First tests with Nikon D70

[Mike]

OK I've got it - seems pretty good. Will use it from now on. Thanks.

[Mike]

Two more. These weren't driven so there is a slight star trailing on them :-

Head of Hydra and Beehive Cluster M44


For full size jpeg click here - http://homepage.ntlworld.com/astro-man/HydraandBeehiveLarge.jpg


Saturn, Mars and Venus

[Whitters]

Nice one mate,
What magnitude are you getting to in 20 secs?

[Mike]

Looking at the RAW file and comparing it with stars in Starry Night Pro I got down to 9.78 (On the Hydra and M44 image)

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[Whitters]

That's good going with such a wide field.
What type of mount are the lenses?

[Mike]

Nikon F Mount. I will do some images facing south next time as that is much darker and see what mag I can get down to. I will also try out the 300mm lens once I have aligned the ETX properly to see how that fares.

[Mike]

Managed to finally get a T2 mount for the Nikon and the ETX came with some adaptor rings and tubes that should fit. I shall have a play at the next opportunity.

[Mike]

Thought i'd put this one up i did today, simply because it was a pretty picture :-




[ This Message was edited by: Mike on 2004-04-23 23:51 ]