IC1805 with a £15 ebay SLR lens

[MikeD]

The plan for last night was to get some more data with the 10" newt for my Hart neb mosaic, but the combination of strong wind and the long newt made guiding impossible.

So I decided to give a 200mm SLR lens I got from Ebay for £15 ( including postage) a few months back a go.

Cloud got the better of me after just 4 x 10 min subs but I was pleasantly surprised with the result.

4 @ 10 Min's in HA with the HX916 and 200mm SLR lens + filter wheel, guided with my 80ED.

I think if i had been able to get 15 or so subs for this to increase the signal to noise ratio it would be a nice image.

Looking forward to having a go at M42 with this.

(click to enlarge)

£15 well spent.

Mike

[CELESCOPE]

well worth it indeed Mike , a lovely wide field image , spot on mate .

Rog

[anthony]

Cracking stuff Mike

Stars are round to the edge and loads of detail for such small aperture and limited exposure time.

The Ha filter knocks the moon into touch too.

Really good

Anthony

[barkis]

Great result with a bargain lens. I think you will inspire a few more to try that Mike.

Me for instance.

Ron.

[MartinB]

Right, I'm off to visit ebay!

[centroid]

Not bad for £15 Mike

Nice result!!

Dave

[MikeD]

Cheers guys, I am going to loook for a 50mm lens now too.

[MartinB]

Well I've just picked up a Carl Zeiss Jena 50mm M42. Also got a Zeiss Sonnar Jena 135 and a mirage 200mm! 3 new "scopes" in 30mins Total cost £50

[barkis]

You know, that Ebay's just one giant Lucky Bag.

[MikeD]

Well I've just picked up a Carl Zeiss Jena 50mm M42. Also got a Zeiss Sonnar Jena 135 and a mirage 200mm! 3 new "scopes" in 30mins Total cost £50

Sweeet.

[SteelRat]

Real nice pic Mike 8) Good stuff.

[daz]

Mike

I assume you have a specific adapter for the HX to the lens (m42 thread?)

Anyone know where I can get an ATIK one??

[daz]

Hang on, just read that again.

Where was the filter wheel in the train?

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

Bern sold me an adapter for the Atik 16HR. Problem is, it is slightly too long so you can't get infinity focus with it. If you stick it in a lathe and trim it down it works fine though. I just need to get hold of some manual focus Nikon lenses to go with mine as the focus adjustment on the auto-focus ones is too coarse.

The other thing that I find useful is a M42 to T thread adapter (free with the Tal200K) that screws onto the M42 lens and into the Atik. You do need some spacers though, otherwise you can't focus it.

Kaptain Klevtsov

[MikeD]

Hang on, just read that again.

Where was the filter wheel in the train?

I have the HX916 attached straight to the Filter wheel ( with the adaptor that came with the cam) and then the M42 SLR lens straight on to the "Astro engineering" filter wheel.

Mike.

[lunator]

Mike

great images from the kit

Thats a very innovative set up. Looking forward to seeing more pics

Cheers

Ian

[daz]

Gotcha (both!)