Touring Taurean Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Hi all, I'm just starting out in astrophotography so lots to learn. Took this last night (25-Feb-18) and quite pleased with it as a first attempt. Taken with a Canon EOS 70D at ISO100, 1/320sec, on a Skywatcher Explorer 150PDS 6" Newtonian f/5 reflector. Single image processed in Photoshop to get colouring then a minor tweak in Registax wavelet 2 to sharpen. Any thoughts on how to improve gratefully received. Thanks. +Graham, Sheila and Smithysteve 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithysteve Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Hi Iain, I am just a visual monkey so cannot help you with constructive criticism, but I know what I like, and I like your image, particularly along the terminator. Nice one! Cheers! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Hi Iain, visual here as well, but if you are just starting out, I can't wait to see what you produce when you get better! That's a great image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 For a single sub that is a spectacular win. The secret is loads of subs /images / frames call them what you will stacked together into a single image. By stacking multiple subs you reduce the noise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Touring Taurean Posted February 27, 2018 Author Share Posted February 27, 2018 Great - many thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. Thanks Graham for the info. I did take some video on my DSLR with a view to stacking the images but I couldn't work out how to import that into Autostakkert as the the DSLR video file format was .mov and AS seemed to not allow that. Assume I have to convert the .mov in some other software before uploading to AS? Thanks, Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 That looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, Touring Taurean said: Great - many thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. Thanks Graham for the info. I did take some video on my DSLR with a view to stacking the images but I couldn't work out how to import that into Autostakkert as the the DSLR video file format was .mov and AS seemed to not allow that. Assume I have to convert the .mov in some other software before uploading to AS? Thanks, Iain You don't need video. You can take loads of single shots and stack those. Just make sure you are capturing in RAW format. Get yourself a copy of Deep Sky Stacker. If you have not got it already. It's a free bit of software. Edited February 27, 2018 by Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Touring Taurean Posted February 28, 2018 Author Share Posted February 28, 2018 Great thanks for the help Graham! I'd not downloaded DSS but will do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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