beginners place

[craggy herald]

why does it look like it would taste good

the clouds give it an orange candy type feel

[idle violet]

That's a good point

[blazing plinth]

Looks similar to mine, although mine is 1 exposure, 1 exposure stretched, stacked and then stacked processed

[tired hornet]

California nebula

20 minutes untracked, its in the middle of the image near the smudge spot

[exotic rapids]

Edited photo of the moon i took a few weeks ago

[craggy herald]

this moon map has been really helpful for me to identify stuff :)

from this website there is a pdf version too

https://astrostrona.pl/moon-map/

i hope it can help someone else out here too

[shadow whale]

M81 and m82 with my phone, ISO 3200 and exposure 2 sec

[exotic rapids]

Try aim for a longer exposure

[shadow whale]

4 second

Also edited

[tired hornet]

is this through a scope?

[shadow whale]

Yes, 4s exposure ISO 3200, overedited, 6"dob flextube

Also b7

[tired hornet]

thats pretty good for just a 4 second exposure

[shadow whale]

ty

all of this because of a sattelite, was searching right above the galaxies but didn't know, untill a sattelite passed where I was watching and stellarium showed me that it was going right between the galaxies, and so I found them

[tired hornet]

nice

[quaint depot]

11 minutes. Canon eos 1100d. Sky watcher 150P

[signal dome]

My first ever pic of a galaxy only manage to do 1 pic of 30sec exposure since i know nothing about the app nina

[shadow whale]

What telescope?

And camera

[visual hare]

you must live in a dark city

3 hours of data

[ashen nebula]

Did you take calibration frames?

Im in b4 and i took this

[visual hare]

Yep, not enough data

[signal dome]

1000fl 200mm diameter newt with asi585mc

[shadow whale]

Nice

[quaint depot]

not even a city . closest town is 15km away

Bortle 3

[quaint depot]

you can use APT. really simple to use, or just watch a tutorial about NINA

[midnight quarry]

use "good to stargaze" idk whether you're looking for a app or not but it can be useful

[signal dome]

Quick question about the app nina my photo on preview doesnt have color but i use color camera will they saved output photo in colored anyway since ive bearly startrd using it about 4 day ago

[signal dome]

Ah nvm it shows up in color am just dumb 🤣

[midnight quarry]

It got me say "wow!"

[fading vector]

collimate please.

[quaint depot]

that more like tilt and not collimation imo

tilt

[fading vector]

Still collimation a bit off like a bit and yes there is tilt

Severe tilt actually

Is it from ur cam or focuser

[quaint depot]

i could see the tilt myself. the dslr was just dangling in the focuser tube

[fading vector]

Oof

Nice image tho

[quaint depot]

thx

[fading vector]

Please fix that

[quaint depot]

still working on it

[fading vector]

W

[uncut thorn]

first time trying orion with 50mm lens and no tracker
does anyone know how to get rid of the circle ring artifact thing?

[craggy herald]

processing with flats might help but im not really sure sorry!

i usually get that ring cause im imaging with my phone through an eyepiece so i assume its some sort of lens ring?

https://www.astrobin.com/forum/c/astrophotography/deep-sky-processing-techniques/ring-artifact-after-background-extraction-in-pixinsight/

someone had a similar issue here

[uncut thorn]

oh okay

next time I'll try to add flats

[craggy herald]

having all 3 calibration frames goes a long way

even if you take some now with a similar setup and try processing it might help

worth a shot

[uncut thorn]

kk thank you

[coral frigate]

I've got a question, how to bring more colours from this images?

[visual hare]

depends actually

what do you want to get color from?

[coral frigate]

Stars

[visual hare]

run a background extraction

it should get rid of the gradient

and than you need more data

but you can saturate more some colors than others

in this case blue

[coral frigate]

Thanks a lot 🫡

[visual hare]

np

[visual hare]

@coral frigate did you get anything better?

[iron robin]

Moon pics taken from phone with no phone mount and just my steady hands

[exotic rapids]

Very nice

[visual hare]

kinda my image (i didn't process it)

my process instead

[blazing plinth]

Do you think I could get pillars of creation at 300mm?

[quaint depot]

with what camera

[blazing plinth]

no astro camera, not modified, Pentax K-50

with a crop sensor

(ik it's, not that cool)

[visual hare]

Not at all

[blazing plinth]

no way?

[quaint depot]

only found the k 30

[blazing plinth]

yeah I saw

this is the K 50 and lens and everythin

[quaint depot]

could barely make out the details

[visual hare]

You could get then

Them*

But likes two pixels

[blazing plinth]

LOL

okay

I'll try

[visual hare]

Like

[blazing plinth]

at least two pixel is enough

[visual hare]

[blazing plinth]

huh

[visual hare]

Asi air

[quaint depot]

zwo

[visual hare]

zwo

[ashen nebula]

zwo

[coral frigate]

yeah, now my images have colour and the background is better(same data diffrent procesing)

do you know what shutter release cable for canon 2000d (rebel t7)?

[rough cypress]

Hey guys, simple question

Ive read some articles saying that flats and biases dont really need to be at taken every imagine section?

This didnt seem that beliavable to me

[rose lotus]

you don’t need to take biases every time

you can reuse them since its fixed pattern noise

[rough cypress]

What about flats?

[visual hare]

ou have to take them each time

because dust spots change

[tired hornet]

my horrible m101 so far 💀

[visual hare]

it's not even bad

[rough cypress]

Not worse than my centaurus A

[rough cypress]

Oh thanks, makes sense

[formal walrus]

Second picture of a nebulae. The North American Nebula
Its very dim though. I'll see if I can get a better one tonight cus I had to get rid of some data. and there is star trailing that I didn't notice

[cyan violet]

I still consider my self beginner,my second ever deepsky picture ever, ngc 2264. (Christmas tree) 1 hour total integration, 8 and 10 sec single, darks, processed in siril. gear used sky watcher gti 150p, canon 550d, let me know what you think or what shoud i change

[visual hare]

cool

bortle?

