First M45 of the season

[Astro_Gaz]

M45, Pleiades by Gareth Harding, on Flickr

M45, Pleiades - [High Res - https://flic.kr/p/pwzw4D]

I plan on doing another panel on the top of this image to give better composition, but this is where im at so far

Scope: Orion Optics VX6 with 1/10 PV upgraded optics

Guide Scope: Skywatcher ST80

Guide Cam: QHY 5 Mono

Mount: Skywatcher HQE5

Camera: Nikon D5100 Modded

Additional: Astronomik CLS CCD Filter, Baader Mark-III MPCC Coma Corrector

Exposure: 47x300s Subs ISO:1600, Darks, Bias & Flats

Technical: 750mm f/5

Software: DSS, Pixinsight, BackyardNikon, PHD2

[tingting44]

love it!

[VigdisVZ]

Thats really cool. I never seen it doen this way before. The colors are something else entirely.

Question: did you mod your D5100 yourself or have someone do it? I am thinking about modding my D5100 when I aquite a new camera this month.

[Astro_Gaz]

Thats really cool. I never seen it doen this way before. The colors are something else entirely.

 

Question: did you mod your D5100 yourself or have someone do it? I am thinking about modding my D5100 when I aquite a new camera this month.

The IR filter and anti-dust/hot mirror ar a single item so i had to get both taken out, means my sensor needs cleaning almost all the time but i have learned ways around it

i asked a camera technician to do it for me, it cost £20 so i went with that rather than fiddling with it

[Barry-Wilson]

Excellent stuff.

Barry