Boxing day piccies with my new toys..

[Skywatcher]

Horsehead and Rosette from boxing day night - 2 hours worth of data for the Horsey and 1 for the Rosette

Me likey my new toys

The horse is a dark cloud that you can only see because it is lit from behind by the red curtain of nebula

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb84/sidleydoc/Guidedhoreseheadbox1midprocesssmall.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb84/sidleydoc/guidedrosetteboxing1midprocesssmall.jpg

[Keith]

wow absolutely incredible!!!!

[Ursula]

Well cool!

[foreverducky]

That is sooooo cool!

[daveann]

thanks for sharing very nice :)

[ukwdwnut]

great pix chris

so what are your new toys?

[wdwgrandma]

Wow.....

[Skywatcher]

great pix chris

so what are your new toys?

this is all to do with the guiding setup I put a thread on last week Mick - means I can effectively take 10 -20 minute exposures whereas with the setup I was using before I could only manage 2-3 minutes - that means I can use lower ISO's which means less noise and more signal - The Rosette nebula on the bottom was a nebula I could not have taken a picture of at all unless I had the guide setup.

[ukwdwnut]

ahhhhh right gotya


saw that thread so cant wait to see more pix :)

[Skywatcher]

you might have to I'm soooooooooo sleepy now started at 10 and finished at 4am

[ukwdwnut]

you might have to I'm soooooooooo sleepy now started at 10 and finished at 4am

anytime you post them chris is good go get some shuteye mate

[Deb]

Wow Chris, they are amazing!! Loving the horsey!

[Dawn]

I took photos on Boxing Day too in my parent's back garden. I took shots of Orion, the big saucepan and the big W shape. They were really bright in the sky but just came out as black sky on my camera. :(

[Britchick]

i thought it looked like a horse! incredible :yes:

[goofygal]

Wow those are amazing really sharp and easy to see

[kazzaqld]

Those are awesome pics Chris! :thumbsup:

[MystikPiglit]

Thanks for those amazing photos! :thumbsup:

[Skywatcher]

Thanks chaps - I am dead pleased to be taking pics like this at last - problem is it will never be 'good enough' just like any photography

[Keith]

Thanks chaps - I am dead pleased to be taking pics like this at last - problem is it will never be 'good enough' just like any photography

I know that feeling

[Britchick]

I know that feeling

snap !

[Mari]

woooooooooooooooooooooooooow

beautiful.... Chris...

[Tink]

I know it probably doesn't mean much really, coming from someone with so little knowledge of photography and astronomy, but I want you to know how absolutely incredible your photos are. I am completely awed by them...lost in the majesty of the universe... isn't that what it's really all about? :unsure:

Thank you for sharing them with us! :hug1:

[Skywatcher]

Thanks all again most kind, and yes Tink that is what its all about, exactly :D