Cygnus from the Suburbs

[laser_jock99]

I'm staying in the Midlands tonight- it looked nice and clear out so I wanted to find out was possible from a light polluted site with almost no equipment!

The set-up, Fuji Finepix S5 Pro, static tripod, 50mm F1.4 lens, locking cable release.

A stack of 33 ten second frames @ ISO3200 f4.

EDIT- From the same session an 18 x 10s stack of M31 in Andromeda- also with undriven tripod/50mm lens.

Not bad what you can capture with nothing!

[lukebl]

That's impressive, and with such short exposures!

[rocketandroll]

Thats really cool :-)

The NA, pelican and Gama Cygni nebulae are really clear.... I even recon you can see the crescent nebula (see badly drawn arrow) as a small light arc.

Pretty darn good for 10 second subs!!!

Ben

[laser_jock99]

That's impressive, and with such short exposures!

I had to keep them really short to avoid trailing- it was too much on 15 seconds with the 50mm lens. ISO3200 was pushing the noise levels just a bit too. Still interesting whats possible will perhaps try some anti LP filtration next time or even some rudimentry tracking device (Barn Door mount?)

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Really nice result!

[rfdesigner]

well done.. good shots and worth pursuing a little in processing.

Had a play with the background level in the M31 image, you could do a lot more with the origional data.

Derek

[laser_jock99]

Clear again tonight- same set up (camera+tripod, 17x10s exposures, light polluted back garden) this time with a deep blue filter. Counter intuitively this seems to have enhanced the red nebulae?

[laser_jock99]

Result of a third session- 20 x 10 seconds, no filter.

[JimStan]

I sure wouldn't call a nearly $1400 camera "nothing" !

Jim S.

[todd8137]

realy nice shots there i would not get that sort of result even with a lp clip in filter great work ,these type of pics are what i want to achieve