[cyan violet]

5

[visual hare]

oh

cool

[cyan violet]

Yep thanks!

I made it from my house balcony

I forgot to mention i spend 2 nights

[blazing plinth]

It's okay, you're not alone

[cyan violet]

Not suprise guys

I dont have huge knowlage but from what i have seen becouse its so dark around 8-9 brightness you need to take at least around 30 second ecposure if you want to see more then dot

Of corse with good focus and tracking

[blazing plinth]

yeah this is 11 I think 30s subs stacked and with good focus, the reason it's just a dot is probably because this is 135mm and not a bigger focal length

[cyan violet]

Oh okey

What's your aperture?

[blazing plinth]

f/4 (this was shot at f/6.3)

[serene orchid]

massive learning curve but my image of m101 has improved. first time getting somthing decent out of pixinsight. i shared my data on here of it to the other day

[visual hare]

you need a coma corrector

i guess i'm not a beginner anymore tho...

[serene orchid]

Still learning will look to get one

[visual hare]

ok

need any tips^

[serene orchid]

That’s were I was at at the beginning of April for comparison

[visual hare]

looks like you're using a phone

or why is the corner cut off

like most of them

[serene orchid]

It was a screen shot on my phone yes I’m not an expert just trying different things

[visual hare]

seestar?

the individual subs whit what did you take them?

[serene orchid]

Enjoying the process of learning which has been tough

[visual hare]

but it's worth it

[serene orchid]

I took with skywatcher explorer 130 p zwo asi 294 m pro and there is 60x 120s with dark dark flat and flat frames

[visual hare]

this explains a lot

az mount?

[serene orchid]

Still a lot to learn on it just wanted to share with people my progress

Eq5

[visual hare]

i mean

my image are preatty shit

still need spome data

but yours are good

[serene orchid]

Still probably better than me

[visual hare]

how long have you been into astro?^

[visual hare]

yours is basically noiseless

[serene orchid]

I been getting help off facebook groups

I started about 1.5 years ago ish

[visual hare]

started astrophotography 1 month ago

[serene orchid]

But been on and off a lot as had a baby and not had much time

Wish I was as good after 1 month

Been doing it all on a budget so taking time to get the gear

[visual hare]

i still need a dso camera tho

[visual hare]

took me a ton of time to get my mount

will take even more to get a new camera

[serene orchid]

I only got my mount about a month or 2 ago before that I was using an eq2 mount that came with the scope

[visual hare]

i have my scope from 2022 cristmast

[serene orchid]

I got socks for Christmas haha

[visual hare]

B9 you?

[serene orchid]

Don’t know what that is

[visual hare]

bortle scale

[serene orchid]

Like 7 were I am

[queen basin]

Woah, specs?

[visual hare]

this was my first pic of a galaxy

[serene orchid]

Nice one doing a great job keep it up

[serene orchid]

Skywatcher explorer 130p Eq5 mount zwoasi294mc pro 60x120s

[visual hare]

i'm 14 you?

[queen basin]

Sir this Is beginners place

Jk jk

Just jealous of the setup

[rough cypress]

heck now im jealous too

[rough cypress]

that is amazing

My first galaxy is just a speck of Centaurus A

[rose lotus]

that’s good wdym

[tired hornet]

heres mine (m101)

[rose lotus]

yall ain’t start with just a smartphone or what

[tired hornet]

my parents have a dslr that they let me use

no tracker or telescope though

just that and a tripod

[serene orchid]

Sorry I still class myself a beginner I was using the eq2 mount about a month or 2 ago

[visual hare]

so do i count as begginner since i started 1 month ago

[serene orchid]

Nice

Stick at it we can all improve

[serene orchid]

That was using an iPhone 13 through the eye piece

[rough cypress]

Hey guys, little question

When stacking a large amount of lights, can i separate them and stack the final stacked images later?

For example, i took 600 lights of orion and stacked them, if i take 600 more and stack those, can i stack the two images?

Id also make sure they were taken in the same settings and crop to guarantee proper allignment

[lusty shore]

you can yes

[rough cypress]

Oh good, thanks

[sharp berry]

Jupiter from my telescope (650mm f10)

[pale skiff]

It gud

[queen basin]

Nice!

[queen basin]

Might be slightly out of focus

But really nice

[austere merlin]

I actually quite like this

very eerie looking

[normal axle]

This might be inspiring to people doing untracked astro. This is what you can get with good processing and intergration
https://discord.com/channels/794642864218439681/1237587484435677205

[lusty shore]

and an unfathomable amount of time spent on processing

[rough cypress]

Good integration = hours of back pain due to having to adjust the camera 🥲

[open zealot]

some editing

[normal axle]

~~we don't talk about that ~~

My back is fine acc

I got used to it

[mellow stream]

What do you think about this photo?

[lusty shore]

think expressing thoughts would be a lot simpler if we could actually see the photo

[mellow stream]

One second

[rose lotus]

what is this

[pearl meadow]

Pretty unfocused, but my first image of anything was unfocused as well

It was Venus, as a small blurry low quality crescent

[fair scaffold]

Lowk better than my 20 stacked frames

Discord destroyed it tho

[mellow stream]

Betelgeuse

[idle violet]

Not the greatest quality, but I'm pretty sure it is the Aurora

[charred haven]

is that stacked? or real view?

[sullen holly]

stacked

[charred haven]

any guide on solar filters? some show white and i cant find anything of how sun looks from visual view at different magnifications..

[sullen holly]

depends on your gear

what lens/telescope do you have for solar

[charred haven]

i got 10inch dob. i think white sun would maybe be boring but i havent decided on how much i would spend.. probably up to 1k.. i dont know what to expect, i go to some baader website or other and i think all those pictures are stacked and im stumped

[sullen holly]

just search up '10 inch dob solar filter' and a bunch of solar filter purchase options should come up

1 thing
what camera do you have?

[charred haven]

no cameras.. 😦

just want to see with my eyes

[sullen holly]

ah ic

[sullen holly]

what country do you live in?

