edwardhughes0611

Yes, a longer exposure does lead to slight star trails. I should try and polar align better and maybe somewhere down the road get a guidescope/camera so I can have longer. One of those narrowband filters seems like a good idea to me, because emission nebula have always been something I've wanted to capture. Unfortunately Orion is the only one that has been successful! Thanks for all the help

Thanks for the help. I have been experimenting with nina and I have noticed a button that says "dithering" but so far have ignored it - I will give this a try. As for light pollution, I technically live in a bortle 5 but there are many LED street lights around me, and these always interfere. Would something like an optolong l-enhance help with this, assuming I didn't point the camera too close to the lights?

Recently, I have been having quite a few problems with my astrophotos. I am very much a beginner, but have always preferred to learn it myself rather than get someone else to do everything for me. I like being independent. However, for the life of me, I cannot figure out what is happening to my pictures and why there are so many problems with them, namely: An absurd amount of noise Absurd amount of hot pixels Weird bands running across the image (these are not very present in the test photo I have attached, however, they are very apparent when I have stacked multiple exposures.) I use an unmodified Canon DSLR (the 700D), and an EQ-3 pro with the 150pds. I understand the mount is a bit small for the 150pds and I am planning to upgrade it when I get the funds. I don't use any filters because I don't have any, however, I live in a very light-polluted area, and traveling for an hour to a dark site isn't something I am willing to do - would something like a CLS filter, or a more narrowband filter do the trick? Any advice is greatly appreciated. 2023-10-14_22-00-19__30c_10.00s_00782023-10-14_22-00-19.cr2