meryck

Yeah, very possibly. I'm no expert in photo editing - I just play until it looks nice - something to work on!

Thanks very much! I'm really looking forward to another dark sky session, but can be grey skies for months on end here!

Thanks! What's your question? (Not sure I'll be able to answer, but hey.. ) :)

Thanks for the comment! Iris nebula could really have used a deeper stack, but I was pretty happy given the short integration :)

Thanks for the comment! Yeah, the handset is a bit annoying. You have to press hard, which is exactly what you don't want to have to do :). But nothing too bad. I use a standalone intervalometer (cheap one from Amazon, only annoying thing is the timing is off. If you set to 3 minutes, you get 3.03 - weird, given that's ITS ONLY JOB haha).

I think the limiting factor in my setup is the camera now - it's probably the next thing I'll upgrade!

Lovely backyard capture - hard to do a lot better than that without a dark site or much longer integration. Nice work!

Had a chance to image at a dark sky site for the first time (Møns Klint in Denmark). Previous attempts were always ruined by equipment failure or fog. This time everything went to plan, and it was an excellent experience. This was also my first time properly using my standalone autoguider (Synguider 2), after getting the hang of its eccentricities in the backyard. Have to say that once you figure out all the important info that's not in the manual, it's s fantastic piece of kit. Not having a laptop out in the field made things much simpler. Two main targets for the night. Horsehead nebula and Iris nebula. Horsehead (40 x 3min subs) Iris (40 x 3min subs) (Skywatcher 200P newtonian, EQ5 goto mount, coma corrector, Canon 450D unmodded @ iso 800, Synguider standalone autoguider, processed with DSS and PI) I was amazed at the difference a dark site made, and of course the guiding - but regretted not getting 6 hours of data on a single object when I had the chance - was tempted instead to go for multiple, resulting in shorter stacks. But overall, very happy with the experience, and I'll be heading to dark sites any time I get the chance.