Photographing the "Iris Nebula" with my Zenithstar 81 refractor Telescope

I have wanted to Photograph the "Iris Nebula" with my Zenithstar 81 refractor Telescope for a while now. I tried several times before but was never happy with the results...
I am happy to say I love how this one turned out..
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[@papalovesmia]

Greetings from Michigan. Great video and a wonderful final pic of the Iris Nebula. Well done!

[@WVAA304]

Thanks man! Always a pleasure 🙏

[@thecampingastronomer8554]

Fantastic image, well done 👏

[@marlapinaire944]

Well done! You really brought out the dark dust lanes.

[@WVAA304]

Thank you! 😊 always a pleasure

[@tomwall8403]

Nice job! The Iris is a tough one..

[@CosmuzzAstro]

Awesome image, fantastic job. I'm In the middle of trying to gather data on the Iris with my ZS61. I too avoided this target in the past. Nice video!

[@WVAA304]

hey thanks buddy, appreciate that

[@Chris_NGC6188Ara]

Nice work, I'm waiting for M31 to get a bit higher for my SpaceCat 51.

[@WVAA304]

Yeah, I actually shot like 2 hours on it the other night with the rokinon 135.. I kept it relatively short, as I was on a star tracker.. I'm def going to re-visit when I have it hooked up on the eq6

[@wvastrophotography655]

What part of dub v are you in? Great video too man.

[@WVAA304]

I'm in Monroe/ greenbrier Co.. what about you?

[@wvastrophotography655]

@@WVAA304 I'm in Charleston, so not to far.

[@robertwilson8789]

Red light head lamps rule in this hobby

[@WVAA304]

Yes, i agree... I could've used a different light for recording I suppose, but I was in a big hurry, lol

[@davidmancil7314]

Great image, well done! I tried imaging this just last night. I used 5min exposures though. I will try 8minutes next time. My first image had a satellite going right through the middle! Do you keep those and process them out?

[@WVAA304]

yes keep those, but you will need to stack all frames with darks, flats, and bias frames and all trails will be removed during stacking

[@AstroRef68]

I just got the same scope
What camera did you use?
Looks beautiful

[@WVAA304]

It's paired with the zwo Asi183 Mc pro