Some how.... and I have no idea how....

Ransomware has got on to my imaging PC...

I have los15,000 images...

Be on the look out for 0xxx...

Please keep all you stuff protected...

I dunno what else to say....

Yes, I did.... and l couldn't get on with it. It cannot handle bigger lenses without visible star elongation. Also you're limited to the length of exposure because the sensor can only move so far. I found it ok with lenses at 20 to 50mm.

This lead me to buy a Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer 2i Pro.

Lasst week I decided to go full on camera kit with a deep space object. The target for the night was the Heart and Soul Nebulae.

So I attached my K-S2 to my SIgma 150-500. Then I slapped an 86mm Light Poluion Filter on. It was then mounted on my EQ5 tracking mount (not guided tho), and pointed at the cosmos.

The image is a 60 2 minute exposures (with a 1 minute interval to allow the sensor to cool down) at f8 and 250mm. Then I shot 25 dark, 50 bias, and 30 flat calibration images. For those of you that don't know. Calibration images are used for, and I quote... 'removing the unwanted parts of your images such as dust, heat noise, camera bias noise and amp glow, so that your final deep sky image is free of artifacts and imperfections'.

Not sure if I like the results... so at some point in the future I plan to reshoot the Heart and Soul Nebulae aagin.

Loads!!

Slapped me SMC 135 on me K20D IR, and buggered off for play!

THE SPANISH ARMADA'ETTE..... RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!!!!!

That's cool!!

Took this last night, of a distant storm!

With the HOT weather... it was a pleasure to have a few nights out in the cooler night!!

Picked on several targets and also made a timelapse video!

Horesehead and Flame Nebulae (reworked and correct orientation)



Orion Nebula



California Nebula



Bodes Galaxy



Pleiades Star Cluster (also known as the Seven Sisters)



Timelapse shot while do astro.

Yesterday I got a Reverse Grad filter, so I took it out play last night!

Here are my results...

I like this, but I bet if yiu shot a load of bracketed shots. Then merged them, it would bring the detail reet out!

My SWMBO, lives in another place so she is a GLFSM!!