Which DSO's to image?

[abodee2]

Hi all,

I've tried my hand at M27, M31, M45, M57, M13 and I'm quite happy with my results at the moment - i'll probably revisit them at a later stage! Now i'm interested at trying my hand at some other galaxies/nebulas but i'm not quite sure which to pick! I'm planning on imaging M42 when the dark nights come in within the next couple of months.

Advice on what to image would be much appreciated! More interested in nebulas and galaxies than open or globular clusters

Equipment is in my signature - 150pds OTA, EQ5 Pro, Canon 50D (un-modded) and subs will be unguided

Many thanks,

Ali

[tingting44]

M33 would fit your setup nicely for the next target to image

[Mrbloke]

Imaging requests? You are like the DJ of astro! How about M51? I've always liked that one.

[abodee2]

Found a nice website with PDF downloads on all things nicely visible in a particular month with the naked eye, binos and telescopes: http://skymaps.com/downloads.html

[ollypenrice]

Pleiades? Go deep, there's a lot to look out for.

https://ollypenrice.smugmug.com/Other/Best-of-Les-Granges/i-ZBmVMGT/0/X3/M45%20final-X3.jpg

Olly

[abodee2]

Pleiades? Go deep, there's a lot to look out for.

https://ollypenrice.smugmug.com/Other/Best-of-Les-Granges/i-ZBmVMGT/0/X3/M45%20final-X3.jpg

Olly

That is quite beautiful! Thank you for the suggestion, I think the next thing I'll do is revisit M45 then with much longer subs than the first time. At first all I was going for was 10-15s as it was my first DSO and I wasn't sure what I was doing!

Ali

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[StargeezerTim]

Pleiades? Go deep, there's a lot to look out for.

https://ollypenrice.smugmug.com/Other/Best-of-Les-Granges/i-ZBmVMGT/0/X3/M45%20final-X3.jpg

Olly

Exquisite!

[StargeezerTim]

Ali,

North American and Pelican nebulas image great on DSLR's. The Crescent nebula is also nice and you will get some nice colour and the the Veil nebula is also great to image with DSLR, modded or unmodded.

Tim. 

[ollypenrice]

North America unmodded? One of our guests tried it a few years ago in a 350D (from memory) and got nothing at all. When he returned the following year with the camera modded it was fine. Mind you, the standard DSLRs seem to get better each year in regard to Ha.

Olly