M45

[gaelicstorm7]

Hi Guys,

Looks like this might be the only work thats salvageable from last nights wind !, not great but interesting to see what it's like to take images without a LP filter then see what can be processed out of them.

6 x 1min at 800asa Megrez/350D/EQ5 combo with only a VH-1 filter, first image stacked as they came out of the camera, 2nd image levels worked in ps7 to remove light pollution and try and bring out some detail.

See what you make of them.

Alan

[OXO]

Nice one Alan looks really nice mate

I'll have a play later if i may?

James

[GazOC]

Very nice Alan theres a lot a nebulosity on the second picture. Another refractor guy who likes diffraction spikes eh? They really suit M45 don't they?

[gaelicstorm7]

Feel free to play James have fun, yeah Gaz I'm really getting into the spikes since I made my diffraction spike mask from a smash tin lid (dead hi-tech or wot !), got some funny looks in the supermarket measuring things to find something the right size.

Alan

[MartinB]

Do they help with focussing Alan?

[gaelicstorm7]

Can't say Ive really noticed them visually through the scope Martin, used to use a hartman mask for focus though now I've got my Stiletto thats my weapon of choice, soon gets those stars snapped into focus

Alan.

[OXO]

[GazOC]

Alan, the're purely cosmetic.

[gaelicstorm7]

Gaz, Huh ?

Alan

[GazOC]

Gaz, Huh ?

Alan

Sorry mate, I lost track who was saying what!! :?

[gaelicstorm7]

Gaz, you said "Alan ther purely cosmetic"

Got me baffled do you mean the spikes or the stiletto's, hehe

Cheers

Alan

[GazOC]

LOL!! Cross dressing astronomers eh? It's a bit cold for the mini skirts....

Message should have read:

"Martin, the defraction spikes are purely cosmetic"

[daz]

Definitely the high-heels!!!

Amazing what you can do in software!!!

Should show the first one to the council when they say 'What light pollution?'!!

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

Can't say Ive really noticed them visually through the scope Martin, used to use a hartman mask for focus though now I've got my Stiletto thats my weapon of choice, soon gets those stars snapped into focus

Alan.

What's a Stiletto?

Captain Chaos

[Rob]

Thats a very nice shot there Alan.

Rob

[gaelicstorm7]

Thanks again for your kind comments guys, must admit I really love imaging M45, and this image I think is one of my best

CC - A Stiletto Focuser is a device to assist in focusing the scope before you attach a camera body

http://www.stellar-international.com

is the website, much easier for the experts to try and explain than me !, all I can say is they work really, really well .

Cheers

Alan

[MartinB]

"Martin, the defraction spikes are purely cosmetic"

Ah, I thought he might have stuck a cotton cross across the front of the scope to help get the focus but it's a photoshop jobbie is it.

Martin

[gaelicstorm7]

No Martin, the diffraction spikes are 100% genuine, I made a diffraction mask from a smash tin lid with cotton strung across it to make the cross, that wa I can put it on whenever I need it, when looking through the scope you can't see the cotton lines, but for some reason they show up in images. Once tried to put some on an image in photshop and they didn't look quite right to me.

Cheers

Alan

[GazOC]

"Martin, the defraction spikes are purely cosmetic"

Ah, I thought he might have stuck a cotton cross across the front of the scope to help get the focus but it's a photoshop jobbie is it.

Martin

I meant "cosmetic" is in for looks only.