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Terrific image, such a lot of detail. I like the star colours.

Wonderful images.

Lovely image.

Thanks, this was a bit brighter on the PC screen., (currently using a tablet) . I had a couple of versions, one much brighter with around 5 hours integration,. This one seemed a bit more atmospheric on the PC which I quite liked, but it looked just a bit brighter, maybe more saturated.

I've been viewing online tutorials regarding processing in Siril and slowly making progress, although at the moment I don't seem to get the same result twice if I reprocess an existing image. I guess that will come with more practice although some variations are quite nice. This is an image of the Cone Nebula from the 3rd March, 2 hrs of 5 min subs on a ZWO 294MCPro, stacked on an AsiAirPlus and processed in Siril.

I'll try another one. The Rosette Nebula, minus stars, taken on 5th February, Stella Mira 90 Triplet, AsiAirPro, Ioptron Gem28, ElEnhance filter, processed in Siril. I think the starless version looks quite nice.

My first photo submission, so I hope it works. The Cone Nebula taken with a Stella Mira 90 triplet, on an Ioptron Gem 28 using an AsiAirPro and an eLenhance filter. 5.25 hours of 5 minute subs on 3rd and 6th March 24. Stacked by the AsiAir, processed in Siril (following a couple of on line tutorials)

I did something similar recently. I keep my telescope in a chest inside the garage and purchased a ZWO294mcpro camera before Christmas, which I fitted in place of a 585, but found that due to other items in the chest it was an inch of two too long. Rather than shortening the dew shield, I wound in the focusser and it fitted inside ok. By the time we had a clear night I had forgotten that I had done it and spent an hour wondering why the Asiair would not platesolve anything. Eventually I made the guide camera the main camera and went to Rigel, platesolved ok, then switched back to the main camera and saw the problem, got it focussed and all was ok. What a waste of the first clear night in weeks.

I've just looked at the Moonraker website and must say what beautiful looking scopes they are. I wouldn't mind having one just to look at, almost Steam Punk style.

Really nice, excellent image. Should it be Sh2-308? Peter

Lovely image, the mosaic is tremendous, such a lot to see, the tiny horsehead, rosette, swirling dust, wonderful.

A great image, I had to check one of my Rosettes to see for myself, but it wasn't a patch on yours.

Very nice.

What a good photo, very sharp, lots of detail in the dust lane if you expand it, and a fascinating galaxy in the top right corner. I looked at this image a few times and kept coming back to it.

That's really nice, would make a good print.

Nicely done, very interesting. The trees add perspective.

That looks very nice, the finished product should be excellent.

What a terrific image, very well done.

Thanks again for the warm welcome.

Thanks again for the welcome. I've been wondering about a local club, possibly Reading, so will look into that. I'm based in Bracknell also, so we might bump into each other. Peter

Thank you all for the warm welcome, I look forward to contributing (as and when) Peter

I thought I should sign up having been visiting the site for some time and picking up many tips. I have always been interested in Astronomy and bought a Tasco 4.5 inch reflector around 30 years ago which I used for a couple of years with my young son. I made the mistake of leaving it set up in the garage and one afternoon he brought some school friends home to see it and it got knocked over and fell on the eyepiece, (my fault, it was probably not balanced well enough) so that curtailed things until I retired a couple of years ago when I got a GEM28 and an ST80, more recently I've got a Stella Mira 90 and an ASiAir which has been a game changer for me. I set it up with a mini guide camera and scope which centres targets in the eyepiece every time, I then got a ZWO 585 camera which has been put to good use as conditions allow. I just have to improve my processing skills now. Hope to keep in touch. Peter