M42 with a £5 scope and Canon 400D

[**Space*Hopper**]

Shortly after discovering that my 400D would not achieve focus on my Skywatcher 130PM , I attached it to my sons £5 80mm f/400 scope which was purchased last year from a car boot sale and the results far exceeded my expectations :shock:

14 x 30 second subs, stacked in DSS and messed around with in Paint Shop Pro 8, (new to this so no clue as to what to do but I was trying to bring out as much of the nebula as possible without making it look too processed). I can even just about start to see the running man taking shape :shock:

I fully appreciate that these images are not a patch on most of the others posted here but given the cost of the scope I am simply amazed and just had to share them with you

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[steppenwolf]

Cool, just goes to show that 'throwing money at the problem' is not the only solution!

[**Space*Hopper**]

Have I screwed up on the image sizes here ? They used to show "click to enlarge" but now just show the large images Can someone please give me some guidance as to what I have done wrong to avoid it happening again ?

Thanks

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**** OK - now got the image size thing sorted thanks . Got a bit carried away and did not think of reducing the image sizes for all the 56k folk still out there :nono: Sorry :nono: . (have now read the image guidelines) 8) ****

[rawhead]

That looks really cool. :thumbleft:

I really enjoy looking at pics shot with 'beginners' / 'Limited' equipment.

Really gives you a feel for what everyone can achieve once gaining mastery of their stuff...

(Still can't get my polar alignment right :?)

[jgs001]

Nice one, Great shots.

[MartinB]

Now what scope is it. You didn't pick up a stellavue at that car boot sale did you?

[SteveL]

Not sure what the scope is, but £5 80mm f/400 must be fun to use

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

Sounds like its fl 400, which would make it an ST80 or similar. Cracking 'scope for a fiver.

Kaptain Klevtsov

[barkis]

I bet your lad is chuffed. What a lucky day that was at the car boot.

A great outcome, and just shows what can be done with modest gear.

Ron.