NGC6992 from Salisbury

[Starflyer]

This is 18 x 7 minute subs from the SSP, taken through my WO ZS80FD with my cooled / modified Canon 450D.

[gary1968]

Nice Ian, great detail and colours, soooo many stars and tracking looks spot on m8. Time for me start thinking of the target list for Kielder......

Gaz

[Starflyer]

Thanks Gary, I'm looking forward to Kielder already

There's a larger version here

[Deneb]

Not bad at all, I do wonder what this would look in the Mak Newt.. But then saying that I might not fit in it's fov.

Thanks for sharing..

Nadeem.

[RobH]

Cracking network nebula Ian

Cheers

Rob

[astrokat]

very nice its a lovely subject to image

[James]

Looks good to me!

Is it me or are there lots of great images being done with DSLR's at the mo, this one included?

James

[FranckiM06]

Very nice image and good processing.

Franck

[steppenwolf]

Lovely and subtle, Ian - excellent and I like the star colours too.

[Psychobilly]

Very Nice.. framing and tracking is spot on.. darker skies and longer subs have worked a treat.. and the cooling...

Peter...

[stargazer1980]

Cracking detail Ian! Glad you made use of all the clear skies we had!

[Starflyer]

Thanks for the kind comments

[Mel]

Great shot Ian - I'm not going to say it, I'm not going to say it...

... Get a cooled CCD with Ha and OIII filters ... Damn, I said it!!!

Seriously though, you've captured a huge amount of detail there with a camera that was never intended to be used like this so hats off to you! Just shows you what can be achieved with some invention and a lot of patience.

Is 7 minutes the magic number for this beasty? Is that because of noise or ?

Iain

[Starflyer]

Thanks Iain,

I used to regularly take 10 / 15 minute subs, but found that I couldn't get enough imaging time to smooth out any noise or sat trails during stacking, well I could but I prefer to move on to another target

7 mins is a great compromise for the brighter DSOs at f/5.5 with the 80 / reducer. I'm off to Kielder in October and I plan to try a night or two at 15mins (weather permitting). It was first light for the camera cooler, I only finished it on the Thursday before the SSP, so I've yet to see how it performs in really cold weather.