st-2000 widefield part 1

have done some more playing around with the st-2000, this time with a 55mm camera lens at f/2 and an Astronomik H-alpha filter. Gamma Cygni region. 2x5min median combined. Modified levels and curves, slight unsharp mask followed by slight gaussian blur. Also cropped a wee bit (I had a dark spot in the corner, I forgot to remove the top counterweight from the 11" it was piggybacked on) and image size reduced a tad to save herb's space. In the future, I'll combine more exposures. Love your book so far Ron.

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Wow - amazing how wide this field is. Look how tiny the Crescent is! There's an amazing amount of structure here, and your image shows it very clearly.

Ron Wodaski
author of "The New CCD Astronomy"
http://www.newastro.com