[charred haven]

europe

i see some shops selling good stuff but the more i read, the less i know.. all types of stuff for solar, makes me even more confused

light reduction, light reflection for overheating.. uh... filter types.. etc

[sullen holly]

for visual probably just a standard solar filter

[charred haven]

well i see the film for ~70eur, DYI which is real affordable but i was thinking what if i could get something way better for 500eur perhaps... but i dont understand..

[sullen holly]

just a good quality solar filter?

i would save the money instead imo
get a decent but not expensive solar filter

[charred haven]

which one would you suggest?

[spare depot]

Good day everyone.
I asked twice because I didn’t know this channel existed so apologies.

So I have a newtonian celestron 130eq and a dslr with kit lens, nothing else.
I wanted to ask what kind of astrophotography i can do with my current gear.
Since I only take pics of the moon (sticking the phone to the eye piece) which got me kind of bored over time.

Would love any suggestions on other things i could do.

Many thanks.

[rough cypress]

Whats the magnification of your newt?

[lusty shore]

could try planets with the newt although its not exactly great

with dslr and kit lens you can do milky way, ideally that needs a dark sky though

[spare depot]

Im not sure tbh

[spare depot]

how would that work? do i attach the dslr to the eyepiece port

[lusty shore]

phone, wont be good but should be able to make out a few stripes on jupiter

[spare depot]

will try that in the future

thanks

[rough cypress]

Do you have the model name? Atleast 200-300mm is enough for some simple deep sky astro

[spare depot]

I found written on its side:
D=130mm F1=650mm F/5

I’m not sure though which one is for magnification

[honest lichen]

Aurora 10.05.24

[rough cypress]

This is great for deep sky, 650mm is more than the lens i use. If you have a tracker

[sullen holly]

what model is your dob?

[spare depot]

No tracker sadly.

[rough cypress]

Well then i recommend getting one

Untracked is awful 🥲

[exotic rapids]

He said country 😭😭😭

And also rlly bad but got some what i think is northern lights

[rose lotus]

uh

i dont think you did

[marble swift]

those are clouds

[exotic rapids]

Not surprised tbh they just looked different to the clouds behind me cuz it was in rows

The pink is defo tho

[marble swift]

this one?

90% chance of being noise (image taken 20 seconds before, looks the same, if the phone has lots of sensor noise it could look like that)

[exotic rapids]

I did long exposure

[hybrid aspen]

anyone recommend a good quality dslr or another cam for dos 150-300 budget

[sharp berry]

Wow for me every time I do solar I just see a orange dot I never see any sunspots idk why

[formal walrus]

You need more magnification

I tried with a stock dslr lens and dlsr, and never got sunspots. But when I used a basic $70 telescope I got descent sun spots

If you're using dslr I'd get like a $60-100 used lens with descent magnification

If you're using a phone, you can get a 4" or 6" telescope for pretty cheap if you find one used

[rough cypress]

Would 300mm be enough for solar?

[rose lotus]

yes

[rough cypress]

thanks

[fair scaffold]

Def a Canon d3500

[ivory cliff]

How could I improve this image

Any criticism welcome

About 2 hours on the coal sack nebula

[rough cypress]

I think star reduction would be great

[signal dome]

My third shot of the whirlpool galaxy i had heavy light pollution from my neightbood projector light

[normal axle]

v

[idle violet]

MilkyWay seen from my house, bortle 6.

[ivory cliff]

International space station

[bleak furnace]

just did this photo this weekend and i finished processing now... is there anything in this photo that i should get better at?
4 inch f7 telescope with ET-8 Mount and onstep.
I started doing planetary astrophotography since last week and i'm enjoying it.
Btw i've already done other photos before, but it was mostly simple DSO. I'm new to planetary.

camera: sv105 2.1 megapixels

[fair scaffold]

A bit oversharpened

[marble swift]

colors are bit wack

[valid zephyr]

🤔

[ashen nebula]

Sorry wrong forum

[mellow stream]

Help when I do with my Phone more than 2 sec exposure its getting unfocused do you know what is the problem?

[rose lotus]

by unfocused im guessing you mean it’s making the stars trail?

in that case the problem is the earth rotates, so the sky moves

[mellow stream]

I tought about it, but can I somehow take pictures without being affected by the movement of the earth?

[rose lotus]

yes, a tracking mount

one that compensates for the earths rotation

just beware they can be expensive

[formal walrus]

depending on the equipment at least

[pearl meadow]

If 2 seconds already show trailing then it must be pretty high focal length, in other words big (or heavy if it's a cassegrain)

[dim sundial]

Hey guys, this is a single untracked 4 second exposure of omega centauri. I do have slight star trails so I'll have to decrease the exposure time but what do you think?

[lusty shore]

wouldnt call those slight, they are very much lines, gonna need more but shorter subs on that

[mellow stream]

@pearl meadow dobsonian

[pearl meadow]

How big

[stone forum]

Looks good, but yeh I'd try maybe shorter exposures and then stacking them to compensate for the lack of brightness

Here's a tracked 10s for reference

[dim sundial]

Looks good

I also wasn't expecting to do any astrophotography last night so I wasn't polar aligned at all so I couldn't use slow motion controls

[stone forum]

Ah yeh that'll do it

[dim sundial]

Yea

[stone forum]

What mount/scope?

[dim sundial]

I'll try tonight if it's clear and show my findings

It's a 114mm wide 900mm f/l scope that's sitting on a very tiny eq 1 mount

With a DSLR

[stone forum]

Oh yeah that mount will have a bit of trouble

[dim sundial]

Yea it gets the wobbles

I did get a r/a motor drive but can't get it to the right speed yet

[stone forum]

Oh with a motor drive you should be able to get good pics if you get it set up right

Just gotta get your polar alignment really good

Which I find hard asf lol but still learning

[dim sundial]

Yea very tricky, sorry I just got a pool delivered

I use the compass app on my phone

[stone forum]

I did this too, and I found out it was way off

[dim sundial]

Oh really?

