M43 H-Alpha

M43 upclose and personal....
LX200GPS 14"
Canon 350D modified B/W mode
Baader Halpha 7nm 2"
15-3 min subs.
Guided Orion Autoguider and Orion ED80mm

Whoo, up close alright, there's some good detail there Tom, it amazing that this would be classed as a professional image only some years ago.

Nice job !

Keith..

OMG Tom Fantastic close up.

You and Orion sure do get on well together.

Nice one!

Wow - it looks like a medical picture where the camera is inside a body...

See there's the problem - its a torn sphincter.

BTW - How do you find the Orion autoguider? Thinking of getting one myself. Does it work with older USB 1.1 laptop ports?

John, I have in the limited use found the Orion AutoGuider to be a good investment, performs great. I have had no problems finding a guide star, sensitive is good. About using USB 1.1 I have not idea. Only using USB 2.0 ports here.
I have used the Orion Auto Guider on both my Meade Lx200GPS and Losmandy G-11 with no problems. Connection is straight from the AutoGuider to the Autoguider port on both.
Only problem I ran into is the Orion AutoGuider uses PHD guiding program for software. Which is a special version for Orion. If you already have PHD guiding installed for other guiders, make sure when you install Orion's version rename it or it will overwrite your other version.

Could be a little more close up if you ask me.

Just joking.

Great pic. Very interesting view.