IC 1318 in Ha. One sub :)

[namreg]

Hi guys

Don't get on here much but thought I'd post this to promote the kit

I recently purchased a mono cooled Canon 450D from Luis Campos in sunny Portugal-by-the-sea. Or to be more precise I purchased one of Luis's cameras that had been previously purchased by his sidekick Paulo Mesquita, and hence got a good deal

This image of IC 1318 was a bit of an experiment, the purpose of which was 1. to test my mount (which is currently being an ass) and 2. to see what a 40 minute Ha sub on a DSLR would look like. So this image is one 40 minute (2400 second) sub @ iso 1600 on Luis's Canon 450D, mono (debayered) and cooled. The sensor temp was about -4. Calibrated with a bad pixel map, flats and bias, and stretched ever so slightly in Ps. A bit noisy, but I guess that's to be expected

[laser_jock99]

The de-bayering is an interesting mod. I wish camera manufacturers  (other than Leica) would make mono cameras!

[namreg]

The de-bayering is an interesting mod. I wish camera manufacturers  (other than Leica) would make mono cameras!

Only £5750? A snip! My mod was a bit cheaper than that