Wide field Cygnus

[Essex nightsky]

Far from the images iv seen by others, but my first wide field and I am proud.

Any thoughts/suggestions on how I can improve next one?

Thanks for looking

Grant

[Scott]

Very nice indeed, and only 13 sec subs !!! amazing. I'll leave it to the pro's to offer advice on improvements

[Essex nightsky]

Thanks, 15 seconds exposures gave unacceptable trailing so was limited to 13.

[Essex nightsky]

Shame about the resolution, going to upload the full size version soon

[Knight of Clear Skies]

Very good effort from a fixed tripod, you've captured some red in the North America nebula which isn't easy. There is some distortion at upper-right and lower-left, I'm not sure what's causing that. Could the focus ring have slipped a little over the imaging run perhaps?

If you stacked using DSS you could try Kappa-Sigma clipping.

Have you considered a tracking mount at all? Don't know if you have a local astro club where you might be try one? Or there are some affordable mounts that are suitable for widefields, my 2nd hand EQ3-2 cost me about £120, with another £20 for the polar scope. 

[Essex nightsky]

As promised...

Full size image.

Thank you I think the distortion in the corners is down to field rotation...

I have an eq 3-2 mount but am waiting on a motor.

[Essex nightsky]

[pipnina]

Your colour balance might be off? It looks a bit blue to me. I find that the direct sunlight setting on my camera provides fairly accurate reproduction.