That's annoying mine might be off too then

I'm in the southern hemisphere so I have no star for alignment

[stone forum]

So I just manually moved my tripod and redid my polar alignment and it was a lot better

[dim sundial]

Oh ok

[stone forum]

I'm in Aus too but i have a goto which let's me polar align with stars

[dim sundial]

Oh ok yea

[stone forum]

But yeh it wasn't working and it turns out I was like 15 degrees off from south

[dim sundial]

Oh that's annoying

But yea tonight I'll try and get that motor going

The annoying thing is with that star cluster, even though it's bright I can't see it in live view in my camera I can only see after I take the photo

[stone forum]

Yeh I had a similar problem

[dim sundial]

And it's pretty dim in the finderscope especially when I'm looking at my phone to see if it's all good

[stone forum]

I just had to look at it through my eyepieces and see what the bright stars around it looked like, then when I put my phone camera up to the eyepiece I just looked for those bright stars (couldn't see the cluster at all) then take a photo and pray

[dim sundial]

Yea same lol

[stone forum]

Luckily with tracking it's as simple as getting it perfect then just leaving it to do its thing

[dim sundial]

I'm just gonna have to pray I'm able to get it right tonight

Even if it's slightly off it will have star trails

[stone forum]

You got this bro

If you find you get trails just lower your exposure and take more frames, then stack em

[dim sundial]

I will

[wind wren]

.

[pearl meadow]

Use deepskycamera

It's live view is extremely bright

Wait nvm

Forget what I said

I wouldn't use the phone compass, it's usually off

[hot root]

im still a begginer!

[vernal hollow]

Hi

[shadow whale]

Nice pics for a beginner, what setup do you have?

[north iron]

Does anyone have any suggestions for improving my images (both capturing and processing/editing wise)? I’ve been trying to focus on the Milky Way this summer, and these are the results.

Details:

I use the Nikon D780 along with the Nikkor 14-24 f/2.8, usually with ISO 2000, 14mm, f/2.8, and around 5 minutes of total exposure time without star tracker.

I have access to GIMP, Darktable, and Siri’s, but I can always get more (free though).

[blazing schooner]

I would try ISO 1000

[hot root]

Canon rebel xti on power seeker mount

[shadow whale]

Nice setup

[mellow stream]

8 inch

[pearl meadow]

Yeah 1200 focal length

Tricky to put on a mount too

[mellow stream]

What?

[mellow stream]

?

[pearl meadow]

1200mm focal length, how long is the tube
1.2 meters

[mellow stream]

1200 yes

[pearl meadow]

That's very long and hard to balance on a mount

At that focal length you are very limited with your exposures

[north iron]

I’ll try that

[dire heath]

Green dot is Apollo 11 landing sight

Sorta

Ish

[stone forum]

Here's what I got last night, 9 minutes on the Lagoon nebula

@rare tulip

Any tips very much welcome, this is my first ever pic

[hot root]

Work in progress on Rho oph

Get on my level

[rare tulip]

blud what are you talking about

[hot root]

Didn’t think I would have to use this but you made me

My secret weapon

[rare tulip]

great photo! i cant believe this is your first bro. (my first for reference lol it was dookie)

[rare tulip]

Lemme find one later it’ll probs be worse

[hot root]

theres no way

[stone forum]

Yo being able to see the rings is good as

[hot root]

I actually thought this was good at the time I took it

[hot root]

I have made absolutely 0 progress

[rare tulip]

lol

Bc of my skies I’ve only been able to progress in my processing

[hot root]

at least you'll be ready for the next data you get

[rare tulip]

I’ve only progressed in my processing (same data both liked but still improved on the left)

Had no clear skies

[hot root]

the first image is so sharp I feel like ill cut my finger if I touch it

[hot root]

can I have a try at the data

[rare tulip]

Yeah I had some guy do blurx but it was wayyy to harsh

[rare tulip]

Gimme 15 mins

[hot root]

oke

[rare tulip]

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LJSm88UFuOoaVnHX_45qbErywvfwQgBu/view?usp=drive_link

[hot root]

Sweet

[tawdry slate]

what cam was this taken with?

[rare tulip]

Nikon d3300

[tawdry slate]

focal length?

[rare tulip]

300mm

3.89 pixel size

[hot root]

nice data, the stars aren't the best but the nebula is

[rare tulip]

nice process, also yeah my stars are dookie

[hot root]

lol my first image with round stars was this

[rare tulip]

lol i feel you

[hot root]

oh yeah and I didn't even use pcc for the process I js realized I forgot

[rare tulip]

loool

[hot root]

image is still okay so I'm not gonna reproccess

[rare tulip]

fair

[hot root]

I want to see what prizmo can do

[rare tulip]

he can find the hidden oiii arc in it lol

anyways i gtg for work now so cya

[hot root]

cya

[tranquil nimbus]

This is my first attempt at getting the ISS. I am using a 12" Dob, 2x barlow, and my Canon T7. Manually tracked it, 1/500 shutter speed and ISO 6400. It was quick and dirty and certainly not winning any awards, but a fun evening.

I am just curious if I am understanding my own picture right. Are those marked spots the panels? or out of focus artifacts or something like that? If anyone can mark out any modules I would appreciate it, help me understand what I am looking at.

[dim sundial]

DSLR?

[stone forum]

Mirrorless

Olympus omd em10

[dim sundial]

Oh ok

[stone forum]

Did a re-process now that I can spend more time on it, came out pretty nice overall and manage to keep the stars unsaturated. (Lowered to 7 mins exposure but used much better stacks). Process in siril

Can't wait to try it out with a proper amount of data

[blazing schooner]

Don't astrophotographers always call all consumer cameras DSLRs? Like astronomers do with "metals" in stars.

