ThomasF1234

Thanks I will check that out

I used a ZWO 120mm guide camera using PHD2, it was my first time tracking so I was quite pleased with that side of things. Sometimes it can be disheartening but when you finally get the results it’s so rewarding. For editing I would like to use photoshop but for the minute I use gimp. There is some good tutorials for there if you haven’t already checked it out!

Yeah thanks!

Very nice! I’m starting to think my exposures weren’t long enough only 5 seconds which would explain why I cant see most of the nebula and only the centre which made me think it was more ‘zoomed out’

The only thing I can think is to take longer exposure images to try and capture more of nebula or maybe it could be down to light pollution I’m not sure, I was happy with the image just I would like to see more of the nebula in it

Very nice, when I compare to mine, my image seems really sort of zoomed out compared to yours. Is there some sort of trick to getting it more like yours?

I did think that as I only took 25 5 second exposure photos maybe longer exposure and more photos will do the trick

Hi I have the redcat 51 and use a canon 650D. I took this picture of the Orion Nebula but when I compare it to everyone else’s photos (even people using a redcat too) it looks much more zoomed in on the nebula than mine. Is there something I’m not doing right or is it a matter of zooming in when editing? Thanks

Hi I finally got the telescope back out after nearly a year being out of action, I used the redcat 51 with a cannon EOS 650D. I also used a ZWO 120mm guide camera through PHD2. I stacked about 25, 10 second exposure images at 400 IOS and I processed this through GIMP. I would like to know what you all think and if you have any tips for me next time. Thanks!

Thank you

Just thought I'd let you all know I gave GIMP a go and go this: Feel free to comment

Thank you that makes sense I will check the voltage. Thank you

Thanks for the advice

I’ll check them out thanks