Some quck shots #1

[argo_navis]

80mm triplet

sxv-h9 mono

LVI Autoguider

M45: 7x5 min exp

Neb near Sadir: 4 x 5 min exp

Elephants trunk: 2 x 4 min exp

[Ant]

I can't see any images?

[argo_navis]

keep getting timed out when I try and upoad..sorry....will endeavour...

[Tim]

Hello, and welcome to SGL!

I cant see the images at present, but you can add them in by using the attachments tool in the advanced posting toolbar.

If they are very big, resize them to 1024 x 768 or so first.

Cheers

TJ

[argo_navis]

..finally....:-)

[Tim]

And worth the wait too

That M45 is especially nice for just 35 mins. Do you plan to add colour to these?

TJ

[argo_navis]

Thank you for the kind words TJ - I do .... when clear skies allow - but I strive to get the best b&w ones I can in case it turns out cloudy for a long while... :-) I do have Baader LRGB as well as Baader Ha/SII/HB/OIII waiting in the wings in a SX filter wheel ready to pull out when the skies clear.......wishful thinking at the moment....

[Tim]

Great stuff, should be some cracking results then.

[johnh]

That Sadr nebula is the best an outstanding image with great detail. John.

[argo_navis]

Thanks for your comments TJ/johnh : These shots were ones to test out the whole system and I'd have used more subs and longer ones in the latter 2 objects. I did do 1x10 min sub (for test only) on each to try out how well the LVI autoguider performed and they came out well with _no_ trailing at :-) Images processed with DSS/CS with skylight flats.

[albedo0.39]

I do love these mono images - somehow, they seem "real" - (perhaps because I spend my life at an EP viewing the same way !)

Good clarity on M45 !

[argo_navis]

Thank you Steve for your kind words. I love mono images too - not just astro related but there are some landscape/industrial images I have taken and a large number I have seen in photo art galleries that look amazing just in b&w - they have a "presence" thats lost in colour.

[Scott Tilley]

Agree, really nice to see these in black and white. Very Classy!

Scott