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LWW
09-16-2005, 05:59 PM
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a247/lww/subalbum/NrthAmrcaNbla001.jpg

Taken from the wilderness darkness of Cumberland Falls, Ky with a Nikkor 300mm 4.5 and Nikon F camera and H alpha interference filter..

Thanks for viewing.

LWW
TBaraki
09-16-2005, 06:51 PM
Spectacular!
Nitecrawler
09-16-2005, 07:14 PM
wow. i didnt know we could see that.
LittleMan
09-16-2005, 07:17 PM
beautiful!
I've seen that a lot of times through the telescope. I've never been able to get a pic of it though.. haha :)
Randog
09-16-2005, 10:20 PM
AWESOME. Wow! I too did not think you could get that without a telescope.
PlasticSpanner
09-16-2005, 10:39 PM
Great capture LWW! :thumbup:


We've been watching this in Cygnus (Northern Cross) and the "Coathanger Nebula" for the past month now and I'm still waiting for my 2 films to come back from processing! (Long story not yet concluded!:( )

Have you managed to capture this without the H-Alpha filter and with any colour?
LWW
09-16-2005, 10:57 PM
This was done about 10 yrs back. I'm just now digitizing my stuff.

If I remember right that was a 30 and maybe even a 60 minute eq mot clock drive exposure on 3200 spd Kodak.

It doesn't look like that through the viewfinder. Very faint.

LWW
LWW
09-16-2005, 11:00 PM
Have you managed to capture this without the H-Alpha filter and with any colour? I haven't no.

I also haven't done a ton of astrophotography.

I have tried Fuji 1600 color but it gets very grainy. 3200 BW seems to work better for me. Partly I'm sure because I develop it myself.

LWW
John E.
09-17-2005, 04:39 AM
These type of pictures fascinate me to no end, I am surprised the nebula came out so large with a 300mm lens. Glad you posted this capture. Good job
Raymond J Barlow
09-17-2005, 06:20 AM
that is amazing, well done!
doenoe
09-17-2005, 07:21 AM
uhm..........yeah............im lost for words. Well, almost lost.......thats just wicked.
LWW
09-17-2005, 07:58 AM
These type of pictures fascinate me to no end, I am surprised the nebula came out so large with a 300mm lens. Glad you posted this capture. Good job 1.4X converter and some cropping. Effective 420mm f6.4 or thereabout.

LWW
JonMikal
09-17-2005, 08:55 AM
freakin awesome man!
photobug
09-17-2005, 09:20 AM
[shakes head in amazement] Truly amazing. [still shaking head]