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Thank you kindly James :)

aww thank you ever so much to all :) tell me about it Steve, its amazing how far amateur astro photography has come these days, not like my scope is anything special coming in at just over £150 brand new, i all ready had the DSLR so a saving there, just the mount that gets a bit pricy coming in...

Thank you Graham, yes its a lot more challenging imaging over several nights from grabbing the photons to make sure they match up with previous nights photons, to stacking them in processing..... yes my mount is controlled via EQMOD and a notebook which acts as a goto, other wise trying to find...

Thank you Mandy & Jim :) give it a go Jim, the more tech is coming on the better for us astro imagers, we cant leave it all to NASA lool :D

Thank you ever so much for your kind comments Sara! means a lot coming from you, your astro work is breathtaking :)

Thank you for your kind comment Yes the core is blown, that's the best I could do with my 10min exposures, when it comes back round later in the year I might do some short exposures to be able to control the core more Yes colour comes more with the longer subs and the more subs the better you...

Hi, think ive just about got to the end of this image, its been one of the hardest images to process to date, it was also my 1st time imaging an object over 1 night I 1st captured night 1 data on the 21'st September 2014 which consisted of 25 subs giving me 4.16 hours on M31 here is what 1...

thank you ever so much, rather excited to try this type of shooting, 90% think im going to go with a 10 stop now :)

cool thanks martin, so im guessing with the filter off if your getting an exposure of 1/4 then with the filter on you would aim for a 4 min exposure? (is that right) think ill have to shoot in bulb mode as max exposure i can get in manual is only 30 secs

thanks guys, think ill go the non variable route then and just get the 10 stop filter and see how i get on :) edit, one more thing after you have framed the shot do you take it by putting the camera in Av? to calculate the length of exposure?

hmm now you got me thinking back to the 10 stop hoya...... if focus is not that critical, im not fussed about taking it off to compose the shot....

my front end does indeed move when i focus :( why would i not get this shot with a variable? this variable hoya goes up to 8.5 stops http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hoya-58mm-58-mm-Variable-Density-3-400-ND3-ND400-Filter-/271596148251?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3f3c64561b

That is very nice Martin! id go for the 10 stop straight away if my focus ring did not move when focusing :( if i had this one id have to remove each time i want to focus, with a variable i will be able to just turn the variable to focus which saves on unscrewing it which means less chance of...

sorry for the late reply, must have missed the email notification :( i have the one where the focus ring moves with the filter attached, i know its not ideal but all i have to work with at the moment, not that im into pro togging, its only a hobby for me love to hear from any one that wants to...

Hi guys, for a while ive wanted to get an ND filter as i love seeing these shots with milky water and clouds, it will only be for my canon 18-55mm kit lens as i wont be getting a decent lens for a while so i only need the filter in 58mm size, dont get me wrong id love to splash the cash on one...