My first proper guided image - M101

[Vega]

Well... I've finally come over to the the dark side in full lol. My first go at this beautiful spiral and my first image taken through a telescope with guiding in full flow.

Canon 400D, CLS Filter

250px (imaging scope)

Bresser 70/700 frac & toucam (guiding)

26x 4 minute exposures & ISO 800, 10xDarks

Processed in Images Plus, PS, PixInsight

Am very pleased with the results for a first guider shot :-) (I have guided before using a canon zoom lens.. however this is my first time guiding with telescope as imaging device

Cheers

Matt

[beamish]

That's fantastic Matt:hello2:

Great feeling isn't it ?

Karlo

[steppenwolf]

Very nice, matt and good round star shapes too - excellent!

[CELESCOPE]

And a very warm welcome to the Dark side Matt , and a cracking image of M101 as well , great work ,

Rog:)

[Doc]

Awesome Matt.

Very natural looking with great detail in the dust lanes.

[RobH]

Well done Matt, a fine image.

Guiding looks perfect.

Cheers

Rob

[Vega]

Thanks peeps. I'm now imaging M51 with the same setup.. 13 x 4 min exposures so far.. another very late night for me I think! Such a nice treat to have 3 clear nights on the trot over Easter. I originally wanted to target one of the many galaxies in Virgo but after a small amount of murky cloud blocking my view and then the GOTO going all wierd.. I opted for M51 which I could find manually.

Anyone got any advice as to the most ideal target in virgo for a DSLR? I was thinking maybe M90?

Matt

[Imahumanbeing]

Awesome picture Matt and congrats on the guiding!

[Tim]

No stopping you now, everything looks great.

[Psychobilly]

Very nicely done Matt.... Everything seems to be working very nicely indeed

There's no going back now....

Peter...

[James]

Nice pic Matt - I couldn't enjoy those clear nights (I live about 10 miles south of Matt) as I was in Scotland but never mind...

James

[Dangerous-Dave]

That's very good indeed, especially for your first guided shot!

[gary1968]

Great result Vega, looking forward to seeing more of your work.

Gary

[MidnightSun]

Great shot especially for a first go.....now we've got you......

[saturn5]

Great shot,everythings looking good.

[barkis]

It's a wonderful result Matt. Getting a prolonged guided exposure under your belt has to be a great thrill.

You have a lovely image here.

Ron.