Our 1st Prime Focus snap... (M57)

[Aramcheck]

Our 1st attempt @ prime focus, taken Wednesday night with Canon EOS 600D (astromodified & with IDAS D2 filter) + Skywatcher 200dps + EQ6... Managed to get 48 frames before camera battery died. (50sec exp. at ISO 800 with a 10 sec delay between shots).

Alignment was pretty rough, but just wanted to try out the DLSR & also to see what tracking was like. (With the moon phase & next doors kitchen light I didn't expect much...)

Cheers
Ivor

[dazza1639]

Nice one, welcome to the frustrating but rewarding slippery slope that is Astro Imaging.

[Adam1234]

Nice shot

[alacant]

4 hours ago, Aramcheck said:

camera battery died

Hi. I'd recommend one of these. Then you can go all night.

HTH

[maw lod qan]

3 hours ago, alacant said:

Hi. I'd recommend one of these. Then you can go all night.

HTH

I second that recommendation! Got one for my wide field meteor shots, works like a champ on my Canon SL1.