Modded 1000D - first light (kind of) M45 - 6 seconds (Ha)

[swlloyd3]

Had to post this as I am just simply amazed by how much was picked up....

Just a 6s sub only and converted to B+W in photoshop - no stretching or editing done.

ISO 1600 and F4 at 135mm

popped my head out of my loft window to see the clouds had a nice break in them so quickly grabbed the camera just to see if it would pick anything up lent on the window ledge and I am madly impressed!

This camera has just had the rear filter removed and this was taken through a 12nm Ha filter (clip in).

Simply can't wait to get this out on the astrotrac and go for some 4-5min subs!

Ste.

[wxsatuser]

Your heading should be M42...........nice try at 6secs.

[JohnC64]

Nice shot for just 6s.  With the Ha clip in fitted, i find that its best to just extract the red channel only from the image.  (Ha is only appears in the red channel).  The green and blue contain mostly noise and can be discarded.  This give me better results than converting to B/W

[swlloyd3]

Cheers for the advice! fingers cross for some clear skies....

- Yes should be M42! got a bit carried away when posting