Using a decade old camera to capture a deep space Star Factory

Old cameras still have a purpose for wide field astrophotography and they can produce some amazing results, the Canon 600d was released in 2011 and the version i am using has been modified by removing the LPF1 filter which limits IR light. The new rig setup is a bit ugly to look at but it does the trick, the tape holding my homemade power box and wires in place doesnt scream neat at all.

The camera has another smaller camera to the left to keep the stars in good position and it is all mounted on top of Celestron AVX mount, this setup is my now goto when it is too windy to use my large refractor as it can track even in 25 mph winds quite happily.

The image i captured was made up of 82 x 120 second images stacked, the target for my image was NGC 1893 the flame star nebula but as this is a widefield setup i got loads more DSO's in frames like the star fish cluster and the fly nebula. The downside of the camera and lens combo is that the diffraction spikes are caused by the iris on the lens and the noise from the sensor as it is not cooled but it still is capable of stunning images.