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Large Magellanic Cloud and surrounding area.

Large Magellanic Cloud and surrounding area.
I got my mount back after the belt upgrade and tried the mount out. This was taken with quite a lot of moon light. such a lot of nebula's in this area. Don't even try to count the stars in this shot the number is staggering.

This is a two shot vertical panorama taken by the Nikon 300mm F4D lens and also take on Auto focus. I had to rethink the formula to work out focus for a telescope and try and fit it to a lens. the normal step size was suppose to be 125 but I cut the step size to 40 and got auto focus to work.

the mount is so much more sensitive I have had to learn how to balance again its so sensitive you have to balance with all heads loose to get perfect balance. also guiding had to be re set all the settings had to be fixed up again a lot of it turned out to be getting balance right. also its more sensitive to very strong winds

ZWOASI071MC -10c 105 shots per panel 450 secs, over 4 night just after full moon.
ZWOEAF with belt ,
Optolong LeNhance filter In filter draw,
Nikon 300MM F4 D Lens,
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned
Guided PHD2, SGP
Pixinsight, Ps & Lr.

Nouchetdu38, Frans Schols, raingirl, Erika Akire and 16 other people have particularly liked this photo


14 comments - The latest ones
 Herb Riddle
Herb Riddle club
A staggering piece of work here with such delightful results my friend.

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year too. Herb
2 years ago.
Steve Paxton club has replied to Herb Riddle club
thanks it did take some nutting out but I got there in the end it was a case of thinking and never giving in. you can see just why I stuck with it.

All the very best for your Christmas break hope you don't get close to our 45c today very hot.
2 years ago.
 Xata
Xata club
Wonderful to be seen wide !
2 years ago.
Steve Paxton club has replied to Xata club
Thank you Isabel Its far better than trying to use some scope so big you can get it all in this is where these lenses come into there own. this opens up a whole different world to not only deep space but also a more wider field.
2 years ago.
 Nick Weall
Nick Weall club
James Webb Space Telescope ready to make history ~ I expect that you know all about this project Steve. I wonder if you will be able to see it as it starts its journey.

Congratulations on all your work ~ it is out of this world :)

Have a good Christmas
2 years ago.
Steve Paxton club has replied to Nick Weall club
yes that will be a very interesting telescope indeed to say the very least I will be keen to see it finally get up in space and working. my work is quite ordinary compared to Hubble and James Webb but my feet are firmly on the ground. we shall see just how I can use the things I have to get as much of space as well.
2 years ago.
 Berny
Berny club
fantastic view into the universe!
Merry Xmas!
2 years ago.
Steve Paxton club has replied to Berny club
Its a bit wider than I have before and give you an idea what is in the area.
Happy Christmas to you and do hope you have a very good new year.
2 years ago.
 HaarFager
HaarFager club
Such a well-balanced shot - there certainly are a lot of stars up there! And the insert shots are really nice, too!
2 years ago.
Steve Paxton club has replied to HaarFager club
The stars in this shot are just insurmountable glad you like the shots. Have very good Christmas and new year.
2 years ago.
 tiabunna
tiabunna club
Marvellous viewed large, Steve.
2 years ago.
Steve Paxton club has replied to tiabunna club
It certainly is its a great view on my desktop such a lot up in this area but I did always know it just never quite took it like this. kind of does make you wish for a even larger scope.
2 years ago.
 Erika Akire
Erika Akire
...fascinating***...
2 years ago.
 raingirl
raingirl club
you excel at these star photographs. i'm always blown away at your expertise and the beauty of them. what an amazing view to see.

i hope you print some of these large and have them up on your wall (or in a show). or maybe you just go outside and look up - ha!

happy new year!
2 years ago.

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