Beehive project

[OXO]

Hi All,

I did a project the other day were by i imaged the beehive (2 images stiched together) and imaged saturn with some of it's moon's and saturn alone so it wasnt over exposed and placed them all into this final image.

Hope you like!

James

[CELESCOPE]

Thats great James like that , a lovely wide field , and a novel idea

Rog

[The Warthog]

That's a fine, final image. The Beehive is a favorite of mine.

[OXO]

Thanks Guy's,

Yeah it's a bit differant from the Norm isnt it, the Beehive is a fav of mine too Warthog great in Bino's too.

James

[OXO]

Cheers Caz,

One good thing about using this small F/5 refractor is that it is easier to do these kind of projects(wide field views). The scope is quite poor with planets though being f/5 and a 102mm scope but alas i managed to get some detail out of saturn hehe.

Glad you like it.

James

[Grant]

That's a beauty James, really like the labelling you've done, super useful for newbie people like me

[OXO]

Cheers Grant,

I hope to do more of the lables in the future esp if it helps people out. Got a Moon image to post that has been labled with the best craters on the image too.

James

[gaelicstorm7]

Thats fantastic James, was that taken with your 102mm Refractor ? if so I'm amazed you got such a large detailed image of saturn :shock:, whats the focal length on the 102 ?

Alan.

[OXO]

Hi Alan,

Yes all taken with the star travel F/5 refractor,the cluster with a Canon 300D and Saturn with a Toucam Pro SC1.5.

Thanks

James

[FLO]

Can't believe I missed this post :shock:

James, after viewing your images, I don't know anybody that gets as much from their telescope as you do.

A 4" short-tube starter scope from a light polluted back-garden...

Absolutely blumming fantastic!

[OXO]

Thank you Steve

Trying to get the best out of my Scope and fighting this LP around here i know i can do much better and the best is still to come i think/hope lol.

James :laugh:

[Rob]

Thats great work James. I seen a few images like those before.

Keep em comming!!

Rob

[The Warthog]

It si a superb photograph, but there is no substitute for seeing the beehive naked-eye. Good second-best, though!

[Naz]

Good work James, how do find the 102 f5 scope? Does the optics improve with barlow on higher mags?

nabban

[OXO]

Thanks Chaps,

The 102 F/5 give's wonderfull wide field views and is perfect for imaging with apart from CA which the scope being cheap gives quite a lot of. Planetry and Lunar observing/imaging scope it isn't you just can't push the Mag up enough really although using low power ep's views like the one posted here do make planets stand out against a sea of stars. The focuser is horrid rack n pinion slop factory special image shift is horrendous all that can be fixed though and a first step is to get rid of that Synta Greece.

James

[gaelicstorm7]

Might be worth you considering a Fringe Killer filter James, I used to use one on my ST*) it made a world of difference.

Alan

[OXO]

Your right Alan a FR Filter does make a differance but alas i sold mine before getting the scope DOH! may get another one, The Moonglow filter i borrowed works quite well with CA in these scopes id recommend the two inch version with DSLR's.

[GazOC]

Very different JD, nice one!!

[gaelicstorm7]

Your right James about the 2", if your scope can handle it it makes a huge difference when imaging with a digital SLR, thats why I've gone over to the 2" filters and t adapters with the Megrez.

Alan

PS will post the extension tube off to you tomorrow (meant to do it today but did not manage to get out of work at lunchtime,sorry !)

[OXO]

Thanks GAZ ..

Don't worry Alan thanks matey

[tom.yates]

What can i say mate excellent as usual

[OXO]

Cheers Tom, gives a really good reprentation of what it looked like in the Eyepiece of a 40mm EP in my skywatcher ST102 - the enlarged view of course