A couple more from Salisbury

[Starflyer]

Just got around to processing some more of the images taken at the Salisbury star party.

M57, 20 x 60 second subs at ISO 800 with 20 darks, taken with the 10" newt;

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Not as smooth as the M27 image from the same night with the same camera settings, and had I trouble processing it. There is a little galaxy in it though which I was quite pleased to have captured

M45, 20 x 60 second subs at ISO1600, with 10 darks, taken with Dogfish's Megrez 72;

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It's a crop of the main image due to field curvature being quite evident in the full frame. It's very noisy but I wanted to try and get a bit of the nebulosity, so I tried it at ISO 1600.

Hope you like 'em,

Ian

[Sam]

Very nice Ian - The ring is very clear and looks like you got IC1296 just to the lower left of the ring. Excellent shot of Pleiades as well!

Sam

[dogfish]

Hi Ian,

M57 is great and I love the little galaxy. M45 was with my Megrez wasn't it? As you say, quite grainy, hope it wasn't my scope.

Martin

[Psychobilly]

Certainly some nice images obtained at the Salisbury event.

Billy...

[Starflyer]

Thanks Sam

Hi Martin, there's nothing wrong with your 'scope, I upped the ISO speed because I knew that 60 seconds wasn't really enough exposure to capture any nebulosity, the trade off is much more noise at the higher sensitivity.

Cheers,

Ian

[Beyond_Vision]

The M57 shot is fantastic the focus tracking and colour is spot on. The Ring looks great against the starfield and you can clearly see the two stars in the centre, the galaxy is a nice bonus too. M45 is pretty good for only 20 mins of data with quite a bit of nebulosity showing up. This object really needs a couple of hours of data or more to bring it out and to reduce the noise.

I would be more than proud to turn out three fine images like you have with your first attempt with a DSLR.

Regards

Kevin

[anthony]

That is one smooth M57 - well done

Anthony

[Talitha]

M57's a real beauty... well done, Ian!!

[stargazer1980]

Nice one ian! I think that those images, considering the dew and the not so brilliant clarity in the air (hazy mist lol)! Are brill, especially as its your first time with a DSLR! Nice work mate!

Darren

[beamish]

A pair to be very pleased with Ian

Karlo

[supernova]

Ian.

love the Ring pic.

Good site eh ?

[psychobabbler]

Cracking stuff Ian - looks like you has a grand time down there.

PB

[Starflyer]

Thanks for the kind comments everyone

There's a couple more left to process but I'm really struggling with them, I'll keep trying but probably end up asking for help and advice in the image processing board.

Cheers,

Ian