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slitherjef
31st of May 2009 (Sun), 00:34
First light for my modded 20D from a dark site? Yup! Mag 6 skies, I piggybacked my camera with 24mm canon lens at f/4 on my ETX and took a series of 2 min exposures, about 10 of them and a 3 minute test shot before I noted my lens dewed up and had to pack in.:mad:

It has been a long while since I have done some astrophotography so im a bit rusty. It took me 3 tries to get it down like it is but I am not sure I am satisfied. I think the whole thing is a bit under exposed. I probably could have done 3-5 min subs with out much trouble to get more data. Oh well.

It felt good to get out

http://home.comcast.net/~slitherjef/astrophoto/swansm.jpg

gjl711
31st of May 2009 (Sun), 00:45
Whoa.. Tha'ts a boat load of stars.. Nicely done

Celestron
1st of June 2009 (Mon), 22:51
Very nice star field with the Cy , NA&P nebs. !

Nighthound
2nd of June 2009 (Tue), 10:49
Very nice Allan. You grabbed a good bit of H-alpha in the region.

MidnightSun
3rd of June 2009 (Wed), 16:51
Nice one, I love this part of the sky anytime I see it....:D

slitherjef
4th of June 2009 (Thu), 01:51
Thanks everyone :)