What do you call a modified for Astrophotography 40D with a broken USB socket?
Useless – same as the owner who broke it. And I just got my DSLR cooler box working correctly too!
Monthly Archives : January 2012
M42 – Orion Nebula Test Shot
OK – so the reason it’s a test shot is because my house gets in the way and I didn’t plan to shoot this target and I missed my opportunity before the chimney got in the way. On my positive spin I have established what exposure duration I will use based upon how much the core is blown out. In fact, like most other people, I will probably do multiple exposure durations and layer them in PhotoShop. Now all I need is no wind, and a cold cloudless night before the end of January to get this. Easier typed then done.
Test shot, unprocessed JPEG, 200 seconds @ ISO 800, sensor temp 7C, ambient temp 4C
M81 / M82 – My First Real Go
I’ve managed to get some data of M81 and M82 recently, no idea how with all the cloud the UK has been having, but I did it! This was my first attempt at processing in Pixinsight, using Harry’s tutorials which were invaluable to get started and to get to grips with Pixinsight. Thanks Harry! I will probably go back to the processing of this and keep doing it and trying different methods.
Anyway, here is the shot processed with Pixinsight.
Image Details:
- SW 100ED DS-Pro with Canon 40D Guided on HEQ5
- 7 Hours of data @ 60 x 7 mins subs
- Dark and Flat Calibrated
