The California Nebula

[Knight of Clear Skies]

Here's a quick California Nebula from the other night.

200mm f2.8 lens on a modded Canon 100D, ~65 minutes total exposure in 1 minute unguided subs.

Fairly happy with it, a fair amount of structure showing with some hints of the extended nebulosity and surrounding dust. Can just make out the mysterious circular feature at top left which I was hoping to capture. Wanted to get at least a couple hours on it but the second battery for the 100D went flat, it seems to die much more quickly in the cold while the 1100D keeps chugging away.

Have posted this before but here's a wider shot that shows the nebula in context, taken with an old 24mm lens.

Lots more data from last week still to process.

[Taff]

They are both nice captures' with you.Mark

[swag72]

Nice! I like these  that's a great image putting it in context.... how small it is

[Mr Spock]

Nice looking images. I especially like the widefield, there's so much to see in there!

[simmo39]

V nice image that.

[PatrickGilliland]

Nice I like the really wide field, toying with a 24, 40 and another plus a 135 for my rig - just to see these areas differently.  It also for the scale is nicely worked.

Paddy

 

[Barry-Wilson]

Great work with a dslr; setting the context too with the widefield.

[Knight of Clear Skies]

Thanks everyone. The widefield shot is my favorite of the two for the variety and busyness of the scene, and as an enhanced view of what I can see visually.

I find it interesting how differently the camera sees the sky than the naked eye. When looking at Taurus, to me Aldebaran doesn't stand out that much from the V of the Hyades, but in the widefield shot it's a giant.

[happy-kat]

That's why I like widefield images, it is bringing to life the view I see, I don't relate so well to close up images as they are not what I can see.