M31 EOS350D + ZS66

[derrickf]

I was surprised how this turned out considering the small aperture and uncooled camera; I was particularly impressed with how well the camera shows the H-a regions.

I can probably process it a little differently to bring out more detail in the dust lanes close to the core.

12 x 600s

Canon EOS 350D

WO 66mm + FF

Astrophysics Mach1

Regards

Derrick

[SteveL]

Thats a beautiful M31...

[roundycat]

Ditto! A slight cyan cast but a princely result for two hours.

Dennis

[markarian]

Really good details in that - the dust lanes come out really well.

Agree about the cyan hue - is that caused by a LP filter?

Mark

[derrickf]

Thanks for the comments guys.

Mark and Dennis, you are absolutely right about the cyan cast - I have attached a quick and dirty slight improvement(?) below. Mark, yes I did use an Astronomics clip LP filter so it was either that or my choce of color weights during de-bayering responsible for the colour shift. I'll reprocess from scratch to see if I can get any improvement.

Regards

Derrick

[ashworthacca]

That is really really beautiful, great image.

[peter shah]

very crisp

[Psychobilly]

An absolute Cracker of an image...

Peter...

[Coolhandjo]

nice! is the camera modded? Wonderful crisp image

[derrickf]

Hi paul,

yes the camera has the Baader replacement filter

Derrick

[markarian]

I think the re-process has a nicer colour balance now. I struggle with LP filter colour shifts. Still not managed to sort it satisfactorily yet.

Mark

[Beyond_Vision]

Thats a magnificant result for the little 66 . Nice reprocess too Derrick

Regards

Kevin

[anthony]

To me that is pretty cool - remarkable what the little scope can do. A stunning image I think

[Glasspusher]

Very nice indeed, looking forward to trying my Baader self modded 1000d.

John

[tooth_dr]

Fantastic result there, very crisp and great FOV

[Magnum]

Fantastic image, just wondering which field flattener you are using?

Lee

[Coco]

Stunning result... 12 x 600s is a long stretch for the 350D, you have a real talent

Guy..

[Rob]

That proves you dont need a £1000 ED scope to produce stunning images.

[Suffolkgazer]

Yet another great M31