M77 from last night

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

Didn't have chance to process this yesterday.

8" Newt with SC3 camera, 0.5X FR and CLS filter.

Captain Chaos

[blinky]

Why did you use a focal reducer? I thought it would reduce the size of the image? Nice piccie though, thinkin of getting my ToUCam modded (Or attempting it myself!)

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

As well as increasing the field of view (reducing the magnification), it increases the amount of light getting to each sensor pixel.

The 30 second subs would have to have been 120 second subs to get the same illumination per pixel without the FR and 120 seconds unguided is not yet doable as I haven't PEC trained the EQ6 nor have I got my head round autoguiding yet.

This makes snapping faint objects easier. Also I had it in there and already focused so I did a retarget and set it snapping again.

Captain Chaos

[geppetto]

Another nice one CC 8)

You'll soon be able to write a book "Turn Left at M77"

[SteelRat]

Nice one CC. That M objects imaged count is moving along eh?

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

The book will have to be called "Turn right at the streetlight but stop before you hit the tree" Phil.

SR, I'm going to have to get the Messier images updated on the Iseestars thing, but they're all on the website now.

Thanks for the comments chaps, always nice to hear.

Captain Chaos