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There is a beautiful supernova remnant in Cassiopeia called CTB1 that I really want a good image of - BUT - my local skyglow stops me from getting it Even with half hour subs on the Hyperstar 3 it still ends up as an extremely faint red smoke ring (off to the left of the attached image). I have given up on this one and admit defeat - my first comprehensive deep-sky imaging failure



Greg

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Nexstar 11 GPS, 2 x Sky 90, M25C, MaximDL, Photshop CS3, Noel Carboni's Photoshop actions, 7 foot Pulsar fibreglass dome, Canon 40D, 100mm macro lens, 28-200mm zoom lens, 17-55mm f#2.8 zoom lens, 100-400mm zoom lens, 1.4x converter, 2x converter.
http://www.newforestobservatory.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12801949@N02/

Well, I can see a faint red ring ... so it's not an absolute failure

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I wish I can fail at this level

Guess it depends how much you want this shot. Is it worth packing a ton'o'kit into the car and driving to middle of nowhere at night?

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Canon DSLRs: 7D, 5D2, 1D, 600D, 450D full spectrum, 300D IR mod
Lenses: EF 35/2, 50/1.8, 85/1.8, 135/2+SF, 28-80 V, 70-300L, 100-400L, TS-E 24/3.5L, MP-E 65, EF-S 15-85 IS
3rd party: Zeiss 2/50 makro, Samyang 8mm fisheye, Sigma 150 macro, 120-300 f/2.8 OS, Celestron 1325/13
Tinies: Sony HX9V.

I want it that bad Popo - but I think the easier way would be to hire some time on a scope, it's actually not that expensive.
Greg

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Nexstar 11 GPS, 2 x Sky 90, M25C, MaximDL, Photshop CS3, Noel Carboni's Photoshop actions, 7 foot Pulsar fibreglass dome, Canon 40D, 100mm macro lens, 28-200mm zoom lens, 17-55mm f#2.8 zoom lens, 100-400mm zoom lens, 1.4x converter, 2x converter.
http://www.newforestobservatory.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12801949@N02/

Heh..your level of failure is wayy above my level of success. I admit defeat in the realm of astro-photography even before trying!

Nice image

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Nikon stuff and other stuff, but not nearly as much stuff as I really want!

Are those all those white little tiny dots , stars ?

Yep every little dot, white, red, orange or blue is a star. There's so many because:

1) This is in the Milky Way.
2) It is a VERY deep exposure.

Greg

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Nexstar 11 GPS, 2 x Sky 90, M25C, MaximDL, Photshop CS3, Noel Carboni's Photoshop actions, 7 foot Pulsar fibreglass dome, Canon 40D, 100mm macro lens, 28-200mm zoom lens, 17-55mm f#2.8 zoom lens, 100-400mm zoom lens, 1.4x converter, 2x converter.
http://www.newforestobservatory.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12801949@N02/

SubhanAllah. I really cannot believe my eyes.

There are billions and billions of Stars. Really astonishing.

Take a look at the New Forest Observatory web site especially images in the Cassiopeia region which is in the Milky Way. If you check out the nebulae IC59 & IC63 around Gamma Cassiopeia you will see just as many stars
Greg

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Nexstar 11 GPS, 2 x Sky 90, M25C, MaximDL, Photshop CS3, Noel Carboni's Photoshop actions, 7 foot Pulsar fibreglass dome, Canon 40D, 100mm macro lens, 28-200mm zoom lens, 17-55mm f#2.8 zoom lens, 100-400mm zoom lens, 1.4x converter, 2x converter.
http://www.newforestobservatory.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12801949@N02/