carastro

Your telescope will be fine for planetary imaging but unless it has an equatorial tracking mode it is unlikely to be suitable for long exposure. Plus the focal ratio of the telescope is likely to be too slow. But you could give it a try, you will soon find out its limitations.

I moved to ultranarrowband and did it one at a time with Ha first then Oiii then Sii. Carole

Yes, l did LRGB & Ha

I did this a couple of weeks ago. Mine was about 5hours with a Samyang lens 135mm. I really like you result. Mine is overwhelmed with tiny stars. Agree with Olly you need a bit more lum for the Gecko and tail. No AI on mine either.

Lots of nice things to say about this. Well done finding it manually. Lots of nice detail in the middle but as said above, too much noise suppression in the outer areas. Also something odd about the star shapes. Carole

Yes, think that’s where l tried to reduce their size. Think l may have to do process 6.

Excellent result.

No, this was LRGB

I took images both in 2016 and 2017 both at the Kelling Heath star party Bortle 4, but was never happy with either result. Some 6 - 7 years later with new processing skills I thought I would combine them and take another look at what I could do. This also doubled the exposure time. Both taken at Kelling Heath Star party: September 2016 ED120 and Atik 314L 2h 43mins September 2017 dual rig. ED80/460 11 x 600 + WO/314 6 x 600 Total imaging time 5h 35mins

I don't own Starnet, it won't work on my antiquated computer and laptop. So only star reduction I can do is via Photoshop using Martin's method he posted up some years ago using layers, select highlights and Filter minimum. Doesn't remove the stars just makes them smaller and less overpowering. Or occasionally Straton or Actions, but generally I don't like the results of either, leaving artifacts or spoiling the Nebulosity so rarely use them. Carole

Planning to get a mosaic with this being the right side of 2, but this relies on me being at an Astro camp at the right time of the year and the weather playing ball !!!!! Struggled with the processing on this, and this is about the 5th version I have come up with. Samyang lens @ f2.8 and Atik460EX Bortle 4 at East sussex Campsite Lum 22 x 600secs (3h 40m) Red 9 x 200secs binned x 2, Green 10 x 200secs binned x 2, Blue 9 x 200secs binned x 2 Total 5 hours 13m 20"

I am surprised the number of you (plus pms) who like the all star version. To me there are so many stars it casts a bit of a haze over the image. But l also don’t like starless images (or those with the stars so suppressed they might as well be starless) Which is why l went for the all star version but with the small stars dimmed a bit.

Wales is too far for me. Perhaps we could vary the site location so some could come some years but not others.

Here is one 50/50 between the Zillions of stars and the star reduced version - I am thinking I prefer this.

For your benefit the version with the zillions of stars:

OK, this is the new version with Gradient Exterminator and I did a little bit of sharpening to the Gecko itself and attempted to remove some of the background noise.

I'll see if I can post it up when I get onto my Desktop. Think it also needs some Gradient Exterminator having looked with fresh eyes. I did this target from home a few years ago, was hoping to combine the data, but the FOV looked different when I found an old sub.

Hi Adam. It was approx: Lum 1h 40m Ha 1h 40m RGB combined 1h 40m (binned)

Spent the last few days at an Astro camp in East Sussex with a few members of the local society and some are SGL members too. This is one of two images I got, (still struggling with the other one). As you probably know I live in Bortle 8, and so it is only opportunities like this that I can do Broadband. Samyang lens 135mm @ F2.8 Atik460EX - LumHaRGB - 4 hours 26mins I don't have all the fancy star removal tools that some use and the Samyang lens coupled with a lum filter yields zillions. Some moderate star reduction done with Straton. PLEASE NOTE THIS HAS BEEN REVISED - more than once (SEE FURTHER DOWN)

Precisely.

I like the second rendition the best, I think star removal is becoming a bit of a fad, they are part of the image. Carole

Yes some of the changes in booking due to new management also played a part in my decision. Years ago l was often still packing away until mid afternoon on the day of departure. Now l have to book and pay for an extra day simply to pack up and be off the pitch by 10.00am !!! My local camp is midday and they are happy if it takes longer to pack up your astro kit.

I decided not to come to Kelling this year as it is a long drive for me, costs a lot with hiring caravan and only got 1 1/2 hours imaging done in a whole week last year and wasn’t a lot better the two previous years. So re-sold my pitch. Going to a campsite in East Sussex with a few astro friends in a few days time instead - only 1 hours drive away. i have been going to Kelling since 2010 and have had a great time over the years - met lots of lovely people but decided to stay closer to home in future Carole

Excellent, well done.

Over a year ago now. Not even sure l would remember how to do it. Thanks for the offer though.