[stone forum]

I'm not sure what u mean but calling it a DSLR would be wrong

[coral frigate]

those are panels

[glass cloud]

leo (old pic)

b7 btw

[formal walrus]

Learned the hard way tonight, that my camera shutter shakes the camera just a little bit. Heres a comparison with 1.6s and 1/6s (0.16s)

[stone forum]

Could be trailing from lack of tracking?

[civic seal]

dumbell nebula

[formal walrus]

The one with round stars is the longer exposure one

I'm pretty sure its when the protective cover for the censor, slams up on the inside of the camera when the shutter goes off

My temporary fix is to just not use the continuous shooting feature

[wary hedge]

how did u make this one

[stone forum]

Ohhh lmao

[wary hedge]

My very first ¨good¨ picture of the andromeda galaxy. ( took with a iphone 11 ) Does Anyone Have Tips For Me??? I Would like to know everything!!

btw didnt stack only edited in iphone

[dim sundial]

Hey guys, this is my very first stack of M13, I don't have a star tracking mount so that's why it's half off to the side

[stone forum]

25 mins on the lagoon nebula (50 x 30s)

[glass cloud]

that is not a little bit
lmao

[rose lotus]

that’s the joke bro

[glass cloud]

-# ª

[formal walrus]

Here r some single subs from yesterday with a refracted + dslr on prime. Finally can start getting some dso's

[wind wren]

https://discord.com/channels/794642864218439681/1263001448992604231

my very first time using a DSLR

[rare tulip]

noice

[dim sundial]

Hey guys, this is my very first stacked and edited photo of a nebula (keyhole nebula). I stacked in sequator because DSS kept crashing and edited in siril and gimp. This is only 6 mins if integration using a DSLR through a 4.5 inch scope. Untracked might I add

I know it's noisy

[fair scaffold]

Carina nebula

[rare tulip]

How long were subs?

[dim sundial]

4 seconds

[rare tulip]

What bortle?

[dim sundial]

That's a better photo

And not super dark at all maybe 5, 6

[rare tulip]

I’m a b7 lol I understand your pain

[dim sundial]

Yea

I'm just a bit confused as to why it looks like that shape

[rare tulip]

If you can aim for longer exposures you will get much more data

[rare tulip]

?

[dim sundial]

Like the photos I've seen of that nebula it's more of a round shape and doesn't have the thing protruding from the bottom

[rare tulip]

That’s because you need more data, you are seeing just the brightest part

[dim sundial]

Ohh ok

Should I aim for 30 mins?

[rare tulip]

Definitely if not longer

[dim sundial]

Ok I'll be imaging for the next few nights

[rare tulip]

The photo I sent was 27.5 minutes

[dim sundial]

I'll definately try and get more exposure time then

[rare tulip]

See that keyhole shape near the centre? That’s what’s in your image as well

[dim sundial]

Oh yea

Do you know how to fix the blurriness? The individual subs weren't blurry

[rare tulip]

I’m not sure but more data will help

[valid zephyr]

I guess that could be due to sequator.
Have you used any other staking app?

Dss wont work so siril or astrosurface?

[formal walrus]

This is really good for your first time. Def aim for 30m of data though.

My target tonight is gonna be m8 + trifid nebula. I'll post the finished process in here when its done :]

ah wait

Its right next to the moon 😭

I'll probably try the north america nebula than

[dim sundial]

Yea I don't have enough ram for siril to work so I might try astrodurface

[sand ore]

Siril can work on system with low RAM. I would be surprised you don't have enough ram

[dim sundial]

Yea idk when I try to stack it the console says like 'failed not enough memory'

And it's not storage it's the ram memory

[sand ore]

what are your settings in the preferences?

[formal walrus]

I'm working it on 8gb ram

[dim sundial]

My laptop only came with 4 GB, I'll get a ram upgrade I think

[formal walrus]

are you sure? Siril makes really big files. and usually it says that when its not enough storage

[formal walrus]

ah

[dim sundial]

Yea

[dim sundial]

Whenever I stack in siril it always comes out in black and white, I know you can do the photo numeric whatever it's called colour correction but it never works for me

[dim sundial]

I just did that and now it works, thank you

[stone forum]

It's using the raw colour, you gotta increase saturation to bring out the colour if you have a low amount of data

[formal walrus]

Unless the data says its in B&W. Then you're probably not debayering the data

[formal walrus]

So, just make sure you always have the debayer option selected when working with color data

[dim sundial]

Ohhhh ok thank you, it always says b&w

[formal walrus]

Did that fix it?

[dim sundial]

I haven't tried just yet

[wind wren]

2nd image is no denoise. 20 mins of integration, no tracking mount

[formal walrus]

Second try at the North america nebula. Gonna get a lot more data. Since I'm not working with an apo refractor, I'll probably use this as my green data for the finished bit

3.7m, untracked

I plan to get about 30 minutes

[soft plover]

mineral moon first atttempt

i don t really find focus on my dslr tho, before registax sharpening the moon looks pretty blurry even if i try and focus it as close as i can

[glass cloud]

this looks like it would taste soooo good if I took a bite out of it

[exotic rapids]

Fr

[soft plover]

this indeed clarifies that the moon is made of cheese

[exotic rapids]

And marshmellows in the centre with popcorn craters

[normal axle]

did you use a filter?

[wind wren]

i hope

[exotic rapids]

Real

[normal axle]

@soft zinc

[soft zinc]

I diddint

I mean

I did use a solar

Filter

But none other

[normal axle]

Good

[soft zinc]

Ye

Im going sun gaizing today again

🙂

[limber geyser]

Sup

Fellow beginner here

I just upgraded setup recently

From a celestron 70 az (i used it for a year) to this:

What do you think?

[exotic rapids]

Niceee

W

U got a camera?

Or r u doing visual?

I mean this is the astrophotography forum so im guessing u got a form of camera?

[limber geyser]

Ofc

I still have to find an adapter since i didn't get it with the mount, and then i need a battery

[exotic rapids]

Which camera? @limber geyser

[limber geyser]

Asi 585 mc

Its kinda nice

[exotic rapids]

Nice

[limber geyser]

It has low noise too

[exotic rapids]

Why u need a adapter?

