Target suggestions

[neat egret]

What should I image with a Canon 550d, tamron 70-300lens and tracking device?
(Bortle 5-6)

[pale spire]

M6-7

*Messier 6 and Messier 7

[neat egret]

M6 +3°
M7 -0.14°

[severe folio]

Lmao

Right

Thats why we need ur location

[neat egret]

56° north latitude

[pale spire]

The Coathanger cluster or NGC 6633 and IC 4756 field

And of course you have the Haplha regions around Sadr, the North American Nebula, IC 1396 and the veil (altough they are a bit dim)

[neat egret]

[ionic flint]

I was trying to look at the dumbell nebula with my celestron astromaster 130eq but I couldn’t find it anywhere. I kept aligning it to where the nebula is supposed to be but I couldn’t see anything. Any ideas why? (I know it’s not really a suggestion)

Also my telescope is powerful enough to see the nebula it’s just I couldn’t find it in the sky

[severe folio]

Can't be in a city, use a wide eyepiece, starhop

having better skills by practicing

[vital dew]

if you dont live in a city another way for you to be able to find it is for your eyes to adapt to the dark so you basically have to be in the darkest for atleast 10 minutes without looking at any bright lights except red lights

[ionic flint]

Wait so it it visible to the naked eye?

[ionic flint]

Wait is star hoping using the nearby stars to find something (for eg: using the 2 bottom stars at the bottom of lyra to find the ring nebula)

[late geyser]

you need a scope to see it

i could see it through my skywatcher 150p

[ionic flint]

My telescope (celestron astromaster 130eq) can see the ring nebula

Will it be able to see the dumbbell nebula?

[late geyser]

its a 50/50

i dunno

[ionic flint]

Ah ok

Thanks for the help

[scarlet rain]

@ionic flint

U probs can but it would be blurry if ur in the city unless u stack it and stuff then it might look a bit better

[ionic flint]

Here’s my try at ring nebula btw

[scarlet rain]

Nice

Bit more exposure times and u will probs get a good final image

[ionic flint]

I don’t have tracking though 😬

[scarlet rain]

How long r ur exposures rn @ionic flint

[ionic flint]

5-10 seconds

[scarlet rain]

Try 30

@ionic flint

[ionic flint]

Are you sure?

even with 10 seconds you can see star lines

[vital dew]

No don't try 30 seconds

Shoot 5 seconds subs in raw mode and then you can either stack the pictures yourself and process them if you know how or send it in #1021002743080558642 or #1021002578588352572 for someone else to do it and show the potential of your gear

[ionic flint]

Wait so people can just edit my stuff for free if i need help?

[keen harness]

Mountain top, B2 in Vermont zero moon - Celestron 8SE Starizona 0.63% reducer + ASI533MC pro

Any cool ideas?

[pale spire]

NGC 6823

[pliant pumice]

Dumbbell

The Iris Nebula is dim but good too, as with the Fireworks Galaxy

[keen harness]

Dumbbell was actually the first thing I ever photographed through that setup!

I'll check out the other ones you mentioned

I'm thinking of doing the eagle and getting the pillars too

Since the weather is showing only 2 clear hours I think imma just take the brightest and go with the eagle

Nevermind we have 4 hours now

[pliant pumice]

I would advise against Eagle since you'll be far north and it stays low

[wanton pasture]

Hey im looking for suggestions for a target to shoot, im in newcastle, australia so 32.9283° S, 151.7817° E. I wouldn't mind a larger target as im using a asi294mc, 560mm 80ed. really good geq mount

Bortle 3-4 skies btw.

