First Deep Sky Image - M45

[greenninja]

Aside from a pretty poor M42 this is the first DSO I've attempted to capture. It's a single exposure (15 secs) of M45. It's pretty lame compared to the work of proper imagers - but I've taken the first step I guess !!

[Deneb]

Think of it this way - It's a start !, my 1st dso was a pic of capella taken with a webcam, just remember your having fun !

Nadeem..

[brantuk]

I think you have a nice blue tone in there that is gonna look great when you get the magnification and fov sorted.

[Glider]

Not lame at all mate, as Brantuk says, at least your stars look blue, mine look green:eek:.

What equipment were you using?

Mines a 50mm camera lens bolted to the front of a DSI IIc to get the FOV.

[greenninja]

Thanks all

Gear wise it was an Evostar 120, EQ-6 unguided and Canon EOS30D at prime focus.

I have to say that this is only really third proper time out with this scope (in 8 weeks of cloudy skies!).

I've also been playing with the the neximage on saturn, but I need to get more magnification and work out how registax works! My last effort really wasn't a wonder of the solar system

I'm going to take a long old run at imaging - adding bits as required; I'll just keep plugging away with an ever improving setup until I get there. As said, the most important thing is to enjoy it, and that I am.