Blaze 1

12 hours ago, mackiedlm said:

That's a 

That's a great first image. Really nice detail in M82. Well done!

Thank you 🙂

First attempt at anything astro   shot from my back garden 10/07/20 South Wales bortle class 5 sky 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

HQ5 pro unguided 

EOS R no filters

300mm prime lens x2 extender to equal 600mm 

60 lights at 40secs iso 1000 f5.6 

50 Darks at 40secs iso 1000 f5.6 

50 Bias   at 1/8000sec iso 100 f5.6

Processed through Starry sky stacker with 4 lights rejected stretching in PS finished in LR , started getting lots of colour noise on the stretch so didn't push it any further

25 minutes ago, johninderby said:

There should be an extension piece for visual use.that fits onto the focuser drawtube. Unscrew the top part of the drawtube and fit the extension piece in place.

 

Thats it ! thank you very much , what a complete dummy Ive been , just couldn't work it out last night 🤦‍♂️

Really stuck on this one . Im a newbie first use of a Bresser Messier NT-150S/750 Hex-Focus last night.  The telescope is collimated with a DSLR fitted to the telescope directly ( T2 ring onto 2 inch adapter ) it will focus in the mid point of the focus travel (brilliant no problem) .

As soon as I fit the supplied eye piece that came with telescope I cant focus the focuser does  have enough travel  , it needs to be wound out further than it can travel . Tried using the barlow as well and that is the same also if I use the DSLR with the barlow same problem.

Anything other than prime focus with a DSLR I cant get it to focus so I can do anything visual with it which is a bit disappointing as my daughter and myself were hoping to observe Jupiter last night.

Any help would be greatly appreciated 

23 hours ago, Wyvernp said:

I've heard good things about nebulosity but never used it myself. Not heard of starry sky stacker though. Before pixinsight I used to use Siril which I believe also has a mac version.

Thank you 👍

Hi

I am  a Mac user  and a beginner at astrophotography  looking at either Nebulosity or Starry sky stacker  to process my stacks.

I have PS LR already for my photography. I will be using a full frame DSLR with either a 300mm or 600mm prime lens mounted on a EQ5 pro non guided no filters. 

Whats your thoughts or recommendations on the above software.

Thanks