Ken Mitchell Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 (edited) I'm in love with dark nebulae! 😄😄❤️❤️ A couple of dark nebula targets I did the past week. If someone has advice/recommendations on other dark nebula targets suited for a 72mm apo + dslr please let me know. Ken ---------------------------------------------- Imaging set up: TS72mmf6 apo +ff Nikon d610(stock) Guiding set up: TS50mm guidescope + zwo asi120mcs Tracking: Skywatcher Star Adventurer --------- The snake Nebula Complex in Ophiuchus (07/29/2020) total of 30 minutes with 240sec subs Barnard's E dark Nebula in Aquila (07/29/2020) total of 120 minutes with 240sec subs Dark Nebula in Vulpecula (08/04/2020) total of 280 minutes with 180sec subs Edited August 5, 2020 by Ken Mitchell 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Boesen Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Beautiful images! I could imagine you have pretty dark skies at your area? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HunterHarling Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Those are great images, I love the size and color of the stars! Is your DSLR modified with a cooler? It's too hot here to image with my DSLR in the summer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Mitchell Posted August 5, 2020 Author Share Posted August 5, 2020 35 minutes ago, Victor Boesen said: Beautiful images! I could imagine you have pretty dark skies at your area? Thanks! Not sure if bortle 4 is considered as dark skies? But I can't complain I guess, as it's pretty easy to see the Milky Way from my backyard. Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Mitchell Posted August 5, 2020 Author Share Posted August 5, 2020 32 minutes ago, HunterHarling said: Those are great images, I love the size and color of the stars! Is your DSLR modified with a cooler? It's too hot here to image with my DSLR in the summer Thanks a lot. Nope, no mods done on the d610. Summer nights are fairly 'cold' here, 70ºF at night atm 🙂 Ken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Boesen Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 14 minutes ago, Ken Mitchell said: Thanks! Not sure if bortle 4 is considered as dark skies? But I can't complain I guess, as it's pretty easy to see the Milky Way from my backyard. Ken I consider it as dark;) I live under bortle 7/8 skies but occasionally visit my grandparents who live in a bortle 4 location. I love being there and I always try to bring as much astronomy gear as I can! Would love to go to a bortle 1/2 class location one day though, since the darkest I've ever been to was probably a bortle 3/4.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allinthehead Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 They're all fantastic natural looking images. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkAR Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Lovely images, these are great examples. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Mitchell Posted August 6, 2020 Author Share Posted August 6, 2020 4 hours ago, MarkAR said: Lovely images, these are great examples. Thanks! Did a new target yesterday, located just at the left from the last image. Unfortunately I had to remove 1.5hr of subs due to startrails. Not sure what caused this. Guiding and PA was good. I'm thinking it has something to do with balancing as it happened before when the mount was in the same position. Have to look into that. Ken 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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