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Nova in M82 Galaxy

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  • 22-01-2014 11:52pm
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    ZeRoY
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    You may have seen the astro news today that a bright Nova showed up in M82, more details HERE

    With clear skies this evening I decided to give it a shot at imaging it and success! First Nova in the bag :D

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    LXD75 + SW 200PDS
    Canon 1100D - MPCC
    11X45" (unguided)
    ISO1600
    Processed in DSS/CS5


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    Stargate
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    You can be damn proud of that shot ZeRoY :)


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    Iancar29
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    Ah here!!! Zeroy ! , way to ruin my moment aye?! haha

    Awesome , i guess that your relatively away from light pollution then yeah?

    heres my effort .

    Nikon D7000 , 500mm F4 , CG5 Mount
    Iso 1000. 90 x 30 "

    N Dublin

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    MeteoritesEire
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    fair play to both of you
    I can't wait for some of the big scopes to set their sights on this


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    ZeRoY
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    Iancar29 wrote: »
    Awesome , i guess that your relatively away from light pollution then yeah?

    Not even! Im in Dundalk town and North is looking right into the town glow but I had the Light pollution filter on and it worked pretty good! Stacking with Flats, Darks and Bias probably helped too.


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    ThatDrGuy
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    Lovely shots guys. Where are you getting the clear skies from?


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    ZeRoY
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    ThatDrGuy wrote: »
    Lovely shots guys. Where are you getting the clear skies from?

    it was a few hour window last night over Dundalk, a rarity lately...


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    Iancar29
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    ZeRoY wrote: »
    Not even! Im in Dundalk town and North is looking right into the town glow but I had the Light pollution filter on and it worked pretty good! Stacking with Flats, Darks and Bias probably helped too.

    Which filter are you using Zeroy?..... I WANT it! lol:)


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    ZeRoY
    Registered Users Posts: 959 ✭✭✭ZeRoY


    Iancar29 wrote: »
    Which filter are you using Zeroy?..... I WANT it! lol:)

    Its a fairly basic 2" filter from Skywatcher


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    Kersh
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    Thats a great shot Yohan!

    Heres mine, taken with a Canon 1000D with a much smaller Skywatcher 80ED Pro (2" Light Pollution Filter also) , mounted on a HEQ5 Pro, just polar aligned.

    M8216005m4s10frameDSSCropMarked_zps490f2468.png

    High cloud started rolling in, so I got a very limited amount of subs. Its 5m in total, in 45 second shots at ISO 800

    I was busy trying out "APT" with the Canon. Its pretty deadly. Program in your exposures/ISO/Pauses etc, and go make tea!!! Also brings up a view of the pic on the laptop.

    Helps focus and all with a Bahtinov mask.

    And integrates with PHD for guiding the QHY5.

    Well worth a look.


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    ZeRoY
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    Kersh wrote: »
    I was busy trying out "APT" with the Canon. Its pretty deadly. Program in your exposures/ISO/Pauses etc, and go make tea!!! Also brings up a view of the pic on the laptop.

    I use APT indeed and also more recently (Thanks to TzeTze extensive testing) Astrotortilla, a plate solving free software that slew to target bang in center :D


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    Iancar29
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    ZeRoY wrote: »
    Its a fairly basic 2" filter from Skywatcher


    After long searching i found one that is adaptable for my 500mm lens !

    LPS-D1 filter :)


    Ordered it and now just looking forward to some clear skies! :)


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    ZeRoY
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    Iancar29 wrote: »
    After long searching i found one that is adaptable for my 500mm lens !

    LPS-D1 filter :)


    Ordered it and now just looking forward to some clear skies! :)

    Good stuff Ian, its usually easy enough to buy a down/up size threaded ring for any Lens to 2" Filters (ebay)


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    Iancar29
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    ZeRoY wrote: »
    Good stuff Ian, its usually easy enough to buy a down/up size threaded ring for any Lens to 2" Filters (ebay)


    Ah but see i needed a 52mm filter . For the 500mm lenses the filters dont go on the end element of glass but close to the front in a filter compartment . So adding any adapters would of made it too thick to fit into it.

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    Looking forward to seeing the differences and if i can manage 1min exposures from my back :D


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    ZeRoY
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    Iancar29 wrote: »
    Ah but see i needed a 52mm filter . For the 500mm lenses the filters dont go on the end element of glass but close to the front in a filter compartment . So adding any adapters would of made it too thick to fit into it.

    290996.png


    Looking forward to seeing the differences and if i can manage 1min exposures from my back :D

    I see, makes sense now! Good luck!


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