. nice...

(as I delete my first guided attempts at this target... )

[space3]

wow, class image

[RobH]

Nice work....well captured. I had a quick look at the jpeg in photoshop, and I suspect there is a lot more to be brought out, especially in the spiral arms of M81. Unfortunately, the jpeg doesn't respond well to stretching!! The 16 bit master should be fine to push a little more though.

Cheers

Rob

[Multi-Coated]

Very nice indeed , you must be well chuffed