red dwalf Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 (edited) i`m delighted with what has come out of my first proper image using the Canon 1100d. this data was with only 20, 2 minute subs and 20, 2 minute darks. was very cold and struggled with dew badly but great fun and thanks to Noel for his help with the software which was all new to me. equipment used was my Starwave 80 scope which was unguided, Canon 1100d with a fitted Astronomik CLS filter, APT software to control the camera. all stacked in deep sky stacker and alittle level clipping in Photoshop. nothing else done as i don`t know what i`m doing properly with Photoshop. now with 20 added flats and 20 dark flats, now with raw files stacked, still can`t get any colour coming through. think i`ve added some noise to it image also. this is my last attempt to get more out of the processing, i`ve managed to download a DNG converter program which allows you to adjust the cr2 raw files and convert them so that they can be stacked in Photoshop. not 100% it`s made much differance, but it was nice to adjust the histogram in the Raw cr2 files before stacking them. heres the final image. Edited March 27, 2013 by red dwalf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawson Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Great image. Looks very professional. The stars are remarkably sharp given its not guided. Well done. Can't wait to see what you can achieve under better conditions. James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 (edited) Really nice rob! Well done, you must be well chuffed! Is it M51? Edited March 17, 2013 by catman161 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perkil8r Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Nice one Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Spot on that is Rob well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Well done Rob. Very nice Sheila Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Super first dso Rob - lovely job - congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RonC Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Great shot Rob, well done mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Great one Rob, looks nice, one of my Favs M51. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 ditto from me. great start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fluke Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Good stuff Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red dwalf Posted March 18, 2013 Author Share Posted March 18, 2013 updated first post with a second image that now includes 20 flats and 20 dark flats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Type-R Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Well done Rob, fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Good one Rob, glad you managed to get some photons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perkil8r Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 The second one is much better IMO. well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red dwalf Posted March 19, 2013 Author Share Posted March 19, 2013 now added a third image, stacked all the raw files instead of the jpeg files, aslo done a few levels and curves but i think i`ve added some noise to the image, still can`t get any colour coming through, any help with colour processing please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 The first image has plenty of colour rob and is personally my favourite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyboy1970 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Nice start, well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angusw2 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Nice image well done. Angus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Great images Rob Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red dwalf Posted March 27, 2013 Author Share Posted March 27, 2013 4th and final image added to the first post, i think it looks the most natural of them all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan the Plumber Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Great images Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red dwalf Posted March 27, 2013 Author Share Posted March 27, 2013 Thanks Allan, It's taken me longer to process the images than it did to take them l.o.l. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mickymoo Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 I would like to learn how to get in to take in pictures like this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Even though it's small there's a lot of detail revealed there Rob - well done mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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