Dustspeakers

19 Oct 2019 - Before the clouds came in Canon 550d 156 x 15sec 1600ISO, f/3.5 18-55mm stock lens at 20mm

I’m fairly new to narrowband and trying different processing software for what is best for me. I’ve spent the last 2 weeks with Pixinsight (free trial) and various Youtube tutorials trying to process test data sets. The results from PI are still not as good as a 4 hour first attempt with StarTools. Still evaluating but it’s a for StarTools from me.

Beautifully clear images

i have a Redcat 51. Happy with the optics but the focus lock ring doesn't lock the focus tight enough.

Dust clouds turned out really well

Nice moons as well

Great detail!

Thanks for the nice comments Wouter, Craig, Glob & Matt. The Apollo 15 landing site was near Hadley Rill here. You can just about make out the rill on the large image in this post - even better in the full resolution image on Astrobin, linked in original post.

Thanks Lucas

See https://astrob.in/fxa5yh/0/ for acquisition details

I raised a complaint about a new led street light opposite our bedroom window. Not only did I get an email response in an hour, they had fitted a shield within 2 weeks!!! Surrey Heath area thumbs up

Between 19-25 Aug 2019: Redcat 51 with EFW and ASI1600MM-Pro. 30mm Guide scope using Ekos internal guiding with dither. - 75 x 300s Ha - 50 x 300s OIII - 35 x 300s SII This image is a crop of the wider field of

Hi all from Surrey/Hants borders I've been astroimaging for nearly 2 years totally self taught/Youtube (so probably doing a whole bunch of stuff incorrectly :-)). Just bought a ASI1600MM/EFW and waiting for clear skies to try out as what I can do currently is limited by DSLR and Bortle 7 back garden. Will post images when I have something new... Steve Images so far: https://www.astrobin.com/users/sjf/