[limber geyser]

Because its motorised

[exotic rapids]

What does that gotta do with ur cam?

[limber geyser]

Its not fpr thecam its for my scope's mount

[exotic rapids]

Ohhh

For guiding?

[limber geyser]

Yes

[exotic rapids]

Nicee

[limber geyser]

Yea but it cost me around 1000 euros mount and scope

[exotic rapids]

Dayum

[limber geyser]

With cam its around 1400 euros

In dollars thats 1525 $

[exotic rapids]

Rip

Im in uk lol

So probs about 1300

[ashen nebula]

Once i forgot to put the filter, went to look at the eyepiece and well well well i didnt look even a second and it littelary blinded me for a second and it hurt quite alot thats when i just said that i wont be needing a solar filter bcs i dont want to look at the sun anymore

[sharp berry]

Took some photos of some random stars with my dobson and a s22 50mp camera, no mount or phone holder or whatever you guys call it. I really need either a good dslr camera or something to hold my phone steady

Again samsung s22 but with a 70/700 refractor that I returned 😂

Really couldn't keep my phone steady

I should really find a holder somewhere

[soft plover]

hmm is 40-1 min exposure time good for subs?ik it s not a lot compared to the real trackers, but for a 75 dolars RA tracker i do believe it s mid

[soft zinc]

Today i got this skywatcher 76/900 newton reflector i still havent used it cuz bad weather but what yall think

It comes with a 20mm and 10mm eyepiece

[formal walrus]

Get one with a larger apeature tbh

[soft zinc]

Its my first telescope that is actually a telescope and not a freaking kids toy so i like it 🙂 i will probably buy another in the future with a better aperture

[formal walrus]

Yea

Wht are you looking to do with this telescope?

[soft zinc]

Idk

Moon
Saturn maybe

Pleadies

Jupiters moons

Maybe try mars

[formal walrus]

Oki

[soft zinc]

Maybe orion nebula when winter comes

Idk i didn’t think about that much

[formal walrus]

I'd say use this one for about a month or two before upgrading to at least something with 6" of apeature, or an apo refractor

depending on if you want to do planetary or nebulas mainly

[soft zinc]

What do your recomend me to do with this one

I mean what to observe

[formal walrus]

do you have a camera?

[soft zinc]

Nah

But i will get one

Probably the canon D450

Cuz i broke

Asf

[formal walrus]

The eyepieces should be fine for observing

in the future though you can upgrade to a plossl eyepiece for better viewing

[soft zinc]

Ok

Also

I hate my luck

Like

It was beautiful weather till now

When i get a telescope

Like

God

But thanks for helping

🙂

[formal walrus]

https://stellarium-web.org/ heres one more thing

Stellarium (If you don't already have it) Will tell you where objects in your night sky are located and at what times

very useful

[soft zinc]

I use night sky

[formal walrus]

alr

[soft zinc]

This

Its also good

Stellariun is like 200 mega bites

But this

Only one

[formal walrus]

dang

[soft zinc]

Ohhh

Im stupid

This is one gigantic bite

…

Yeee i will get stelarium

[formal walrus]

This app takes up morespace?

[soft zinc]

It looks like

[formal walrus]

lol /lh

[soft zinc]

Haha

[formal walrus]

Lol

Do you have anything to collimate your telescope btw?

[soft zinc]

Collimate?

Im not from usa sry idk what that means

…

[formal walrus]

With a reflector telescope the mirrors need to be collimated every few days in order to reach focus

just the primary mirror

[soft zinc]

No i dont have

[formal walrus]

don't touch the one at the front of the telescope

[soft zinc]

Anything

Ok

But how do i colimate

[formal walrus]

Oki. you can buy a collimation cap for like $10 on amazon. Get that and you can align your primary mirror

[soft zinc]

Ok

[formal walrus]

Videos on YouTube will help

[soft zinc]

Ok :)))

I also spent 20buck on a red dot to find out that it cant be put on this telescope

Sooo

That was sfun

Fin

Fun

…

[formal walrus]

Ik the pain

[soft zinc]

Also

[formal walrus]

I had to deal with 0.93" eyepieces for like a year before I upgraded my focuser

[soft zinc]

Ok

Also

When

I

Was trying to

Balance the telescope

I cant

Cuz me stupid

And dont know how to put wheith

Right place

I always put it too much up or too low

Why diddint i just buy a dobsonian

God

[formal walrus]

It takes some practise

[soft zinc]

Sry for taiking your time

But i have one more kuestion

[formal walrus]

your all good

[soft zinc]

What happens if mirror isint collimated

[soft zinc]

Ok :)))

[formal walrus]

Hang on a sec

[soft zinc]

Ok

[formal walrus]

unfocused, focused

the one on the right is unfocused

[soft zinc]

Ohhhh

So thats what happens

[formal walrus]

its a lot sharper than the one on the left

[soft zinc]

Ye

Ok thanks

[exotic rapids]

And the colours are distorted

[soft zinc]

Ye

Thanks gor telling me these things

Now i gtg

[formal walrus]

Oki, bye!

[soft zinc]

Byeeeeeeeeeeeee

[exotic rapids]

@soft zinc check #1020657687291252797

[sharp berry]

Same here in south Germany

I had a 70/700 refractor and people told me it's a hobby killer haha, I still keep it around but I now got a 152/1200 Dobsonian

Only tested it one night for a few hours, and apparently it's going to rain on weekend. I hope it won't be cloudy at night

[exotic rapids]

I got a 150/1400 i think but i recently sold it cuz of a broken Mount and replaced tripod

[kindred atlas]

My clearest moon picture yet, a leaf covered it a bit sadly

[soft zinc]

I was just alinging my finderscope with my telescope when all of a sudden a bird appeared out of nowhere lol

[exotic rapids]

Lol

[gilded frost]

Captured on GoPro hero11 any tips?

