atharh Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 After tinkering with my gear for a year I've finally been able to take a half decent photo of M31. It's been my first DSO object and been a bit of an obsession. Now that I got this snapped I feel I can finally move onto something else.The left corner is messed up because I accidently rotated the camera while changing it's battery. Not sure what the bottom right blob is...could it be a reflection from my OAG? I get it in all my photos at the same spot.WO FLT 100FF IVTS Slim OAGCanon 7D22x5m @ ISO800 (11 darks) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkis Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 A very creditable result indeed Atharh. Your progress should be steady after this great start.The two dark blobs are probably a dust bunnies, caused by a specks of dirt on the Cameras sensor. Wiser guys than I will tell you the remedy for that, it's no big deal.Ron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telrad Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 That's a good image of M31 atharh! Looks spectacular. Well Done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessun Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 atharth that's very pretty! Very nice to see for a struggling newbie like myself - and everyone else for that matter.The lazy fix for the dust buddy is to remove it in software! Just cheat and clone stamp or use some fancier method. Another fix is to take lights, and I always do a CCD clean in the camere - that clever vibrating bit - before putting the camera to the scope. After that - touch nothing :-)There's a marked line across the lower left with an associated darker area which I'd try to get to the bottom with if I was you... Not many things are square in a scope. I can only think of the OAG prism and perhaps how it's fitted in the light cone - too far in?? Apart from that - well a fence pretty much in the line of sight on some of the subs?I can't browse around to find similar here on SGL but I'm sure someone has seen it before and cured it!Nice work, all the best/Jesper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quatermass Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Nice one its a good feeling getting M31 done and a great shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atharh Posted December 5, 2011 Author Share Posted December 5, 2011 Many thanks everyone for the replies and advice. I'll double check the sensor and oag. Sent from my Desire HD using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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