Let's see your 1st DSOs

[IainMcD]

Well, you got M45 in, so partly

[Andy P]

Hi all

My first dso was this of the Ring Nebular.

I used a Canon D600 straight onto my Skymax 180 pro on a HEQ5 mount.

It was guided with a HQY5 (PHD) adapted onto a 9x50 viewfinder. I managed to get 32 shots at 3mins long with APT and stacked in DSS before the clouds came in. I know it's over done but I like it. Will be trying again another night but first I want to capture M45.

Anyone have any good camera setting iso etc.? Would be great full.!

Andy.

[Gina]

Nice little blue ring

[springbok]

1st DSO image.

Canon 1110D with Canon 70-200 f2.8 IS L

2 sets of data, 1st was 120sec unguided, 2nd was 180sec guided. With darks.

Core is blown out, but it's a start.

Getting ready for my 1st winter of imaging, guiding is now up and running.

Grahame.

[earth titan]

Very nice for a 1st attempt. It's better than most of mine - 18 months on!

Typed by me, using fumms...

[Gina]

Very good

[IainMcD]

Very nice, good effort!

[springbok]

Thanks chaps, it's a start anyway.

[Andy P]

That's a great image.!

I've not long started and would be very proud of that.

[Epicycle]

First attempt at a DSO. I don't have en EQ mount (currently saving for one) so I did this with an SLT mount.

Taken with Megrez 72 and Canon 1100d. There are 24 subs of 20sec stacked with Deep Sky Stacker and processed with

Nebulosity. No darks or flats (I wanted to make my life easier with my first experiment). Certainly

not as good as a several first attempts that I've seen on this thread, but I guess I'm kind of happy as a start

[Gina]

That's a very nice first attempt Well done

[Floating...]

These are my first efforts. M57 - 15x30secs + 8x60secs & M15 10x30secs all iso800.

Just need some clear nights so I can practice!!!

[Gina]

Great start

[IainMcD]

Here is my first attempt at M42. Quite happy with this.

80x15sec @ ISO 800.

[Gina]

Nice first attempt And you've caught most of the Running Man in the bottom left-hand corner

[IainMcD]

Yeah I was really pleased to get some of the running man in! I'm going to try to get more data on it in the coming couple of weeks, hopefully bring out more of the running man.

I wasn't happy in the end anyway, so I went back and tweaked it a little bit, it's not got as much red glow on it now, which I prefer:

[Velvet]

very first DSO taken at kelling

240 x 30s subs

Canon 40d modded 300mm lens

mopunted on NEQ6 goto, no guiding

[Gina]

Great first shot - very nice

[IainMcD]

I always like the wide M31 shots, nice.

[Aenima]

First dso image, first night out with newly goto upgraded EQ5/200p - 30sec exp. canon 300d body. 13th oct 2012.

all in all not disappointed.

Edited October 18, 2012 by Aenima

[Epicycle]

First attempt at M27: 24 subs of 20sec each (I have an SLT mount) and 10 darks.

Stacked and processed with Nebulosity.

[Gina]

Nice Great start

[thommo10]

ok here's mine M45 first time on my own, using my Cannon1000d unmodded, SW200p, on a HEQ5 pro mount, unguided, 60, 30second subs. sky, slight cloud. processed a bit in photoshop (with guidance from Spikey)

Edited October 29, 2012 by thommo10

[jamesrussell]

Here's my first attempt. M57. I have been playing in photoshop for the last few days. There was quite a moon out when taken and didn't use any dark or flat shots. Just stacked what we were able to take. I don't think the mount was too well aligned. I have many things on my list to do different next time. Any advice would be much appreciated!

Here's another, different processing

Here is a single unstacked frame.

[heathenwoods]

M45. Actually done last week and posted in another thread but still my first :-)