oldfruit Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 I know that M31 has been covered a lot of late so sorry for more of the same. Here is my effort. This was taken last night with 8 inch Helios newt on an EQ5, Canon 1000d, iso 800, 103 x 40 seconds lights and 40 darks. I actually did 150 lights and trawled through them when i got home and took the worst ones out. After spending ages tweeking it on DSS this is the best i could manage. Not sure if i am doing something wrong or not? Is this about what to expect using the kit and settings that i have above? Clear skies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmic dave Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Lots of detail mark, lovely pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RonC Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 That's a great photo Mark, don't be so hard on yourself!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ibbo Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 coming along nicely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antares_Paul Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 (edited) Be very proud, Mark. YOU took that picture. And I am sure there's plenty more to be 'revealed' in future processing. DSS isn't exactly crammed with processing functions away from level shifts etc. I have found Nebulosity to be very good value. You can stack AND process images to a good level with it. Dion has also kindly posted a demo [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMhLYg-xPuc Regards. Edited September 18, 2012 by Paul Laws Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 that is a good image just with DSS, I have to use photoshop and only stock in DSS Sheila Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldfruit Posted September 18, 2012 Author Share Posted September 18, 2012 Thanks for the kind comments folks. I am reasonably happy with how the image has turned out but was expecting a bit more from the amount of subs that were taken. Also i am just starting to learn my way around DSS and whilst i do not expect to be knocking out stunning images with the kit and software i am using, i just want to make sure that i am heading in the right direction towards getting the best out of the kit that i have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antares_Paul Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Mark - could you upload and send a link to the DSS autosave file for this? I'll take a look if you like? Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldfruit Posted September 19, 2012 Author Share Posted September 19, 2012 That is very kind of you Paul. Also having just seem Peters image of the same object i think that the answer lies in getting more data next time i try to image M31. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DN18 Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Increadible detail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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