NGC6960 - The Veil Nebula

20:58 26/8/2006 UTC

First Light of my new telescope! From now on photons are collected by Skywatcher ED 80 Pro with William Optics 0.8x reducer/flattener. When directly attached to Canon's T-ring it seemed to overcorrect the field curvature a little so I decided to try installing 7.5mm spacer in between, resulting quite a flat field across the whole frame. I attached a 50% resized uncropped original to give an impression how good the field is. Weather was extremely moist and eventually fog and clouds ended my exposures to 8 minutes total. However I am very satisfied to image quality of this combination!

Camera: Modified Canon EOS 350D | Telescope: Skywatcher ED80 Pro 80mm f7.5 refractor, William Optics 0.8x focal reducer | Mount: Orion Skyview Pro, Boxdoerfer PowerFlex MTS-3SLP drive controller | Filters: Baader UHC-S 2", Baader IR/UV block | Guiding: , Orion ShortTube 80mm f5 refractor, QCGuider, Teleskop-Service 1.5x Barlow, Phillips ToUCam Pro II webcam | Exposure: 4x120s (8m) ISO1600 f6, 2 darks, 6 flats | Software: IRIS, GIMP | Location: 60°31'N 26°52'E (Koivula/Kotka,FI)