M45 and Horsehead with Skywatcher Quattro 150

[Roy Foreman]

It was unexpectedly clear(ish) last night for about and hour and a half, so I thought I would give the Quattro 150 and airing. At F/3.45 it gathers a lot of light in a short time.

Chose a couple of easy targets to give a greater chance of capturing something worthwhile.  Given the hazy conditions I'm reasonably happy with them.

Clouds rolled in cutting the total integration time for the Horsehead.

 

Vital Stats :-

Skywatcher Quattro 150 with it's F/3.45 Coma Corrector

ZWO ASI 6200 MC Pro full frame OSC

61 x 30 sec at gain 400, no filters for M45

33 x 30 sec at gain 400, IDAS NB1 filter for Horsehead.

Both cropped slightly as the Q150 doesn't quite cover a full frame sensor.

Thanks for looking.

 

[Albir phil]

1 hour ago, Roy Foreman said:

It was unexpectedly clear(ish) last night for about and hour and a half, so I thought I would give the Quattro 150 and airing. At F/3.45 it gathers a lot of light in a short time.

Chose a couple of easy targets to give a greater chance of capturing something worthwhile.  Given the hazy conditions I'm reasonably happy with them.

Clouds rolled in cutting the total integration time for the Horsehead.

 

Vital Stats :-

Skywatcher Quattro 150 with it's F/3.45 Coma Corrector

ZWO ASI 6200 MC Pro full frame OSC

61 x 30 sec at gain 400, no filters for M45

33 x 30 sec at gain 400, IDAS NB1 filter for Horsehead.

Both cropped slightly as the Q150 doesn't quite cover a full frame sensor.

Thanks for looking.

 

Great images I'm thinking of getting a 150, is collimation a problem 

[Roy Foreman]

6 minutes ago, Albir phil said:

Great images I'm thinking of getting a 150, is collimation a problem 

I didn't find it a problem. If you can collimate an F5 or F6 scope then you can do an F4 scope. The process is exactly the same. A good quality laser collimator makes the job easy and precise. For greater accuracy you can view an out of ficus star image on screen and tweak to perfection.

Glad you like my images, for which the collimation was only 95% perfect !

[Albir phil]

40 minutes ago, Roy Foreman said:

I didn't find it a problem. If you can collimate an F5 or F6 scope then you can do an F4 scope. The process is exactly the same. A good quality laser collimator makes the job easy and precise. For greater accuracy you can view an out of ficus star image on screen and tweak to perfection.

Glad you like my images, for which the collimation was only 95% perfect !

Thanks for reply 95% is ok by me🌠