Orion Nebula thru 102mm Achro

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Camera was a nikon zf, no filters used, postprocess was just cranking contrast to tune out the light pollution, exposure time was about 10 minutes. Tracking mount's a CGEMII I got used and tuned up.

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send data and ill process

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Data??

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the raw pic

the file

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Oh, uh sure but that'll have to wait, I'm not at home rn, raws are on my desktop.

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oh ok

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nice orion but u got clipped whites

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Oh, you mean how the core is just blown out glow?

Yeah, it is literally my first attempt and I was just happy that I got -anything-.

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I was gunnu ask for data

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thats really good for first attempt!

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it took me 2 yearss to get a good orion pic

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I spent a lot of time tuning the mount, honing in those darned ring gears and futzing with the mesh to get the backlash out.

I wanna re-attempt the shot but use my C8 instead next time, just to compare the two. I run both scopes side-by-side and try to enjoy visual in between exposures.

Also possum pics? 👀

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Realizing this probably sounds wierd for "first pic", short version is I vastly over-thought and overdesigned my rig upfront and am only now realizing I made some silly decisions 🙃

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Hokay, sorry for the delay. Appreciate any pointers, I am aware of a sad satellite track running through it. Another reason I wanna re-try this shot.