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I am no expert, but having a look here might help ( I leave mine at zero also). Hope it helps.

Great start to imaging! It's amazing how just seeing that first image appear from a few frames gets that 'wow, I took that!' amazement feeling going. Definitely keep watching YouTube and most importantly checking here and asking questions so that the wallet doesn't get wasted on stuff you wont need! Fingers crossed you get some clear nights!

WOW! Amazing details! Would make a good poster print 🙂

Just managed my first image of 2020 with the Celestron 130SLT and Canon 60D with a 2 x Barlow to allow focus. Managed to set the scope up and took a 30 second movie with a Canon 60D as the clouds rolled in rather quickly, converted and centred 750 frames with PIPP, stacked in Registax6 with some final edits in Affinity Photo. More work required, but happy with the image.

Just managed my first moon of 2020 🙂 Great image btw! Fingers crossed for more clear nights.

I have always had a passion for the sky, be that skydiving, sailplanes or as I do now, paragliding, which turns out to be the cheaper and much more self sufficient of the three 🙂 I don't think you have to FLY as such, but I do believe the passion for all things sky like freeflight, GA, space, model aircraft and even mountain climbing above the clouds etc do go hand in hand. Many of the paraglider pilots I currently fly with have informed me lately of their interest and owned equipment in the astronomy area since I have posted some pictures on Faceache. When you look at it, with an interest in space, the only way to get there currently is to fly, so maybe that is the common connection?

You can also press the A button to turn it on and off.

On mine 0.19.2 If you turn the "atmosphere" off you can then see the stars etc that you wouldn't with it on. It is the button on the bottom with a cloud and the sun behind it. Happy Christmas

Awesome image! I would be over the moon with an image like that!

Having gone back to the original image and over exposing it.....I can confirm I made a schoolboy error! 🤣

The more I have looked at this the more I am thinking I have knocked the tripod and camera and not noticed. If you look at the lines, although they do not meet the stars fully, they do lead down to a corresponding star further down in the image. That's my excitement dashed for the night 🤣 Was still nice to have a clear sky for once!

Woke up early and looked out to see some clear skies! Went out for another try to catch a meteor. Didn't catch any meteors (saw 2), but I did catch this...…...2 images taken one after the other at 0510hrs looking South West from near Andover, Hampshire, both images are single 13 second exposures @ 28mm F4 ISO 3200. I haven't got a clue what the lines are in image 2? Not meteors (not that many at once I wouldn't think and they only showed in this image all night!). Could it be Starlink? Could it be an old Cosmos engine broken up? Hoping someone on here with experience might have an idea?

I never got to post these last time I was here, but now I am back...….. These were taken in 2016 with the only change being a Canon 60D. I have been away for some time, but thought I would post now I am back. Hope all is well 🙂

Too late

After reading up on some tutorials, I decided I would try some imaging of Andromeda and Orion. Due to the lovely British weather we have been having I had a long wait Eventually I managed a night with at least 3 hours clear of cloud, but with a 3/4 moon and some street lights to add to the pollution Both pictures were shot at ISO1600 @ f5.0 with a Canon 400D at 120mm. this was piggy backed on a Celestron Nexstar 6SE on a home made wedge with no autoguider, stacked in Deep Sky stacker and edited in Photoshop Elements 14. Andromeda 30 x 40s light frames ; 10 x dark frames ; 10 x bias frames Orion 12 x 30s light frames ; 3 x dark frames ; 3 x bias frames Looking forward to a clear night with out a moon to get some more