Heart and Soul

[JohnC64]

No not a T'Pau hit from 1987 but last nights effort with the Zeiss Jena 135mm Lens again. 13 x 5 min subs with Clip-in HA Filter on the Canon 1100D. PA was a bit off last nigh so could only get 5 min subs and could really do with 10mins. Fabulous night here though - Clear and dry all night and was rewarded with the sight of Jupiter and Orion appearing over the trees at 3am(ish)

Cheers for looking

John

Edit - Looks a bit soft on here after i reduced to 25% to post.

[iksose7]

Lookin' good John. Its funny, i hadnt ever seen anyone using a Zeiss lens for AP until a couple days ago, and now i've seen 3! Do you think they are well suited for it over something like the Canon 135mm? I know they are well made from what i've read.

[andyo]

great capture the detail is suoerb

[JohnC64]

The advantage of the Zeiss is that its was cheap (well a gift from a relative :-) ). in their day they were probably a medium priced lens. Mine was made in East Germany (it has DDR on the lens )and is beautifully made. Built like a Tank with metal construction and wonderfully smooth. Now does it stand up to modern optics and ed glass i wouldn't know. In use, it needs stopping down a couple of clicks to get spot on star shapes. I'm out on my image sampling so the smaller stars do come out pixelated. On the whole easy to use and gives decent results :-)

Cheers John

[Gina]

Excellent John Zeiss made terrific lenses

[davew]

You and that lens just get better.

Another night's worth would bring that right out and possibly reveal some of the thin surrounding gas.

Very nice,

Dave.

[Quatermass]

Looking very good indeed John, I stayed up late enough to see Jupiter and Orion as well

[JohnC64]

I must admit that its becoming a bit of a tradition each year for me to stand in the furthest corner of the garden in the dark at early o'clock and say "welcome back old friend"

Cheers John

[Quatermass]

Well your in good company John you can't beat a nights star gazing to sort out the stress of life some times and Orion is just like an old friend knocking on your door.

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