Large and Small Magellanic Clouds

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Date : 26 Jul 06
Optical system : Canon Ultrasonic EF 24-85mm F3.5-4.5 zoom lens + unmodd Canon EOS 350D body 
Effective F.L. & F ratio : 24mm  @ F5.6
Mount : Vixen GP equatorial
Camera setting : Jpeg format @ iso400 w/ NR off
Total exposure : 3 x 480s
Guiding : Unguided
Stacking & processing : Stacking in Registax 3.0, Level & Curve stretching in Photoshop 7.0.
Sky & Air conditions : T = 8/10 @ temp ~ -2 oC, heavy dew
Place of photographing : Coonabarabran, Australia

Remark

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A test shot to see how an unmodd DSLR w/o noise reduction could do the job in wide field at temperature below zero and with very low level of light pollution

Comments after test :

This final image looks not too bad except lacking of H-alpha light in LMC.

Personally, I prefer wide field imaging with films, especially E200s.

Wish a modd DSLR could improve it, and maybe one day, I would remove the built-in IR blocking filter for grabbing more H-alpha light, if I kept using DSLR for deep sky imaging.


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