CCD First Images - Heart Neb/Wizard Neb

[StevenWhatley]

11x 600s

3x 800s

SXV-H9 / Baader 7nm HA / SW NEQ6 / SW ED80

Guided using Altair GP Cam Mono / 50mm Finder

Heart Nebula2 by Steven Whatley, on Flickr

2x900s

6x600s

WizNeb by Steven Whatley, on Flickr

I Just need to get my permanent set up sorted so I can get out more !!!!  

[seo]

Nice first CCD images. Good work Steven.

[xtreemchaos]

great images mate. well done.  thanks for posting  charl.

[ollypenrice]

Good stuff. Very good start indeed.

Ha does need a lot of integration time and longer subs would be a big, big help.

Olly

[toxic]

yes this is a very good start indeed

[MarsG76]

Excellent for first CCD images...

[peroni]

A good effort. Stick with it and try gathering more data for that target. You'll be amazed how the detail starts to emerge. 

Some CCD imagers here don't even start to process until they have 10 hours worth of data. Try grabbing 4 - 10 hours and see the difference.

I have a similar set up to you (ED80, HEQ5, guided, 460ex CCD) and settled on 15 mins subs earlier this year (my first CCD season). I found it a balance between getting a good 15 min sub or a ruined 20 min sub (guiding error, wind, aircraft, other issues). The longer the subs take the shoot, the more valuable they become  , and the more disappointing if you lose them.

[laudropb]

Very nice first images. Thanks for posting.