4 December 2013 - Pleiades and Crab Nebula

[Bizibilder]

A couple of images from Wednesday night - official "first light" for my new EQ6 with good PA and guiding all working.  All taken with the Evostar ED120APO (with flattener/reducer), Modded Canon 1000D (with SW LP filter), ST80/QHY5/PHD guiding.

The Pleiades:

1hour 30 mins (24 x 5min subs)

24 Flats

28 Darks at 6°C (ambient)

72 Bias

M1 The Crab Nebula:

3hours (36 x 5min subs)

24 Flats

28 Darks at 6°C (ambient)

36 Bias

[Baselessum]

wonderful pictures there, wish you could see all that through the telescope on the Pleiades.  

[sologuitarist61]

Great images!

[SnakeyJ]

Very nice m45 Roger, M1 is also nicely resolved. Lots more detail than I've managed to get - but will have to try longer runs of 5 min subs after m45 crosses the meridian.

Good to see the obs fully up and running.

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[symesie04]

Lovely M45. That Crab is a faint one isnt she?.

[HenryW]

Whish i could take pics half as good as this!

[Steve 1962]

Very nice images Roger - and nice, sensitive processing too - great job.

Steve