First Deepsky picture M51

[astrovirus]

Hi there, my name is Tim from The Netherlands. I'm a beginning astrophotographer (started in March 2010 with first deepsky attempts). I have posted these also in sticky but I wanted to share them also with seperate posts.

Regards Tim

M51 March 6 2010, 1 hour exposure in 90sec subs with equivalent darks, stacked in DSS and processed with CS3

Details of setup see signature (and photo)

[Luke]

Hi Tim,

Well you're off to a nice start! I wish my first deep sky picture was so nice!

Good luck with the astrophotograpy!

Luke

[MartinB]

That's a phenomenal first deep sky image. Watch out Rob Gendler!

[dark knight]

Great start, blows my attempts right out of the water

[dark knight]

PS welcome to SGL, think I'd get my catapult on that street light in the background;)

[astrovirus]

PS welcome to SGL, think I'd get my catapult on that street light in the background;)

No need for that, just some simple tools and unscrew the fuse and the problem is solved.

[Coco]

Great start into the hobby, thats very well detailed..

Cheers

Guy

[Dean]

Very nice image

Dean

[ComputerPhysicsLab]

Nice setup. I didn't know you could guide using a finder scope. That is a great idea. Congratulations!

[Euan]

Really well done for your first image

I spent about 6 months tearing my hair out before I got to anything near that standard

[ollypenrice]

Wooo, that is an impressive debut.

As for the light, it deserves to die ignobly and in pain!!

Olly

[peter shah]

a stunner for a first finished shot

[dark knight]

Taking the fuse out,,,where's the fun in that, get a catapult;);)