M42 and 45 from Friday

[jonathancd]

Hello,

here is my go at m42 and 45 from Friday. Both sets of around 20 30 second subs shot with a 400d.

Not a patch on the many great images here but I was pleased to get some nebulosity on the renning man and around M45. These are shot in altaz and under heavy north east London light polutin so I have to keep the exposures short.

thanks

for looking

Jonathan

Equinox 80

Nexstar SE mount

Canon 400D

M42/3 and its NGC friends:

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M45:

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[Tim]

Hi. Come here often?

[jonathancd]

Oops should be okay now.

[MartinB]

Very pleasing results with the Alt az mount. Have you tried going for slight longer subs Jon. You could probably go up to 45 secs.

[jonathancd]

Thanks,

I thinks that I can manage 45 seconds as long as I do not shoot above 60 degrees and will definitely have a go with that. I am shooting at iso 800 and with a relatively weak 2" skywatcher LP filter.

Would it be worth trying to have a go at iso 1600 or without the filter?

thanks again

Jonathan

[Sam]

They look great Jonathan. I reckon heaps of subs at 1600 will give a good result, the more subs the better - it'll help reduce the noise form the ISO 1600.

Sam

[jonathancd]

Thanks,

I shall try again at iso1600 when the clouds clear, hopefully this weekend .

Jonathan