Full on Camera Astro
Posted 29/11/2023 - 16:31
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It's a great picture! Just as impressive as the images you see from the James Webb telescope! I like it!
Posted 29/11/2023 - 17:53
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A truly astonishing picture Spad, well done, superb!
Posted 29/11/2023 - 20:13
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Super image Spad.
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Posted 29/11/2023 - 20:50
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Best one yet IMHO, really splendid Spad
Posted 29/11/2023 - 21:50
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Superb image . There's weird stuff going on in that nebula, too - free-floating planet-like things wandering around, not orbiting a star. But it needed a 35hr exposure with the JWST to find them. Now for your next challenge ...
Steve
Steve
Posted 29/11/2023 - 23:47
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You have a lot of things I lack ..... the gear, the software, the knowhow and above all, patience - which pays off in spads - whoops, spades!
Posted 03/12/2023 - 10:19
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Faultless methodology demonstrated by a highly skilled individual.
Superb does not do it justice.
Best regards
Superb does not do it justice.
Best regards
Too far from a shore.
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This is a tracked and guided image.
Image Info:
440mm
ISO 200
F8
31 x 150 sec light frames
10 x Dark Frames
20 x Bias Frames
20 x Flat Frames
Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer 2i Pro
Raspberry Pi running Astroberry and PHD2 Tracking Software (I accessed this via a Laptop but you can also use a Tablet)
120mm Guidescope
SV Bony SV305 Pro Guide Cam
Cokin Clearsky LPF Filter
Stacked and Stretched in Siril
Post Processed in Photoshop
TopazAI Denoise
For thos that do not know, Siril is a free and fantastic software package for astrophotography.
Available here: https://siril.org/
Tutorials by Deep Space Astro for Siril are here: https://www.youtube.com/@DeepSpaceAstro
Astroberrry is available here: https://www.astroberry.io/