NGC 2024 / B33 - Flame and Horsehead Nebulas - 350D- Better Conditions.

[jcm]

Much better conditions last night ( 5th-6th Nov)

30 X 3 mins , 130mm APO at F6 , Canon 350D at 800 ISO.

This seems a much better attempt than the previous.

Very pleased with this one

John

[trevboyd]

Fab image John - well done!

Trev

[Jamie]

Superb John....... 8)

[jcm]

Thanks , guys.

Will have to try an LRGB with the Atik 16HR sometime and see how that turns out.

John

[Jamie]

I would like to see that and this 350D image compared side by side....

[centroid]

Very pleased with this one

John

So you should be John, that's absolutely 'top notch'.

Well done indeed.

Dave

[SteveL]

Ooo! Superb... unmodded 350D? Are you sure?

[jcm]

Ooo! Superb... unmodded 350D? Are you sure?

Its modded - signature at the bottom of my posts

John

[SteveL]

Obviously I need to mod my eyeballs...

[Vega]

A modded Canon EOS can rival most CCD's on widefield shots IMO. Fantastic shot, just flippin lovely

Matt

[AndyM]

Fantastic shot, well done John. 8)

Andy.

[jcm]

A modded Canon EOS can rival most CCD's on widefield shots IMO. Fantastic shot, just flippin lovely

Matt

Yep , I agree with you Matt. I am tending to use the Atik 16HR with the fainter/smaller deep sky stuff.

John

[lunator]

John

excellent pic

The detail is superb

Cheers

Ian

[steppenwolf]

That's really nice, John - good and wide too

[Jeff RV]

Looks a first class one John, great image!!!

Jeff.

[CELESCOPE]

lovely shot that John, got it just right mate , but given the same exposure time i think the Atik will blow that away mate , watch this space when you try that LRGB ,

I think longer exposures would rival the Atik though, so its worth trying that ,

Very good image thought John

Rog

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

Gorgeous, looks spot on to me.

Kaptain klevtsov

[Robfal]

You make me green with envy. My Black and white version taken with the HX516 just isn't up to the job. Oh well, best get the cheque book out.

Would definately like to see that comparision between the Atik and the 350D. Still un-decided as to what I should buy

Well done

Rob

[barkis]

All the good things have been said John, so I will just say I agree with every positive remark.

I will just add. It's a gem of a picture.

Ron.

[jcm]

Would definately like to see that comparision between the Atik and the 350D. Still un-decided as to what I should buy

Well done

Rob

The 350D excels at the wide field nebula's ( particularly when modded ). The Atik is more sensitive but often needs a focal reducer to increase the field of view and of course needs separate (L)RGB images to produce colour. It can though take advantage of using H-alpha / OIII etc narrow band filters.

John

[MartinB]

Beautiful image John - lots of detail - some of the ionisation bands starting to show, colour is great and the noise level very low. DSLRs are certainly capable of producing great images but it seems to take a lot of technical proficiency which you've demonstrated with this shot. It's the big chip which is the real bonus.