M27 First attempt only 30mins

[sulaco]

This was captured 5 days ago but only managed 30 minutes of lights before the secondary dewed up and I called it a night, planning to add 2-3 hrs in total over the next week.

9 x 180s @ 400 iso

Darks to match

Canon 550D unmodded

SW 200p Mounted on HEQ5

Guided with QHy5v and PHD

Processed in Nebulosity and CS6

I've had great nights every night since but managed to get Man Flu so not really up to it despite setting the kit up twice then taking it down again realising I was too ill to stay up.

Aiming at building a pier with a mini roll off shed to house it as the time wasted with setup and take down is a killer.

Feed back always welcome

Cheers

[emadmoussa]

This is an excellent image not only for first attempt by I'd say for well versed imagers as well Well done!

[Scott]

Oh so that's where I'm going wrong...M27 needs 27 mins of exposure time etc. can't wait to have a crack at M1 .

Really nice Sulaco, you can be very pleased with that me thinks