M51 with CLS filter

[JohnP]

Mark - definite improvement - sort out your guiding & 15min subs & you'll be laughing...

Nice one - John

[Fay]

Mark, it is good seeing how much you can get out of your DSLR.
All your experiments are interesting especially as you often take on less safe subjects.

[MarkS]

Thanks for your comments.
Dee says my guide ring system has arrived in the post.
Tonight's forecast looks hopeful and tomorrow I can lie in ...

[Fay]

Yes, I am going to try outside tonight, to test my webcam etc. I have a sore throat  & feel a bit rough, so hit & miss if I go out there or put it all away. Good luck.

[Mike]

Yes, I am going to try outside tonight....

WHAT !!! Why won't you be at the Imaging Session !? DISGRACEFUL!

[Fay]

Mike I have sent you a mail.

[Daniel]

Are you a 3D artist Daniel? If so, what programs do you use?

Hi Mike, yes, im an effects artist, been working in the industry for 14 years now on films tv and games, though i also teach 3d at escape studios in shepherds bush.

I started out using 3d studio but mainly use maya these days

[Fay]

That's really interesting, Daniel

[MarkS]

I shot another 2 hours of M51 data tonight and added it to the data from the previous two attempts.  The result is here:

[Fay]

What an improvement Mark! Will you go further?

[MarkS]

Yes, I intend to take more.  I also want to take some under dark skies without the CLS filter to compare the colours - it is currently suffering from a nasty dose of greenish blue!

[Daniel]

Dark skies, that's my next major upgrade for my scope, i want to move somewhere i can see stars, went to norwich a couple of weeks back and could make out a feint fuzz of the milky way, stars looked a lot brighter too!

[Mike]

Just fit your scope with a 2 mile long dew shield, that way it pokes through the clouds !