[scarlet rain]

U kinda just doxxed urself

Not totally but kinda

[wanton pasture]

its like saying "I live in [Insert major city with over half a million people]"

in a country known for having a very bloated city size

[scarlet rain]

True

[wanton pasture]

its a bit over 100 square miles or 270 square km's depending on your pronounciation of aluminium

but thanks anyway

[scarlet rain]

Its alr just that the south and east coordinate could help people pinpoint your location within the city

[wanton pasture]

oh i gave the google co ordinates of the city

they arnt mine

im not that silly

[scarlet rain]

Ohhh alr i didnt check

[fresh flare]

Hi. I feel difficult to starhop to Helix Nebula. Help pls

[distant owl]

You could try this maybe?

or this easier route, depending on your bortle

[fresh flare]

I think this route is easier. Thanks a lot for helping out.

[strange umbra]

What should I image with micro 4/3 camera with 40-150mm f4.5-5.6 lens under b8 sky

[pale spire]

Lagoon -Trifid region

The coathanger region

[strange umbra]

I forgot to mention untracked

[pale spire]

Try constellations at 40mm, like Corona Borealis, Cygnus, Lyra, not sure if you can do also the galactic core

[strange umbra]

At this point I'm convinced I live under the worst possible conditions for astro

Cloud cover is over 9000

[pale spire]

You could be in B9

Or live next to the Las Vegas sphere

[strange umbra]

Literally a mini sun

But I live in the fastest developing Malaysian Cities and cloud cover is always like a blanket

I can't even see the moon

That's how bad it is

[scarlet rain]

Guys i might be going b4 this week what should i image

Untracked

[viscid hull]

poarlis IFN

funny thing ive read that using a tracker for wide-ish field just add rotation

it seems the method is untracked

[distant owl]

milky way

[scarlet rain]

Through a telescope

[void escarp]

I live in a b4, I reccommend Bode's galaxy

[void escarp]

or the dumbbell nebula, or the whirlpool galaxy depending on your fl

[scarlet rain]

Bird jones 114mm 1000mm f/9

…

[void escarp]

114-1000??

[scarlet rain]

Mhm

[void escarp]

I did 300mm untracked and my results were good

holup

[scarlet rain]

Nice

[void escarp]

pinwheel untracked 10 mins

Bode's galaxy was 10 mins as well

and my dumbbell

so @scarlet rain I'd reccommend these fs

[scarlet rain]

Yh maybe

Idk if im going anyway

[viscid hull]

https://tenor.com/view/the-one-piece-is-real-one-piece-is-real-chopper-one-pice-cry-crying-gif-16937848457580500038

[scarlet rain]

I need a new one but idk which

I cant get a custom setup

And its gotta be under £200

[void escarp]

So it’s 114mm ap and 1000 fl?

[scarlet rain]

I can get a custom but its gotta be under £200

[scarlet rain]

Mhm

[void escarp]

Great planetary scope tho dude

[scarlet rain]

Nope

Not at all

[void escarp]

Why?

[scarlet rain]

U do not wanna see

[void escarp]

Aberration

?

[scarlet rain]

Jupiter

…

[void escarp]

????

Can it not focus??

It might also be a brightness issue just turn the ISO down

[scarlet rain]

Nah its just shit

[distant owl]

Well, for untracked I'd say star clusters might be your best bet. Like M7, M6, M13, M15, M22, M3, M5, M4 etc.

[chrome sparrow]

How a about a 114/900 it's like the one you got but way better because it's not a bird Jones, it's pretty long tho

[chrome sparrow]

And about this I'd recommend some bright planetary nebula like ring or as the other guy said some clusters

[scarlet rain]

Yh ring neb i might

But i can only do visual 😭

[oak lava]

turn down brightness

[scarlet rain]

Ill tru

Try

[nimble star]

I have a high focal length scope with low aperture and am going to try saturn. Any small and bright targets i could do? (I did the alberio binary with it and found out that it can acttually capture stars with magnitude of 11.69). My equipment-
A 114\900 scope
Logitech C270 webcam (2MP)

[chrome sparrow]

Northern or south

[nimble star]

Northern

[scarlet rain]

I got 114/1000 canon 450d

Northern aswell

[distant owl]

