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  1. Just to make sure I have them all right: Lights - The photos of stars Darks - Same settings, lens cap on Bias - 1/8000th second/fastest exposure and lens cap (/body cap?) on Flat - White thing over end of lens and phone behind it, move histogram to middle? I can't change the direction of the target I am trying to shoot but I'll bear it in mind for the future. Thanks!
  2. Ok. All the videos I have been watching say you need to multiply the focal length by the crop factor for the rule of 400/500. I do know about how long to expose for, I am mainly not as sure about the iso.
  3. Awesome! Thanks for the cool map, did you make it or use a tool? Seems like a cool thing to be able to use if it's like a website.
  4. Yeah. Due to this camera having a crop factor of 1.6 I have 250mm * 1.6 which is 400 so one second. I tried the npf rule and got similar results.
  5. Wrong exposures and iso for the darks, and other issues with the other types
  6. Ok. I did have a good 500 or so shots but I messed up my bias frames so I need to try this again another night. So you don't think there is any advantage in going from 800 --> 1600? I am just using a static tripod but if I do this a bit more I am looking forward to getting a star tracker/mount.
  7. Just a static tripod and efs55-250mm lens. This will be my second attempt at dark sky after the failed attempt a few weekends ago. After I do this a bit more I think I might grab a star adventurer 2i pro pack or something. Bad new is it seems like the clouds are moving in for tonight . Hopefully the cloudy streak ends soon!
  8. Ok, I might go for 1600 then. I think it was probably good that I asked before I used 6400 for another night. Does this mean I will need to increase the amount of shots I take? I am currently planning on about 500 subs at 1" which would be a total exposure time of 8 minutes and 20 seconds. Thanks!
  9. Thanks! Is it ok to go a bit higher than 800 or is that pretty much a hard limit?
  10. Thanks for your reply. I am using a canon 60d with the kit 55-250mm lens. Do you think this is bad enough I should go down to 3200 even if I am going to stack a good 300-600 light and do all the bias (flat, dark and bias) frames?
  11. After looking at some videos it seems to me I have a lot of red/purple light in my shot. Is this more than you would think I should see? I am going to attempt to again tonight and just want some advice. I do have the iso at 6400 so I was wondering if I need to lower it to 3200? One other thing is I am 99% sure but I would not be very happy with my self if I was taking so much time so just wanted to check, the middle "star" of those 3 is the Orion nebula right? Thanks and clear skies!
  12. Yeah we are pretty lucky over here! I think my home is Bortle 4 but you don't have to go far too get away from it. Best of luck to you too!
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