Nightshift Nob

Galaxy season is officially here. I launched my campaign about 10 days ago with this modest effort from the Bortle 7 light polluted battle zone of south Manchester. M81 (Bode's Galaxy) & M82 The Cigar Galaxy) and NGC 3077. 3hrs 40minutes total integration time. Skywatcher Equinox ED80 Pro unguided working at 400mm and f5 with Televue focal reducer/field flattener. Celestron CGEM mount. Stock Canon eos 600D. IDAS lps P2 light pollution filter. Calibrated and stacked with DSS and processed with Starnet++ and Photoshop CC.

Thankyou. I too was using a now older IDAS LPS p2 filter that night and it was the first up on the suspect list for the halos. Probably a good place to start further investigations...👍

Thankyou! I tried the arcsine stretch approach for the first time. Pretty sure I've not got it nailed down and some more reading up on it required but for the most part it makes a good job of keeping the stars under control. Just the blue halos seem to go mental so will look into that.

My first attempt at the Double Cluster captured over two nights during the snow moon at 96% and 98% illumination from a Bortle 7 zone 8 miles south of Manchester. skywatcher Equinox ED80 pro Canon eos600D

Many thanks for the suggestions, ill be sure to give them a try when i get some down time...Working off a laptop probably doesnt help things either with only the very basic screen calibration options availabe. A monitor is on my eventually to do list...

Morning all. New member here. So!...after virtually exhausting Google and finding absolutely zilch on the subject can anybody give me any advice on tiff export settings in Photoshop so I can share photos to Facebook? The compression is absolutely savage and just destroying everything I try. I know it can be done and see some stunning photos posted but im just not getting it. Any help greatly appreciated...