Planetary nebulas and globular clusters ig, though most objects apart from large nebulae and open clusters (like NA nebula or Pleiades) can fit comfortably inside 900mm fl

[vital dew]

yall know what im gonna ask

but here are my limitations: the targets can only cover this part of the sky, it cant be a galaxy in ursa major and cant be a big nebula like say the north america nebula since i dont have a nb filter

[sage sable]

Cave nebula

[void escarp]

Why not do a neb w/o a narrowband. The neb will be harder to capture but whatever

[odd kernel]

What shoult i shoot with stock Canon eos 2000d and vintage 135mm f/2.8 and star tracker, northern hemisphere

[late geyser]

Western veil

[odd kernel]

Thank you, how much exposure time should i get?

[scarlet rain]

As much as u can

[odd kernel]

Okay

[pale spire]

Your field should be wide enough to have the entire veil nebula in frame

[keen harness]

I actually started out with the same exact scope you did, and it definitely isnt an issue with your telescope. I was able to get these images with it. Try stacking and lowering the exposure a lot, it makes a huge difference

I probably could've gotten even better but I upgraded from that one

[scarlet rain]

Yh i aint been stacking or anything and ive been taking photos not videos

[neat egret]

What should I image with a unmod Canon 550d, tamron 70-300lens and tracking device?
(Bortle 5-6)
56° north latitude

[grizzled pelican]

At waht should I look (galaxys or nebulas only) skywatcher 200/1200 bortle 5 and 43* north latitude

[late geyser]

Ring nebula, dumbbell neb, bodes and cigar galaxy, also try out andromeda. M13 is pretty cool, and the double cluster in cassiopea

How did i forget the little dumbbell

[grizzled pelican]

All tryed unless borș and cigar

[pliant pumice]

What should I shoot, 135mm of fl, septembre target (no filters needed)

[late geyser]

What lat

And what bortle

And define "september target"

[fresh flare]

Can anyone help me in starhopping to M16 and M17? I am using a 7*50 binoculars with a FOV of 7°

[neat egret]

I also have binoculars with such a field of view, I pointed at them like that

[clever plover]

It has a built in barlow/"corrector"

[clever plover]

Oh nah that's worse than my 114/450 with no barlow

[scarlet rain]

Yeah cuz im 114/1000 no barlow

+cropped to see

[rigid zodiac]

Anyone know any good galaxies maybe around the size of m51 whirlpool galaxy or larger?

[distant owl]

M101, M31, M33, M81, C5 (if you want a challenge), C3, C7

[grizzled pelican]

Anyone know anyone knows some good galaxys that i can watch it from an 200/1200

[clever plover]

cigar

[neat egret]

c7

[vital pollen]

What should i image with 130PDS and ASI224MC? I have guiding so long exposure time is not the problem

[arctic quest]

M101, M31, M33, M81, C5 (if you want a challenge), C3, C7

[vital pollen]

Also i much prefer Nebulae than galaxies

[haughty jasper]

M27, M57, M16, IC 1848, Melotte 15, NGC 281, NGC 7635, IC 1318

[arctic quest]

https://astronomy.tools/page/star_chart/
And any decent program can do you suggestions

[vital pollen]

Thx

[ionic flint]

Any suggestions for starting out with a seestar s50?

[scarlet rain]

M31 m33 m27 m57 planets

[clever plover]

planets with a seestar?

[scarlet rain]

Yeah right?

[haughty jasper]

Small aperture, not necessarily gonna get much out of it

[scarlet rain]

Oh alr

[ionic flint]

Ok ty

[frail raptor]

Veil nebula, the Pleiades, Orion if you stay up late

I'd stay away from m57

[stuck falcon]

What should I image with a powershitter 76Az or A mirror camera (Sony A3000- 18-55mm)

[scarlet rain]

Planets!!!

