Popular Post +Derbyshire Dave Posted May 9, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted May 9, 2018 Hi guys, This is my first picture post on EMSG. This was taken from my back garden in Holloway, near Matlock. I used no light pollution filter. This is 1 hour 15 minutes of 3.5 minute exposures at ISO 800, stacked in DSS. Only recently sorted mu guiding out, and the registration of the images was excellent I had taken darks, lights and flats, but managed to mess this process up, as they were the wrong orientation for DSS to stack them. This was particularly frustrating, as I had only recently got round to using them regularly. I thougt that potentially I could rotate them, but I guess you could be 180 degrees out, so best not to use them. The images were rather red but I managed to clean up the resultant DSS image in Photoshop CS5, and managed to maintain the colours of the stars Werisit, Smithysteve, BAZ and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Wow Dave that's nice ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Some very fine detail in those spiral arms. That looks great. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Derbyshire Dave Posted May 9, 2018 Author Share Posted May 9, 2018 (edited) Thanks Mick, Pete. Edited May 9, 2018 by Derbyshire Dave Decided to upload a darker version, but didn't like the result Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RonC Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 That's a good image Dave considering you DSS problems!! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithysteve Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Very nice Dave, a good deal of detail in there! ? Any plans on bagging M82? ? +Derbyshire Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Derbyshire Dave Posted May 9, 2018 Author Share Posted May 9, 2018 Thanks Steve, yes definitely. On the night I was just happy to go with M81. I'd had a lot of trouble with guiding, and rather than try and move a little, I was happy to go with what I could get easily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alec Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Great image Dave. I’ve learnt a lot on guiding if your still struggling just ask?? +Derbyshire Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8472 Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Excellent, Dave. My learning curve is steep. +Derbyshire Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 That is superb, I know your garden is way darker than mine, but that is good. +Derbyshire Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Derbyshire Dave Posted May 10, 2018 Author Share Posted May 10, 2018 10 hours ago, 8472 said: Excellent, Dave. My learning curve is steep. Agreed Kev, there is always so much to learn in this gae, and whenever you tick one item off, there's always another two or three new ones to go at! 15 hours ago, Alec said: Great image Dave. I’ve learnt a lot on guiding if your still struggling just ask?? Thanks Alec, I've had a year of fighting guiding, including two new guide cameras which didn't work. Fingers crossed, the last few times out all has worked really well. If I struggle, I'll take you up on your offer, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 Very nice image Dave and detail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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