Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae Widefield

[kiwiapple]

I am so happy that I have got the whole wide-field thing down now, since there's a lot of cool areas to shoot with a modest lens. The other day I installed Magic Lantern on my Canon 600D, giving it focus peaking, a bulb timer and intervalometer, all very handy to have. I did not realise that it also changed my shooting mode from RAW+JPEG to just JPEG though, so on Monday I wasted several hours of good shooting conditions. But the weather gods took pity on me and bestowed me with an even better night on Tuesday, resulting in this image here. I used my Polaris again, together with a 135mm Rokinon lens. I managed around 240 45-second frames at ISO1600 and f/3.2.

 

[JimFox]

Hey James! You really have that Polaris rocking!

I like the look of this a lot. I really should try my 135mm Rokinon setup again. I fixed it up with the ZWO EAF and all, and it functioned great, I just had weird gradiation. Not sure if it was the result of the L-Pro filter or what. Maybe I need to try it again but with no filter.

 

[kiwiapple]

Hey James! You really have that Polaris rocking!

I like the look of this a lot. I really should try my 135mm Rokinon setup again. I fixed it up with the ZWO EAF and all, and it functioned great, I just had weird gradiation. Not sure if it was the result of the L-Pro filter or what. Maybe I need to try it again but with no filter.

Hmm, not sure about that. I have the L-Pro installed in this rig, too, and it doesn't seem to have an impact on gradations.

 

[JimFox]

Hmm, not sure about that. I have the L-Pro installed in this rig, too, and it doesn't seem to have an impact on gradations.

Okay, thanks! That's good to know. Maybe when I tried it out the moon was up? It was a year ago, so I don't recall the details now. So I guess I should give it a shot again.

 

[Mike Lewis]

James,

This is special. I am very impressed. I found the Polaris to be complex to use but you obviously have it truly figured out. Love this result.

ML