First Messier Images

[moondog]

First imaging session. Attached - M27, M57, M13, M15

All 5 x 30secs @ 800 ISO. No Barlow.

MD

[Greg]

Excellent MD,

You've been busy....Clear sky's for you then!

Very nice pics indeed.

[Jamie]

You got 4 nice images there mate.

Well done.

[geppetto]

Cracking set of DSO images MD 8)

Very well done

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

Smashing images, well done MD.

Captain Chaos

[OXO]

Well done on some fine images MD

[moondog]

Thanks guys. I managed to get 40 mins of clear sky last Thursday!  - but the clouds were rolling in from the West.....

So I did M13 first then down and East progressively to M57, M27 and lastly M15. Fast motors on the mount are important when you've gotta cram in a lot in a short time. Thank goodness the scope cools pretty quickly too !

Incidentally I used 'DeepSky Stacker' instead of Registax. Gordon C gave a link to this software. It's been optimised for the Canon and did a better job than Registax - and all automatically. Like it says on the tin it's only for stars and DSO's though, no good for the moon or planets.

MD

[Grant]

Wow! Awesome images Moon Dog, great work!

[qcdougn]

Very good go at some classic targets....

Doug

[Caz]

Super images MD, well done!

Caz

[russ]

those are superb.... i had to wait years before I could half decent images, you got them on your first go out. Nice job!

[daz]

Good going MD!!

Going to download DSS and give it a play..

[Rob]

Nice going MD. I'd be very happy with those.

Rob

[MartinB]

Well done MD!!! They are good images by any standard and for a first go outstanding. You must be well pleased.

[moondog]

Martin

It's thanks to help from people on the website, like yourself, that makes it easier for us novices to get a good start.

Welcome back, hope you had a good holiday.

Next time the Deep Sky Section is looking a bit sparse you'll have to go on another holiday, tough, but someone's got to do it!

8)

MD

[MartinB]

Yes thanks mate! Saw some fantastic dark skies in deepest darkest Croatia. Perhaps SGL could sponsor me to go once a year.

[daz]

Errrm.......

[FLO]

Some nice images MD,

I like the colour in M15