M3 Globular with the 1000D *Unguided*

[Deneb]

Hi

Sorry to bore you chaps of the same object, but here's my latest image of M3, taken with an Unmodded Canon 1000D (why a 1000D - The area fov is a lot larger then a small CCD chip, thats one thing annoying I find with my Atik, mind you it will make a good guide camera though). On the top right of the Cluster, a faint galaxy NGC 5263 is also captured. Taken with 30x 2mins Subs, 11x Flats @ ISO1600.

Cheers

Nadeem

[Demonperformer]

Spectacular result as ever - and from just 60 min.

[GazOC]

Very nice Nadeem!!

[russ]

Well done Nadeem, great image.

[adamsp123]

Lovely image Nadeem, nicely framed

[MartinB]

More great work Nadeem. Really like the contrasting star colours

[Deneb]

Your comments are very kind, I have updated the image, with a less of a green colour & made the core so it can be resolved a little better.

Cheers

Nadeem.

[Coco]

Outstanding for such short amount of subs...

What scope was this mate?

[Deneb]

I took this shot with a Celestron C100ED f/9, stock focuser & without a reducer..

Cheers

Nadeem.

[jnp]

Glad to see you back in your element using a Canon DSLR again! Great resolution and colour. The C100ED + EQ6 combination is formidable. I can't get anywhere near that quality with my old 90mm.

Would be interesting to compare this DSLR shot with the finished CCD version, (still adding RGB?), for comparison.

John

[Astorix]

Lovely shots! very sharp!

[Deneb]

Thank you again for your comments.

Nadeem.

[dc509]

How did you get such sharp shots without guiding and 2min exposures? I'm struggling to get 30secs without star trailing on a motorised mount

Duncan

[Deneb]

Not to sound patronising or rude, Have you heard of somethings called Patience, Patience, Patience, Practice, Practice, Practice, Read, Read, Read, Balancing is very important also & taking your time in polar alignment, what mount do you have ?

Cheers

Nadeem..

[dc509]

it's a celestron cgem, but I'm a beginner. I'm suspecting it's my polar alignment (that's a patience thing, as you point out!), but it's good to see that you can achieve impressive results like this without going to the expense of guide scopes and the rest!

d

[Deneb]

...but it's good to see that you can achieve impressive results like this without going to the expense of guide scopes and the rest...

d

Quite right as well, you don't need X, Y & Z to do good images (no offence to anyone). Practice makes perfect & im still practising..

Nadeem...