M13 and M57 with a 150p

[bri]

Hi everybody,

Thought I would share a couple of pics I made a couple of months ago. Not been out since due to the weather.

This was my last pic. M57 ring nebula was 15 X 90s at iso 800 with equal amount of darks. Not the most impressive but happy to get most of my subs successfully at 90s. That drift allignment does make you scratch your head to start with!

M13 was 28 X 30s at iso 800 and darks

Any advice is welcome as its only my 3rd and 4th attempts at imaging.

Bri

[rory]

well , what i know of photography you can write on the back of a polaroid . but they look nice images to me, very nice indeed. thanks for posting.

[Brent]

Those are excellent images! I particularly like your M13 - stars right to the core and the propeller is very visible.

[Brent]

And I must have a go at drift alignment myself!

Does your EQ3-2 not suffer from much periodic error?

[Chris]

These are great, I too really like your M13 its class, your doing really well:)

[farunj]

Those are good images!!

[bri]

And I must have a go at drift alignment myself!

Does your EQ3-2 not suffer from much periodic error?

I had to have a guide with me and it still took me ages to fathom, it is rather counter intuitive. But once it was done, I began to understand and it didn't seem that hard in the end.

Next time, I will start with the altitude adjuster first as it requires the most force which causes the whole tripod to flex which I found to knock out the azi adjustment slightly which i did first as per the guide.

As for the PE, if its effects are slight star trailing, then yes. Between 1/4 and 1/2 of my subs got scrapped, off the top of my head. Also any slight breeze didn't help either as the tripod isn't the most stable.

Bri

By the way thanks for the replies!

[badgers]

Great images.

The 150P is a great scope but it's a challenge to get shots like that off the EQ3-2. Well done.

My own attempts at M57 on the 150P were cut short by clouds rolling in at 1am last night

[JKB]

Excellent images.

Again my favourite scope the 150p comes up trumps. Look forward to using mine again soon. If the weather ever changes!

Cheers

[bri]

Yeah the weather has been so frustrating.

JKB. Just wondering if you've used the MPCC with the 150 and slr and if you had any issues with focus? Thinking of buying the SW version eventually.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Very good indeed. In the M13 shot you even got the galaxy NGC 6207. Nice.

[nytecam]

Great and pleasing images ;-)

[JKB]

Yeah the weather has been so frustrating.

JKB. Just wondering if you've used the MPCC with the 150 and slr and if you had any issues with focus? Thinking of buying the SW version eventually.

Hi Yes I use the MPCC on the 150p with EOS 30D. Huge difference and no focus issues at all. Really does make a difference.

This image without MPCC

This with MPCC

Keep up the good work

Cheers

Jamie