Mak 127 M33 fail :)

[JamesF]

It doesn't always go to plan... I started this one without really knowing where on the sensor it was because it was so faint, but it looks like I got it about right in terms of position. Sadly the little Mak then decided to start dewing up and the subs were getting more and more faint. It being 2:30am on a school night, I decided to call a halt to the proceedings. I think it might actually need a larger sensor or a shorter focal length anyhow. This is a resized image, but it's almost the full frame -- just the edges cropped off to lose the stacking artefacts.

James

[andyo]

Can make out the outer dust lanes and it looks like it will fit

Can just start to see the shape to the galaxy a bit more data needed (or less dew)

[knobby]

Tracking looks good James, are you guiding yet or is it just good polar alignment

[JamesF]

No guidng yet. I'm toying with the idea of an OAG at the moment, though I may just turn up an adaptor for the 50mm guidescope I have to take my ASI120 as a guide camera as the field of view will probably be quite a bit larger.

James

[Ags]

Very impressive for a notably tricky object at F12 and 1500mm focal length.

[fwm891]

That's really tough luck on that one James, so close.

[1parsec]

Definitley not a fail by any means. Nice tight stars and good resolution. But you will need a much bigger sensor to get it all in

Dave.

[JamesF]

Thank you all if it makes it over the roof before I fall asleep at the laptop this evening then I will have another go.

James

[JamesF]

Ah, well, tonight we had a weather forecast fail instead and I've had to abandon things early

James

[Paulus17]

Looks like you got the same amount of detail as what i got James,definately needs longer times on this one??

Same here last night,i set up under a clear sky but clouds started rolling in so packed up about midnight.

[JamesF]

Longer exposures would really help, but I think just getting a decent number of exposures would be a good start. The forecast looks good again for tonight, so I shall give it another go if I can.

James

[knobby]

Just thought I'd chip in with some words of wisdom...

anyone following these 'imaging with a 127Mak' threads, I've had a go myself and had very mixed results ... I've had a decent ring nebula and M13 but massive fails on the dumbbell

Its all down to meticulous polar alignment I'd say.

Hats off to anyone that gets a good image using the 127 Mak, they thoroughly deserve it as its really not that easy!

[JamesF]

Oddy enough, I had a pop at the dumbbell last night

http://stargazerslounge.com/topic/192128-127-mak-m27/

James

[Paulus17]

Just thought I'd chip in with some words of wisdom...

anyone following these 'imaging with a 127Mak' threads, I've had a go myself and had very mixed results ... I've had a decent ring nebula and M13 but massive fails on the dumbbell

Its all down to meticulous polar alignment I'd say.

Hats off to anyone that gets a good image using the 127 Mak, they thoroughly deserve it as its really not that easy!

Well said Knobby

[Gina]

Framing is great - you've got it even if it is a bit faint Supposed to be clear tonight for several hours so you may get more data - good luck

[JamesF]

I'm hoping to get out tonight to try to get guiding sorted, but at the moment there's about 50% cloud cover

James