m42 with modded canon (1st try)

[cosmos]

my first result with the modded camera that i saved up for ages to be done

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[Psychobilly]

HI Cosmos,

Nice firstlight with the moded canon...

Anymore details on exposures processing etc... next time i would center on M43 as this allows the running man some more room...

Billy...

[mike.brightmore]

Isn't it just great to capture a bit of the universe to keep - especially something as beautiful as M42. I posted my first DSLR image of M42 a couple of days ago 'M42 courtesy of Sky at night' and received some really helpful suggestions about vignetting and gradients. The before and after images are worth a look.

Mike

[glennbech]

I hope you don't mind me playing around with your picture; I just removed the gradient with PixInsightLE and applied deep space noice reduction with noels actions. To get rid of the orange part in the middle of your image you'll have to take "flat" frames or "fake it" with PixInsight or a program like it.

A great start and a fantastic object to photograph. It jumps out at you after just 10 seconds of exposure!

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[Psychobilly]

HI Cosmo...

I had a little play as well...cropped first to make life easier...

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Billy...

[cosmos]

thanks for comments all i struggle with this problem with the dslr i use a filter by rc astro but still cant

manage to cure the light area...

[Psychobilly]

Hi Cosmos,

Anymore details on the filter is it 2" or 1.25" where is it in the imaging setup?

Sorry for all the questions perhaps we can help you to get a bit more out of it

Billy....

[cosmos]

hello billy,

much better shot after u have played with it, i was using no filter just canon 350d prome focus 30x 30secs at iso 400 then stacked in dss and tweaked in cs3

regards

[Psychobilly]

How was the camera attached?

Sorry more questiions

[Trevor N]

Hello Cosmos, Great first shot. I've toyed with the idea of a mod for some time. Would you mind saying how much such a mod costs ? Trevor

[barkis]

A very nice first outing with the modded camera Cosmos. They certainly do the business DSLR's.

As you see, plenty of help at hand to improve on the processing skills too.

Great stuff.

Ron.

[cosmos]

hello billy and trevor,

billy camera attached by t mount direct to 2" focus tube, trevor mod cost 175.00 from astromiser

[cosmos]

thanks ron,

had a thought billy i am using a 8" meade snt with the corrector plate at the top i cant understand why i get the circle of light as there are stars on the outside of it i thought at first it could be the camera chip is bigger than the secondry mirror but that cant be the case

[gary1968]

Oh all that saving up was worth it, stunning image.....

Gary

[kev 102 42]

Very nice :hello1: .....kev

[Plastic chicken]

Brilliant shot!!!

PC

[Sam]

Excellent shot - the modded camera certainly brings out the detail!

[cosmos]

thanks everyone, since that shot i have seen nothing but clouds,

[LostNSpace]

Nice 1st image with your modded Canon Cosmos.......

Dont worry too much about the circle of light you get on your images, most of the time it can be sorted out during processing.......

I too get the same `circle of light` in some of my images, only seems to happen when the target im imaging is fairly low in the sky......whether it happens because of distant street lights or weather conditions who knows.......

Next time you get out imaging bump up your ISO setting to 800, and try taking some darks, flats and bias frames as well and see if this makes a difference........

Mark