M27- Meade 127 1st light

[philj]

Another from the 1st light

M27, again 25 minutes ISO800. OBTW the M13 and this are at F7.5 no focal reducer/flatteners, I wanted to see what the image scale was like.

philj

[Doc]

Looks mighty impressive to me.

The meade 127 looks a great scope and for a fantastic price as well.

[Aza]

Great shot!

I see the image is cropped...do you get a lot of distortion around the edges?

[philj]

Thanks guys

Not much Aza, I was over the moon:D about that fact. There is a little coma at the extremeties I just cropped for composition because my goto was slightly out and the objects were not hitting the centre of the fov. I was too impatient calibratating the mount with the new scope on it. I shall do it properly using the camera next time.

philj

[Aza]

Cool, not surprised you are so happy about it all then!

Look forward to seeing your upcoming images

[barkis]

That's a mighty fine Image Phil

You gotta be chuffed to bits with it. Onwards and Upwards now hey.

Ron.

[ncjunk]

Great image, so you should be posting loads more now you´ve had some practice with the new scope!

Neil C

[philj]

Thanks chaps, with any luck and weather permitting I shall be out there catching photons:D

Just one point on this image you can see from the stars that the field isn't flat. The stars on the left are slightly out of focus compared to the pin point stars on the right.

This is because I used a homemade 2" nosepiece which isn't completely orthagonal with the optical axis. Its nothing to do with the scope. It shows on this image because M27 was over to the left of the FOV in the camera. I completely forgot about this effect, cos its been so long since I imaged last, Ive now scrapped the nosepiece and will be using my WO one.

phil

[brendant]

Beautiful result from the Meade Phil, they can certainly deliver the goods, a cracking image.

Brendan