[exotic rapids]

Dayum nice

I wouldnt exoect that from a go pro

[soft zinc]

Tonight was the first time i tested my new telescope
(Skywatcher 76/900 eq2)
And i took these pictures of the moon the star arcturus and saturn (saturn is bit out of focus)

Also the ISS was passing by so i took a pic from my phone of it (its very bad)

[limber geyser]

does someone know how much exposure should i get for dumbell nebula?

[rose lotus]

it’s super bright so you don’t need much

[limber geyser]

alr im goin for 5 min

[opaque mist]

What bortle u in?

[limber geyser]

I'm in b 7.2

[soft zinc]

Took this pucture if milky way with iphone 13 mini (30 sec exposure)

The stars trailed a bit but i think its ok

(Btw this is un edited)

[opaque mist]

Here’s mine with iPhone 11 and 40sec exposure

[wind wren]

Can yall edit mine? I can’t figure out how to get a good contrast for the Milky Way

[rose lotus]

need to shoot in raw format

its hard to edit jpgs

[soft zinc]

WoW

[regal briar]

can some recommend me best telescope for newbie to catch saturn?

[normal axle]

the largest, fattest, thickest "dobsonian" you can afford/carry

[regal briar]

aite2 thank you!

[wind wren]

Mmm Alr

[ripe edge]

James Webb Space Telescope

[sharp berry]

DIY JSWT

[formal walrus]

3.4 minutes on dumbbell nebula in green data

Here it is in color

[rose lotus]

what is “in green data”

[formal walrus]

just in the green light I captured. Leaving out the red and blue

cause its pretty noisy

[regal briar]

anyone capture meteor footage?

[wind wren]

My gran was the best too

[shrewd grove]

My first footage of moon i dont know why it got so bright all of a sudden

[pale skiff]

It's best to have ISO/Exposure settings on manual

[ripe dragon]

how does it look?

one of my first images

[rose lotus]

I know a seestar when i smell one

[ripe dragon]

did not know i could use stickers

[rose lotus]

the background doesn’t have to be pitch black

you’re actually removing some of the nebula from the image by making it that dark

[ripe dragon]

i know i just realized i put wayyy to much contrast

[rose lotus]

how did you edit it

[ripe dragon]

i used siril for star reduction and photoshop for curves and levels

maybe a bit much on the contrast

is there a script on siril for noise reduction?

[normal axle]

no*

there is denoising but atm it only works on mono images

[ripe dragon]

[sterile lark]

hey guys, my first try with my Lumix G7 Stock camera. Got a ton of walking noise. What can I do? I used the omegon minitrack as star tracker. 22min integration

[normal axle]

dither

so while imaging, you need to make small shifts in the framing

[sterile lark]

Every exposure?

[normal axle]

every 3

[sterile lark]

Thanks😁

[marble swift]

if your doing longer int then every 10 works (for me)

[opaque mist]

Just shot my first ever whirlpool and pinwheel galaxy with my dob

[soft plover]

i really need a coma corrector, do I?

[ripe dragon]

only 17 minutes exposure with seestar any tips for better editing

discord compression is really bad

[sterile lark]

Is it enough to tighten the bolts on the tripod? I have a skytracker without dithering function ?

[weak pewter]

My first photo of the Andramada Galaxy! Any tips?

[formal walrus]

My first successful attempt stacking the andromeda galaxy. 40s, 70mm achromatic refractor, dslr. (I thought I got like 5 minutes of exposure. Either I was mistaken or idek)

Yup, I found it

alr

I'll send the fully stacked one in a bit

[wind wren]

Lemme see

It’s quite noisy; is it hot where you are? Are there any possible sources of noise besides that?

[limber geyser]

What do you think abt this

[rare tulip]

upload as a png pls

[limber geyser]

ok wait

first time doin all the processing and stacking and stuff

[rare tulip]

nice

what camera did you use?

the stars have chromatic abberations

[limber geyser]

ASI585 mc

[limber geyser]

I am a beginner so idk what is that

[rare tulip]

the red, green and blue light is sorta displaced on the stars

apart from that and this small blue artefact its great

how much integration time?

[normal axle]

your stars are disco balls instead of ⚪

[limber geyser]

1 hour

[rare tulip]

what bortle?

[normal axle]

whyd you ping me

[limber geyser]

sry wrong ping

[limber geyser]

B8

[rare tulip]

this is sick

the light pollution must suck

[limber geyser]

unfortunately, it does suck

[limber geyser]

can i fix that tho

[normal axle]

yes.
buy a new scope.

[limber geyser]

wait wdym

i just bought it

[normal axle]

what scope did you get

[limber geyser]

Sky-Watcher 150 PDS

[normal axle]

huh. shouldnt be having chromatic aberation at all

are you using a barlow

[limber geyser]

nope

[normal axle]

interesting.

no idea why its like that then

[limber geyser]

can it be some error in my processing?

[normal axle]

maybe

[glass cloud]

the left one looks kinda like corvus

[glass cloud]

quite a few clouds don't completely block out the moon, could be something like that

[wind wren]

that's pretty damn good tho!

[wind wren]

YO don't get down; I have it too, but I still enjoy imaging

it ususally occurs on the outside of the lens due to the quality and also simply the physics behind the refractor

some refractors have multiple lenses to account for the abberation, but may be more expensive than a simple one. I believe they're called apochromatic refractors

but the middle of your lens will have virtually no chromatic abberation

[limber geyser]

Its a newt

[wind wren]

o

lmao

[limber geyser]

First time processing, what did u expect

[wind wren]

I believe then it may be caused by collimation? The chromatic abberation isn't caused by post processing.

[limber geyser]

Oh

[wind wren]

I'm a noob too; I've taken college physics, though, and the chromatic abberation is due to physical error

like the alignment of the mirrors possibly

[limber geyser]

First time i ever had a newt so i dunno what collimation is lol

the retailor didnt say anything abt that

[wind wren]

Collimation is the alignment of the secondary mirror to the primary, and the initial alignment of the primary. I use only a canon rebel t3 camera right now. All I can suggest is to continue to enjoy imaging until you're comfortable with the whole process, and then begin to improve the artifacts in the images

there are processes in certain programs that deal with coma (chromatic aberration) I believe

[soft plover]

i do get the same stars in my reflector, all optics perfectly alligned

[pearl meadow]

With an eyepiece?

