Orion

[Craig20264]

My first trial bash, from a fairly light polluted area. It was more of a project for me to see what I could manage with Camera Raw, DSS and Photoshop.

No tracking, just my unmodded  Nikon on a tripod stuck out of the bedroom window. A starting point on a long expensive journey I fear.

35mm f 1.8 lens

Aperture f2.8

ISO 1600

20 x 10 second subs

I did take darks, flats and bias but chose to see what I could do without them.

[xtreemchaos]

great widefield mate, its nice to see the whole of orion,well done. thanks for sharing.  charl.

[laudropb]

Very nice image. It looks like you will be drawn into the dark side.

[Craig20264]

Very nice image. It looks like you will be drawn into the dark side.

I fear you are probably right.

I had a 200P Dob a couple of years ago. Sold due to a number of reasons, but whilst I did enjoy the viewing, I always thought there was something missing. I've had cameras since I was a boy and cut my teeth on a Pentax K1000 SLR, which was completely manual,and so  embedded a knowledge of the exposure triangle. I will take it slowly and enjoy my DSLR for now. I will make my first purchase a suitable mount, and then.................

[Craig20264]

A bit of a rework. Lost some light pollution but unfortunately lost a lot of stars. I guess there is no substitute for a dark site.

[PeterCPC]

I fear you are probably right.

I had a 200P Dob a couple of years ago. Sold due to a number of reasons, but whilst I did enjoy the viewing, I always thought there was something missing. I've had cameras since I was a boy and cut my teeth on a Pentax K1000 SLR, which was completely manual,and so  embedded a knowledge of the exposure triangle. I will take it slowly and enjoy my DSLR for now. I will make my first purchase a suitable mount, and then.................

get drawn into the money pit that we call astrophotography. Welcome to the dark side.

Peter

[Craig20264]

And another go at processing. Managed to tease a few stars back out and a bit more colour. Had to be careful due to the amount of LP from below. It's giving me some processing practice in this miserable weather if nothing else.

[Stargazer33]

That's a nice widefield shot. As you say, not much else to do with these wet days/nights!