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From the album: wvb_dso
widefield of area between M45 (bottom) and Mirfalk (top) with California nebula as central point of interest© Wim van Berlo
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Nice image. Very good colours in your image. You already suggested the feedback, more lightframes and stacking.Wim sent from my mobile device
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Actually, you've got mych more than just a blob. Try stretching the image some more. I bet you will see lots more detail. You managed to capture the dustlanes in M31.sent from my mobile device
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From the album: wvb_dso
Bode's Galaxies M81 and M82 Approximately 12 light frames, darks and bias, no flats Light frames 300 secs at ISO800 Equipment: Skywatcher 150P on tracking EQ3-2, Pentax K20D (without long exposure noise reduction) Stacking and processing Pixinsight 1.8 (using Richard Bloch's Youtube tutorial as a guide). Generally too few frames and darks that weren't optimized, so still a lot of noise in the final image. -
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Equipment Skywatcher 150P on eq3-2 mount with tracking but no guiding camera Pentax K20D 20 subs at 150 secs each, ISO 800 Stacking and processing in Pixinsight -
From the album: wvb_dso
Quick and Dirty, some 12 light frames and equally many darks. Stacked and stretched in PixInsight. No other processing, yet. Equipment used: Skywatcher 150P on eq3-2 mount with tracking but no guiding camera Pentax K20D 12 subs at 300 secs each, ISO 800 Stacking and stretching in Pixinsight.© wimvb
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Don't buy the Sony A5000/5100 for astrophotography
wimvb replied to sharkmelley's topic in Discussions - Cameras
My pentax k20d had the same problem, long exposure noise reduction could not be turned off. It is however, possible to hack the camera by installing two simple textfiles in the root directory of the memory card. One file puts the camera in debug mode, while the other configures the camera. (Details on pentaxhack.com) Maybe something similar is possible for the Sony. Google 'Sony A5000 hack' I Wouldn't recommend this for new cameras, but if you already have the camera and want to use it for AP can be an option. Wim -
Here's my first, taken September 2014 M27 Dumbbell Nebula Equipment: Skywatcher 150P, EQ3-2 GoTo Camera: Pentax K20D, single 30 sec exposure at ISO 3200 Processed using GIMP Wim