Where u from

[stuck falcon]

Alright

[stuck falcon]

India

[scarlet rain]

Hmmmm

Ye try planets 100%

And moon

[stuck falcon]

Alrightt

[barren flume]

135mm untracked 26 lat no m42/31 bortle 7ish to 8 maybe

[frail raptor]

Rho Ophiuchi

[barren flume]

tried that

didnt work

[stuck falcon]

How

[barren flume]

idk

[stuck falcon]

Are you good at processing?

[barren flume]

not good but good enough that i can tell that there's nothing in this image

[pliant pumice]

What does the autostretch look like

[barren flume]

1min

[barren flume]

btw this is stretched

[stuck falcon]

Hmm

[stuck falcon]

Same question

[barren flume]

w dbe

[stuck falcon]

How many shots did u take? And exposure time?

[barren flume]

lemme go check

[stuck falcon]

Alr

Did u take calibration frames

[barren flume]

sorry i took long

not less than 35min

[stuck falcon]

AND HOW MANY SHOTS?

[barren flume]

abt 1400-1800 with ofc not all the images are perfect i didnt stack them all

[stuck falcon]

ah

can u tell me more about the settings

[barren flume]

F2 ISO 1600 and 1.6sec

[vital pollen]

What should i shoot with 130PDS and asi224mc. I have guiding so i can do longer exposures and it must be nebula

[late geyser]

shoot the dumbbell

[vital pollen]

Already did

[steady pulsar]

800MM with 2600MM

any narrowband target?

already did elephant

veil back in july

[viscid hull]

Iris nebula is my favorite reflection nebula

[vital pollen]

Already imaged but imma do a reprocess later

[vital pollen]

Here, ya like it?

The only problem is that discord compressed it

[late geyser]

here is my process of his data

[viscid hull]

I like the first one cause I like the super bright star illuminating the dust

[ruby marten]

samyang 135, nikon z50 crop sensor, tracking mount, nov start target, bortle 4 to 5

[ruby marten]

not modified btw

[keen harness]

8se .63 reducer corrector ASI533mcpro in New Jersey, USA
Any deep sky recommendations? My FOV is almost exactly the size of a full moon.

[rigid zodiac]

Anyone know any good nebula in the sky right now northern hemisphere with lots of color variation? Anything like horsehead, or m42 specifically.

[ionic flint]

Pac-Man nebula is pretty good

If you get the blue parts

[ionic flint]

Oh and also the dumbbell nebula

[restive pivot]

helix i guess

[distant owl]

California nebula

its got some nice blue-orange varitation

[plucky violet]

any very bright objects smaller than 0.4 degrees?

that would look decent with low int time

[wanton geyser]

cats eye

ring nebula

dumbbell nebula

[vital pollen]

Ngc40

[plucky violet]

that's not bright rah

[plucky violet]

I would do ring or dumbbell but both are not visible from where I put my scope😿

[vital pollen]

It is tho, i see it with the eyepiece no problem

[plucky violet]

what

[vital pollen]

Yeah

[plucky violet]

what bortle

how do you see a mag 10 object in the eyepiece??

I can't even see m51

[vital pollen]

B4-5

[plucky violet]

im b7

[vital pollen]

Its litelary the the brightest distant galaxy visible

[vital pollen]

Makes sense

[plucky violet]

And its nothing more than a very faint blob in my scope

Zero detail just a small patch that you can barely tell is brighter than the rest of the sky

[vital pollen]

In my 130pds i see the galaxies coliding and a bit of the arms

[plucky violet]

Dang

[distant owl]

M81 is brighter

at least from my experience

[plucky violet]

nuh uh

Well if you count a blob then yes

M51 has brighter detail hut m81 is brighter as a oval

[edgy loom]

any suggestions for a canon t4i with a rokinon 135m f2 and a star adventurer 2i

Bortle6-7

[vital pollen]

Veil supernova remnant

[restive pivot]

m81?

or is that not distant

[vital pollen]

It is distant

[toxic palm]

alright kids i need a target for my first tracked object

between 100-250mm w/ dslr unmodded APS-C

[steady pulsar]

Carina

[toxic palm]

too low. would need to wake up at 3am for that

[chrome sparrow]

Lmc

Wait no smc

[vital pollen]

Dandadan is peak🔥🔥

[chrome sparrow]

Tru...

