Some DSOs from SSP 2010

[rickstanners]

Well I'm back from another great week of astronomy at this year's Salisbury Star Party

Probably one of the best bits for me was first light using my WO Megrez 72 for imaging...and seeing subs coming in that literally blew me away! This imaging lark is definitely time consuming, and comes with a steep learning curve, but I was amazed at what that little scope and some good skies could produce in the hands of a total amateur like me!!

The set up was the Megrez with Field Flattener III, taken with my Canon 450D, all mounted on an HEQ5. All the subs were either 1, 2 or 3 minutes unguided (thanks to Toby, Dave, Carl, and just about everyone on the campsite who ended up fiddling with my polar alignment ). And a big thanks to Toby (Astrokat) and Dave (Milliways) for their processing help .

M31

Widefield M27

Crop of the same M27 image

Part of the Veil Nebula

Rich

[JohnC]

Fantastic shots.

Sound like everyone had a graet time.

Roll on SSP 2011

[drummerp]

Really good images mate, it surely was a good week for you imagers.

Cheers

Neil

[Doug]

Hi Rick

Fantastic pics this is a great add for W/O and M31 WOW wish I could have been there

Doug

Essex

[NickH]

Said it already Rich, but great work mate!

[cardconvict]

very nice love m31

[Psychobilly]

Cracking work... Dont knock what a WO Megrez 72 FFII and a DSLR is capable of producing

Peter...

[peter shah]

a super set of images....i love the FOV:cool:

[johnkirkpatrick]

fantastic mate...

[astrokat]

well done mate there looking top you must be pleased get your self a pint n a shot of absenthe lol keep in touch

toby

[ColB]

Lovely shots, M31 in particular it popped out of my screen in 3D!

Well done

Col

[rickstanners]

Thanks guys, I really appreciate the comments. I do feel like I really achieved something last week (apart from surviving absinthe night Toby ).

It's always nice when you've got something to show your mates when they ask what you were up to on holiday!

Rich

[astrokat]

lol that was a good night !! roll on nxt year

[Beyond_Vision]

A lovely set of images Rick and nice to see the camaraderie of the SSP and the good dark skies bringing out an excellent result like this

Regards

Kevin

[russ]

Excellent set of images, M31 is staggering.

[James]

I love the M31 pic - the dark lanes are really clear - I also really like the fact that it's in mono too

James

[Keiran]

an amazing set... the weekend was great, lovely skies, other than friday night...

M31 is just amazing, what a great job you have done

[Keiran]

just read what you have writen and that makes these images even better... 1,2 or 5 min unguided.... wow well done

[robbieince]

"My God - it's full of stars!"

Superb images mate - jawdropping and really sensitively processed. Really good to meet you too. Keep up the good work!

Rob

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[SlipperySquid]

brilliant images matey...I'm jealous

[astrokat]

A canon can lol

[Starflyer]

You're right to feel proud of them Rich, a great set of images and you had a good time too

[Mel]

As before Rich, the M31 is a stunner! And the M27 is nice as well. You've every right to feel proud!

Well done.

Iain

[stargazer1980]

Hello fella!

I remember you showing me these on your laptop and they were stunning then, so chuffed for you that they are how they are! Nice subtle processing too! Done the SSP2010 proud mate. Well done and keep up the hard work.

Darren

[pwalsh61]

Great pics there. I've been considering a Megrez 72 and your pics have pretty well convinced me

Would I be right in assuming you simply used the SynScan to track? Bet you can't wait to see what the results are like when guided!