Comments:
If I had taken those photographs today (2019) I would use the following of my equipment.
Camera |
Lens / Telescope |
Reducer / Barlow |
Mount |
Comment |
Canon 6D |
TS130, 910 mm |
x1 |
SkyWatcher EQ6 |
Details of M45 |
Canon 6D |
Sigma 150 mm |
x1 |
SkyWatcher Star Adventurer |
Wide field |
Canon 6D |
Canon 50 mm |
x1 |
SkyWatcher Star Adventurer |
Very wide field |
Nebulas are very beautiful, to get best results you need a camera that can catch the H-Alpha radiation.
Either a modified DSLR camera with filter removed or a mono chrome with a narrow band H-Alpha filer.
Very long exposures and a dark sky.
When I need a dark sky I must use my light weight SkyWatcher Star Adventurer mount and do a travel to a dark place.
But on the limit to be precise enough for 5 minute exposures with a 150 mm lens.
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