nitram100

I gave up on Astronomy in the UK a good while back, it's just an exercise in frustration. I only have the one scope and a camera because I knew any more gear would be worthless in this god awful country. It's my main passion and really gets me down when I can't enjoy it. I decided a long time ago in order for me to be happy I need my hobbies, so worked hard and got my austalian permanent residency about a year ago through my Nursing experience. I've been out a few times since getting my residency and blows my bloody mind how amazing they have it down there. I'm making the permanent move in about 6-7 months.

Did this exact same trip back in 2017 also added in the grand canyon star party. I will never forget those views and clear skies! USA really is blessed.

Incrdible pic!

Haha too right

Thanks mate, appreciate it! I definitely need to work on the focus as I was doing it manually with live view, which can be quite tricky. Bhatinov mask thanks for the advice! It's the Altair Astro 183c Pro which has a built in UV-IR blocking filter. Ah that makes sense with regards to the core, because that was the part that was getting too bright and bloated with the 30 sec exposure. Thanks again, this imaging is definitely addictive!

Hi guys, Had my first go at a deep sky object last night, M42. It was 30 X 20 second subs with 20 darks in sharp cap and stacked in DSS. It was 16 bit RAW file. I messed about with it in GIMP, first attempt looks a bit too pink but I'll keep practising the levels, stretch etc Any advice would be great. Would I benefit from longer exposures? When I upped the frames to 25-30 seconds, it became too over exposed and the stars became big blobs. Thanks for any advice

Ah no way, that is very sad. Always desired one of his telescopes. RIP

Thanks for the advice guys! Some clear skies next week so going to give it another shot

Thanks ! Just waiting for clear skies so I can try my barlow 😁

Thanks buddy, will give it a shot with the barlow next clear sky !

Would using a Barlow help the image?

Happy with this one, nothing compared to some people's images but I'm pleased! Lovely pic of the GRS. Used 10" Orion optics f4.8 Eq6pro Altair 183c pro 30,000 frames with 32% frames used . Sharp cap, autostakkert then registax basic wavelet tweaking.any advice on improving?

Also tried a jupiter with a barlow, clearly a focusing issue?

How could this saturn be improved ? Altair 183c cam, 250mm newt on EQ6 pro. Took about 30,000 frames over 3 minutes, used about 30%, SER file, RGGB. . No barlow used. Some basic tweaking in registax. Slightly blurry ? Could this be a focus issue? Finding it quite difficult to focus as soon as I touch the focuser, the planet shakes all over the screen. With my equipment, do you think there is much more to be had? Thanks for any advice! Saturn 24th November.bmp jupiter.bmp

Managed to grab an image too, still learning ! Lovely sight in the scope thanks for the heads up.