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1st real dso attempt ever - M31

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  • 09-10-2012 5:19pm
    #1
    Kersh
    Registered Users Posts: 2,894 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    Just thought I would share my first ever astrophotography dso attempt.

    It is The Andromeda Galaxy, using a Canon Eos300d at iso1600 through a Skywatcher 80 ED Pro mounted on a Meade LXD55 mount. Polar alignment took about 10 minutes.



    Here is the 11 stacked images, 7 minutes in total, stacked using Deep Sky Stacker, then a limited amount of tweaking in GIMP, cos I hadnt a clue what I was at with the processing :D

    Andromeda11gimp.jpg




    And here is one 67 second single shot from the night.

    IMG_6209.jpg




    Feel free to comment or offer any advice for next time :)


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    #2
    Tzetze
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    That's a very good effort for a first attempt. Much better than I managed to do when I started out. Look into taking dark and flat files for reducing noise, it'll really help to polish up the final image.


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    Kersh
    Registered Users Posts: 2,894 ✭✭✭Kersh


    I took darks, 20s and 30s ones.

    They are in the first image, but straight out of DSS it was very grey, even worse than the first stacked one that I have up on the FB page -

    http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ktec-Telescopes/189618134464015

    Then my bro helped me process it a bit in GIMP, and the end result is the 1st image in my op.


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    ThatDrGuy
    Registered Users Posts: 325 ✭✭ThatDrGuy


    well done, nice image


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