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Recently I have gotten back into deep sky photography. The first roll of Konca Centuria Super 800, shot at f/6.4 with my Vixen VC200L was a (re?)learning experience but here they are anyhow (click on them for raw scans):
This was supposed to be M57, the ring nebula but I moved it out of frame looking for a guidestar or something, 10 minutes from my back yard in Guelph: background was flattened:
Here is M39, an open cluster in Cygnus, 10 minutes from my back yard in Guelph; background was flattened and high pass filtered (also check out my CCD images of M39):
Here is M45, The Pleiades, an open cluster in Taurus, just starting to show the blue reflection nebulosity in about 20 minutes from the Leslie V. Powis Observatory in Flamborough; background was flattened and it was resized to reduce guiding error appearance:
Here is The Double Cluter, two open clusters in Perseus, about 10 minutes from the LVP Observatory; background was flattened, high pass filter applied and it was resized to reduce guiding error appearance:
Here is my first non-embarrassing long exposure shot taken with my VC200L at prime focus (f/9, 1800mm focal length). It was taken on November 23rd 1999, with E200 in my Canon TX body with cable release but no mirror lockup; no black hat trick was used. It was taken from my light polluted back yard in Guelph but the exposure was fairly short (unknown, done until I thought my guiding errors would start to look bad, probably 5-15 minutes). The stars are elongated but compared to my earlier attempts this one is great. Click on the image for a larger version.
M42 & M43
The following camera lens shots were made during the 2000 Great Manitou Star Party.
Here is a 'requisite' Milky Way falling into the trees shot taken with a Canon 35mm f/2 lens at f/2.8 for ~10 minutes, FTbN with mirror lock-up, Kodak E200, July 30 2000, unguided piggyback on GP mount with VC200L.
Here is the North American nebula, Pelican Nebula, Gamma Cygni area and some of the Veil, 100mm f/2.8 at f/4 for ~10 minutes on Kodak E200, July 30 2000, hand guided piggyback. Click for larger version:
The following camera lens shots were taken from the fairly light polluted Leslie V. Powis Observatory
in Flamborough. Amazing what a little digital darkroom work can do to bring
stars and nebulosity out of sky fog!
July 1999, Cygnus, a 50mm at f/2.8 shot for 10 minutes, showing
same Nebulae above plus the Veil, the Dumbbell, lots of Milky Way and more.
Here is a shot of M35 and some surrounding nebulosity, taken January 28, 2000, from
a fairly crummy night at the LVPO in Flamborough. 5 minutes on E200 with a
100mm f/2.8 lens wide open (cropped heavily to deal with vignetting).
Same night, exposure, lens, etc. but of Orion, showing the Great Orion, Flame
and Horsehead (barely) nebulae.
