First attempts at DSO's (Andromeda and Orion)

[Bagginsies]

After reading up on some tutorials, I decided I would try some imaging of Andromeda and Orion. Due to the lovely British weather we have been having I had a long wait 

Eventually I managed a night with at least 3 hours clear of cloud, but with a 3/4 moon and some street lights to add to the pollution 

Both pictures were shot at ISO1600 @ f5.0 with a Canon 400D at 120mm. this was piggy backed on a Celestron Nexstar 6SE on a home made wedge with no autoguider, stacked in Deep Sky stacker and edited in Photoshop Elements 14.

Andromeda  30 x 40s light frames ; 10 x dark frames ; 10 x bias frames

 

Orion 12 x 30s light frames ; 3 x dark frames ; 3 x bias frames

Looking forward to a clear night with out a moon to get some more 

[wxsatuser]

Good first attempt.

[kendg]

Very nice. Be careful or you'll be hooked like me. 

[Bagginsies]

Too late 

[PeterCPC]

Welcome to the dark side.

Peter

[Bagginsies]

I never got to post these last time I was here, but now I am back...…..

These were taken in 2016 with the only change being a Canon 60D. I have been away for some time, but thought I would post now I am back.

Hope all is well 🙂

 

[Adam1234]

Very nice images

[Andy R]

11 hours ago, Bagginsies said:

I never got to post these last time I was here, but now I am back...…..

Welcome back sir.

e2a: yes nice images too

Edited December 14, 2019 by Andy R
E2a

[Stargazer33]

Great images. Welcome back too. 👍