Re: [APML] Finally, Got A Half Decent Picture

["Richard Crisp" <rdcrisp@earthlink.net>]

that's more than DECENT, Eddie!

That is a very nice M42 shot.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Eddie Guscott" <eddie.guscott@blueyonder.co.uk>
To: "APML" <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 10:21 AM
Subject: [APML] Finally, Got A Half Decent Picture


> Hi All
>
> Well after trying for nearly 2 years I finally got a half decent prime
focus
> pic on film. I've done OK'ish with wide field but this particular night I
> think it all worked.
> I'll let you be the judge - it's an M42 (yawn!) taken with an OM1 on a TMB
> 5" F6 refractor, guided with an ST4 on a 80mm F6 guidescope.
> Exposure was 50 mins on Provia 400F with a separate 5 mins exposure for
the
> trapezium region.
>
> I'm not sure if I've processed it the best way but this is the version I
> ended up being happy with.
>
> I would appreciate any comments or criticisms (tracking was just very
> slightly off but not objectionable for me) .
>
> There is a strange artefact around the bright star lower right of centre
> that has got me puzzled. At the moment I've got it narrowed down to a
spider
> web inside the extension tube I used to achieve focus. Has anyone seen
> anything like this before??
>
> http://www.astropics.co.uk/m42.htm
>
> Thank you for looking
>
> Eddie Guscott
>
>
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