Capella

[rjbokleman]

Ok! I finally got an image tonight with my Omni XLT 150 Newtonian mounted on the AVX using the Canon T5i. Used Backyard EOS, 10 x 15 second, ISO 400 stacked with DSS. Processed with Pixelmator.

http://www.astrobin.com/174758/0/

Got a good alignment with the mount tonight and finally got the camera to focus. Small, but important first steps!

[Bruce D]

wow! Very nice

[Apollo XX]

Cool, Ron! Nice color!

[rjbokleman]

I also got a few of M44 last night as well, but toward the end the clouds rolled me over. One thing though on this image...given that it's a Newtonian, I've got to remember to rotate the image 180 degrees before I post it.

I'm assuming you've got to flip the mirror image too if you shot using a Refractor. Otherwise things won't look like they would with the naked eye.

[Apollo XX]

No worries Ron, there's no such thing as right-side-up in space.

[rjbokleman]

That's true. I just posted M44 as well. Looks like I was a little off to the right of center, but that's the way it goes! Same scope, same setup.

http://www.astrobin.com/175064/

[mrgizmo65]

Very nice imaging Ron, it looks like we can have a whole group discussion just on imaging and we have many talented imagers in the group that could take some of these "Pros" to school !! Keep it going Ron

[Apollo XX]

Ahh, the Beehive. one of my favorites! Nice!

[Bruce D]

Way yo go Ron! That f5 gives you a nice wide fov, sweet!

[Pete]

These images are coming along nicely Ron. Tack sharp is hard to do and you're there already.

FWIW, orientation convention is N up and E left. But as Mike pointed out, and as I tell my students, there is no "up" in space. And when framing an image composition can take precedence over convention.

Pete