M45 afocal

[geppetto]

Been out playing for half an hour before the mist gets here.

Blown the dust off my Skywatcher 130mm F5 reflector and took a 3 minute exposure

of M45.

Nikon 54000 afocal 40mm eyepiece and Baader moon/skyglow filter.

Again, the filter has earned it's keep by removing 90% of the orange skyglow 8)

[CELESCOPE]

i like that one Phil , really looks nice mate

well done

Rog

[MartinB]

Nicely framed Philip. Stars looking good

[Gordon G]

I don't normally like afocal pics, but i have to say credit where credit is due, that works really well you may have just shifted my narrow minded opinion a little !

Good Pic, well framed.

Best Regards

Gordon

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

The alignment and tracking look spot on Phil. Great job mate.

Captain Chaos

[dazza1639]

Excellent! it put my attempt last night to shame, I don't think the EQ1 with the variable RA motor on my Skyhawk 1145 is up to the job. My image was very shaky.

[geppetto]

Thanks folks..

Lovely target for modest gear is M45

[lunator]

Phil

Very nice image.

3 minute exposure is long for afocal, how did you keep the tracking so good.

Cheers

Ian

[geppetto]

Ian

It was on the EQ5 mount which I've pretty much

tweaked to death to get the best out of it

The widefield helps as well

[SteelRat]

Looks good to me Phil - like it alot 8)

[Greg]

Really nice pic that one Phil, one of the nicest afocal M45 i've seen..

Well done..

[barkis]

Afocal photography is not an easy configutation to work with, but you do quite good with it Phil. That is a very nicely framed shot of 45.

My days of SLR imaging were mostly Prime Focus, or Barlow projection. The only afocals were of the planets. The odd good one, but mostly mediocre to say the least. Its nice to see someone making it work.

Good Man.

[geppetto]

Thanks for the encouragement folks