[jolly edge]

M51 with my Celestron Astromaster 114/1000 with 30sec Total exposure

[sharp berry]

sooo... I think I need to buy a smartphone adapter haha

I cannot hold my phone steady

[soft plover]

dslr

[rose lotus]

definitely need one

[old ocean]

How do you have a 585mc but you don't know what chromatic aberration is

[normal axle]

you are comparing a camara and an optic. this is not an apples to apples contrast.

[old ocean]

I'm not comparing them

I'm just saying how does he not know what it is

With a setup like that

[glass cloud]

mercury (no this wasnt taken in 2021, it's just the date on the binocs i used for this doenst have the right date)

[old ocean]

Lol

[hidden flax]

First pictures of the moon

[shadow whale]

They are nice

What telescope?

[hidden flax]

Skywatcher dobson 1200mm

[shadow whale]

What is the diameter of the primary mirror?

8 inch?

6 inch?

10 inch?

Or like 150mm, 200mm or 250mm or anything else?

@hidden flax

[hidden flax]

200mm od 8 inch

Od*

[shadow whale]

Ok, Very nice

[hidden flax]

Sorry autocorrect

[shadow whale]

Nah ik

Trust me, phone ap is addictive

[hidden flax]

I took a picture od Saturn yesterday

[shadow whale]

Like you see something and then say, "oh, let me take a pic of that" will turn into a whole hobby

[shadow whale]

That is nice

[shadow whale]

If you will be dedicated to phone ap you should buy an adapter

[hidden flax]

I was thinking od that

[shadow whale]

The best one is the Nex YZ, not the cheapest though

[shadow whale]

Bc you can see in these pictures how much your phone moves

[hidden flax]

Oh nice

[shadow whale]

Without vs with adapter

[hidden flax]

My friend gave me his camera for this reason but i am still trying to get used to it

[shadow whale]

What camera?

[hidden flax]

Canon EOS 5d mark II

[shadow whale]

That is nice

You'll need an adaptor If you'll use a camera

But I have no idea ab anything regarding cameras😅

[hidden flax]

Its ok

[shadow whale]

Turned out nice

Stack or single frame?

[exotic rapids]

If u wanna put ur camera on ur scope u need this one sec

Wait @hidden flax do u want it branded or nah

[hidden flax]

I mean sure

[exotic rapids]

Branded?

Budget?

[hidden flax]

Branded for sure but can you name the best budget

[exotic rapids]

Idk £20 at the max id spend

Lemme try and find u one

Cuz a celestron t ring is £18 but without the nosepiece

[hidden flax]

Thank you

[exotic rapids]

On ebay unbranded with all the stuff u need is £8-10

So u decide

Cuz with the celestron one u need to buy a nosepiece

So just keep that in mind and the quality isnt that different exept the brand

Aliexpress might have branded ones cheap

@hidden flax

[hidden flax]

I just discovered that i have na adaptor

[exotic rapids]

U got one?

[hidden flax]

Tea inded

Sorry autocorrect

[exotic rapids]

Lol

[hidden flax]

I meant yes

[exotic rapids]

I turned mine off cuz it turned uv/ir into uv/it

Got rlly annoying

[hidden flax]

I know

The only thing that i am mising is a barlow lens

[exotic rapids]

Whats ur budget

[hidden flax]

Any kind i just want it

[exotic rapids]

U got aliexpress?

[hidden flax]

Nah

[exotic rapids]

Oh alr

If u want budget aliexpress is the way ti go

One sec

[hidden flax]

Ok i will have a look

[exotic rapids]

Ill send u a link to a 2x barlow

Gonna be ur most useful Barlow

￡10.09 | Celestron omni 4mm 6mm 9mm 12mm 15mm 32mm 40mm and 2x eyepiece and Barlow Lens Fully Multi-Coated Metal Astronomy Telescope
https://a.aliexpress.com/_EyLTxRj

This is where i bought my 40mm from came in original box and with a free filter

[formal walrus]

andromeda on the 13th

Big improvement on my last one

[shadow whale]

Can I edit it?

I tried something@formal walrus

[humble crystal]

somebody who can help me fix my camera

[queen basin]

Pretty good for beginners but the trailing is a lil much.

[queen basin]

#🤓-ask-a-nerd

[formal walrus]

Do you want the Raw or stacked data?

[late moss]

image i got of the mars and jupiter conjunction last night with 70mm goscope II

[exotic rapids]

Nice

Wait so is the Jupiter mars conjunction when there closest together or when there both closest to earth

[late moss]

its where it appears mars and jupiter are passing over eachother

[exotic rapids]

Ohh

Is it one night only?

[late moss]

its over a few nights

[exotic rapids]

Cuz i wanna go out friday

[late moss]

tonight is the closest

[exotic rapids]

Will friday night be any good?

[late moss]

idk lemme see

probably not

my photo was 3 am today

they will be right next to eachother tonight

so i dont think so

[exotic rapids]

Yh i was gonna go out but never did 😦

Tonight

[late moss]

rip

[exotic rapids]

How often is it

[late moss]

next one is

2033

[exotic rapids]

FACK

[late moss]

theres a saturn and moon one happening in like a week

[exotic rapids]

Oooh

Id go out tonight but its like 100% cloud

[late moss]

the weather says it'll be clear for me until aug 16

[exotic rapids]

My parents didnt let me cuz it was too wet cuz it rained

Acc so sad

[late moss]

rip

it rained before i went out too

but it wasnt too bad

the grass was wet tho

[exotic rapids]

I Could set up and get heavily grounded?

[late moss]

jeez, what telescope do you have that you get grounded for that

[exotic rapids]

No its cuz i gotta take it downstairs

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