First attempt at imaging M97 Owl Nebula

[gfletcher]

Hi Guys

Although it was clear skies around here last night, it was a little misty.

Eventually found M97 by pointing the scope in the area of sky i expected it to be in.

No matter how much i tried i could not see it visually (probably due to mist).

Anyway, focused using DSLR Focus and took a 60 second sub,luckily it was in the camera FOV (not centred but HEY, i least i got it!)

Details:

C8N Newt at prime focus

Canon 300D (unmodded)

16 X 90 second subs @ ISO 800

Stacked in DSS and processed in CS2.

I took a total of 30 subs but deleted 11 of them due to signs of star trailling.

These subs were Unguided.

DSS stacked 16 of the remaining 19 subs.

thanks

Graham

[Taff]

Hi Graham' thats a nice capture of the neb with the stars in the backround.Mark

[centroid]

Nice work Graham!!

IMO, the 'Owl' really needs good 'seeing' to get any real detail from it, but despite the misty conditions, you've captured his eyes nicely.

Not misty, but a lot of moisture in the air here last night.

Dave

[philsail1]

Wow! there are some strange sights to be seen in the night sky!

I've never seen the Owl Nebula before!

That's a cool image Graham!

Regards,

philsail1

[Dave Smith]

Very nice Graham. I had never considered that this one was possible with a DSLR.

Dave

[Whippy]

Nice work , is that LP in the bottom/middle of the image?

Tony..

[gfletcher]

Yes i believe it is Tony.

I put it through PixLnsight which got rid of most of the vignetting

[RichieJarvis]

Very nice image - good capture