ngc7000 tonight and my toes are froze;)

[steve51450]

well here it is 7x10min subs modded 350d on a william optics megrez 80 at f4.8 guided with guidemaster

i am finding the processing things a struggle but levels and curves will click one day i am sure, i don't feel my skills of got the best out of the image but it was the best i could do

Overall for my 5th image i am really pleased and having loads of fun

steve

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[Trevor N]

Excellent shot Steve. Loads of detail in there. Trevor

[Plastic chicken]

I`d be well happy if it was mine!!!! :hello1:

PC

[Lee]

Looks great Steve.

I would be very happy with that.

How are you achieving such accurate focus with the DSLR? I am really struggling.

Lee.

[thing]

For your fifth shot that is a stunner.

[steve51450]

hi lee

i am using a program called dslr focus, it cost about £20 for the software and you then need a cable or 2 but from then on its easy. i think maxim can do all this to but i am still getting to grips with maxim as it has more buttons & features than the space shuttle

[Lee]

Thanks Steve,

I have seen DSLR focus mentioned elsewhere. Looking at your images looks to work very well.

Think i will give it a go.

You be carefull with that WO 80.

Lee.

[trudie]

It certainly is a beautiful image Steve.

Trudie

[Plastic chicken]

Just had a quick play in Photoshop mate, well i ain`t got a working mount atm so i need something to do!!!

PC

[RobH]

Great....especially for only your 5th image.

Cheers

Rob

[glennbech]

Excellent data! Some flat frames would have done the trick I think. I've done a few things here,

1) "dynamic background extraction" With PixinsightLE that failed a bit, so I ahd to crop out a bit.

2) A copy of the red channel has been applied as a new layer (30%) with blending mode to luminosity

3) Deep space Nouse recution with noels actions

4) Resize

5) Auto Levels in PS.

Hope you like it! The raw data you have captured is just great!

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[RobH]

Very nice processing Glen.

Shows the quality of the data

Cheers

Rob

[Beyond_Vision]

That is an excellent capture for your 7th image only. Nice reprocess by Glen too

Regards

Kevin

[steve51450]

Glen & Alan

one word.....wow!

what a difference thank you

Iive been looking for noels actions but cant find it in order to have a play, and i am trying to work out how to do flats at the moment

still unsure what a dark flat or a bias is

steve

[Psychobilly]

Stunning 5th image Steve and well re-processed by Glenn...#

Noel Carboni's Astro Actions can be purchased from here...

http://actions.home.att.net/Astronomy_Tools.html

They are pretty much an "essentiual" for astro image processing as are PixinsightLE (FREE)and another "pay" tool GradienXTerminator..

Billy...

[glennbech]

I think you all can see the quality of the raw data here; an extract of the red channel (using only the original .jpeg)

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[beamish]

Fantastic pic and then another fantastic re-process by Glenn( d'ya fancy being a GURU ?? ). That single red data frame is very impressive.

Karlo

[barkis]

Superb image Steve.

Ron.

[LostNSpace]

Thats a great image Steve for only your 5th one......NAN isnt the easiest of targets to capture, you`ve captured it very well, and with a little help with processing from Glenn your good image has become a great image......I`d be grinning from ear to ear with that result

Mark

[gary1968]

That is pretty amazing, if it were mine I'd be very pleased indeed....

Gary

[Aza]

Wow

Well done Steve. Like everyone else, I am amazed that is your 5th shot.

Look forward to seeing your futures ones

Definitely have a read up about darks and flats. They will further improve your images.

[FLO]

i am finding the processing things a struggle but levels and curves will click one day i am sure

It is worth persevering Steve as both tools are very powerful. This edit was made using levels and curves alone (no other trickery) and took only 2-3 minutes! It was also done using the freely available http://www.getpaint.net/ (not as powerful as Photoshop but powerful enough, particularly when the image contains as much information as yours).