[hearty cliff]

I added custom horison to nina and im trying to figure out how to read it now, that's a path of M45. what are the coloured rectangles? blue-white-gray-white-blue they don't align with sunset or sunrise. with the moon either what are they?

[vital dew]

bru what kind of path is that

[hearty cliff]

I don't understand, it comes up and comes down like anything on the sky

[edgy loom]

Bottle 6-7 with 135mm lens. What should I shoot?

Already completed targets are andromeda and NGC7000

[hearty cliff]

wide field of orions belt? a lot of stuff going on there

[plucky violet]

b7 0.4deg fov, any bright targets that are good early in the night?

[vital pollen]

Idk, could you fit the veil nebula in ur fov?

[plucky violet]

Hell nah

[hearty cliff]

Most galaxies are pretty small
I'd mostly look in NGC 4077 that single spot in the sky will fulfill your galaxy needs for years, tho I don't think you can see it during the winter

[hearty cliff]

id like to image the IFN around pollaris but it's gonna be my first time taking on such faint targets, im in B7 can i get it or do i have to drive out, best i can do without driving 8h is B4 so that's always a possibility but id rather stay home

[vital pollen]

What should i image during full moon with 130PDS, eqm35, asi224mc and a guiding rig?

[sage sable]

The full moon

Or M1

[plucky violet]

b7 26mm, I'd prefer smth that rises earlier than orion but I don't think there is anything, is there?

[distant owl]

andromeda

?

for 26mm you could also add in the Cassiopeia side of the Milky Way

[plucky violet]

its a bit too late for it

I'll probably just redo perseus-orion

[distant owl]

do you live far south or smth? Andromeda sets at 4:30am for me

[plucky violet]

no

it's just that west is obstructed for me

[distant owl]

i see

[hearty cliff]

how do i check if I can capture a target of given surface brightness from my skies? what i mean is how to compare the Bortle scale to surface brightnes/magnitude to see if the thing im trying to catch is even visible

[olive vault]

Maybe compare with other things you or others have imaged, calculate average magnitude per unit of arc^2 using apparent magnitude and apparent angular size

or maybe thats not how apparent magnitude works im not too sure

[hearty cliff]

i see the chat is dead but i need help
(my rig is in my name)
my fov is about 1.5deg
im gonna have a lot of clear next week and im gonna shoot the IC 405 but it goes behind the horisont on midnight so i have half of the night for something else but only thing i have left to shoot is around this area, i can't find any cool target in there i'd love a galaxy but there isn't any piticullary big there so i have to take something else

[ionic flint]

Maybe bodes galaxy & cigar galaxy

[hearty cliff]

I did get 8h on them last time but it's just a bit to small to get any decent detail in there

[distant owl]

M101, C3, C7, C12

Personally think C12 would look the nicest, large head-on spiral with an open cluster right next to it

also not a galaxy, but there's also Iris neb

[hearty cliff]

They are all really small, below 25' across I'm looking for somethin in the range 50' and larger
(I didn't check the iris)

Iris is 18'

I always face this issue at this time, I have a lot of trees around and I can't really go anywhere else so I just have this slit of sky visible to me

[distant owl]

k I just checked and Markarian's chain is inside that circle you've given above

I think that's basically your only option; the only other large DSO I can think of in that region is the Coma star cluster which on top of being far too large to fit in 1.5 degree fov, is an open cluster - real interesting /s

[hearty cliff]

maybe i can do like a mosaic with all those nights, 4h per panel is that enough at f5?