Capella 18/1/09

[Deneb]

Hi

I took these shots using my Canon 450D in Prime Focus mounted onto a Skywatcher 200P.

Unmodified then converted from RAW to JPG, seeing was good & windy at times, they were shot at ISO 1600:

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[RichieJarvis]

Ya know - I love defraction spikes

Beautiful image there - crisp and clear

[Deneb]

Ya know - I love defraction spikes

Beautiful image there - crisp and clear

thanks, I love defraction spikes too - i think it adds a special touch to pictures.

[MrEd]

Beautiful work.

Such a great star.

Ed

[MartinB]

Beautiful image. The spikes make it

[philj]

Nice work Deneb, Capella is always a favourte of mine because I usually use it for focusing at this time of year.

Phil

[barkis]

Beautiful Image of One of the brightest stars.

You have been doing a bit of spectroscopy too, looking at the

spectrum spread out in the horizontal spikes.

Ron.

[Deneb]

thank you people :salute:

[George]

I love diffraction spikes too and your image shows them off great.