Hi all,
So I'm new to astrophotography. I recently tried to image the M51 whirlpool galaxy for the second time (first time around I actually pointed to the right of target and never got anything).
My equipment:
- Skywatcher 200P
- EQ6R pro
- Canon eos 800D (modified)
I imaged around 60 pictures of 2 min exposure each. I had to discard a couple because I live in Denmark and at this time of the year it never really gets dark, so a couple images were too bright.
Total exposure time is then around 1h15min.
I took around 18 darks, and 20 bias, but no flats.
I stacked in DSS and followed some tutorials to edit in Photoshop. I just can't seem to bring out the colors as I see some other have done. I'm sure it's due to my lack of postprocessing skills and possibly also only around 1h exposure.
I'd appreciate it if you guys could give me some tips on both postprocessing and capturing the image.
Thank you.
Attached my attempt at postprocessing and the stacked (.tiff) picture from DSS.
M51_originalStacked.tif