M45 Pleiades on xmas eve

[jsigone]

Good to be back and running again after 3months of nothing.... Had some laptop problems and lack of motivation to get out and image thanks to Battlefield 3 So I figure I'd start with an easy target. This is 1st of 2 targets, I imaged this one til it hit the flip and then moved to the rosette (still need to stack that one). Not sure if my collimation is off a bit or if I missed focused that are causing the ray beams. Thanks for looking!!

Hardware:

Scientific Explorer 152mm Mak-Newt F4.8

Celestron ASGT5 mount

Canon XS (self mod) with Astronomiks CLS-CCD clip in

50mm Autoguider/SSAG

Settings:

155mins of data

ISO 1600, 31 x 5min, 10 darks& 30 flats

Software:

Nebulosity 2, CS4,Fitworks

M45 Pleiades 31 x 5 min iso1600 with Canon 1000D by jsigone, on Flickr

[Deneb]

Very good image there, I was pondering possibly looking at this scope for the new year, with the stock focuser, how do you find focusing, any problems with inward or outward focus. I do know that supplied ext. tubes are supplied as part of the package with this carbon fibre scope...

Nadeem.

[jsigone]

Thanks! The focuser is pretty nice. In the summer I use a lunch cooler around the camera and that adds an extra 3 lbs but no flexure noticed. Its spacer properly for a aps-c sized chip with low profile adapter to avoid diffraction spike. If full frame camera or longer t ring adapter would cause the 2 way spikes. Others then that I love this scope! Super flat field makes mosaics easier then with my old 80ed doublet with ff.

[cloudbuster]

a very, very nice image that!

[jsigone]

thanks cloud buster!

here's the 90min version of Rosette I got after M45 hit the flip. Its going to need a few more hours in Ha to come to life.

Rosette Nebula 18 x 5min iso1600 with Canon 1000D by jsigone, on Flickr