And Coming up at the Rear, my First Guided image

[Fay]

M27 6 x 5 mins IR & CPL filters.



Guided with modified webcam with K3CCD via WO ZS66
Imaged with SX MX 7 via ED80

It has taken years off my life  to get this far!!!!


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[JohnP]

Wow...! Fay - You got there in the end - that is a brilliant image - You should be well chuffed after all your problems. I expect nothing more than brilliant images from you from now on... I think LRGB has to be on the cards...

Great Job,  John

[Fay]

That is very kind of you John. Don't mention LRGB, it could be the end of me!!

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[Mike]

Woohoo !!! Well done Fay. Seriously that is a great image that any astrophotographer would be pleased with. I look forward to many more great images

[Tony G]

  Well done Fay,
Its nice to finally see images like this from you, its been a long time waiting.
Well done again and hope to see more guided images now.

Tony G

[Fay]

Thanks a lot, Mike & Tony.

All this is not for learning by the faint hearted. It's a heavy trail & the enjoyment is often lost when being travelled, but i think the rewards are yet to come.

If you are enjoying taking images with your webcam & Canon's etc, think carefully before embarking on the autoguiding journey & be prepared, unless you are techically adept.

Fay

[Mike]

As Paul and yourself are finding out, Guiding is a tricky beast to get to grips with at first. A lot of it is trial and error. However, once you have grasped it there is a sort of "Eureka" moment and from then on it is pretty much plain sailing. 'Practise practise practise' is what you need to learn what you can or can't do with your kit, what settings are best, what viewing conditions affect the guiding, etc.

Anyway, you've started on your first steps into the serious side of astrophotography and your persistance has so far paid off. Keep up the enthusiasm and I am sure you will have a fantastic portfolio of images in a few years time to be proud of.

[Fay]

Thankyou Mike, that was very encouraging.

Fay

[Rocket Pooch]

Gosh  you have done it!  Well done, just keep at it and it will become second nature, honest.

Nice picture if you fiddle with it you can see the ears on the nebula.

[Fay]

Thanks, Chris, I'm really glad you like it.


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[Ian]

very nice Fay. As the others said, LRGB here you come...

[Whitters]

Fantastic image Fay, you should be rightly proud of it.

[Fay]

Thanks a ot, Ian & Paul. I hope there are a nice lot of nebulae to come now.

Fay