First attempt at M27 Dumbbel Nebula

[Adam1234]

Since I had a clear night here last night I took the opportunity to get the telescope out in the garden and see what DSOs I could find and practice my astrophotography skills (or lack of, I'm only a beginner). I managed to find the Dumbbell Nebula M27 rather easily and thought this would be a good one to have a go at. The images below are the result 20 x 15s exposures, with 20 darks and 20 bias, taken with my Canon 2000d through a 10-inch dobsonian. Each image I generated with the same files using DSS but processed differently with the red/blue/green graphs after stacking with some final adjustments in GIMP. 

They look good to me considering my beginners status, would be nice to know what you pros think.

 

[tooth_dr]

I’m not a pro but there isn’t much wrong with those!  Plenty of detail in the centre and nice focusing.  A resounding success Adam!

 

Adam. 

[assouptro]

Nice result for 5 min! 
imagine what you’d get if your subs were longer and you had more of them? 
thanks for sharing 

Bryan 

[Adam1234]

Thanks! At least I know I am starting to do something right! It was a bit frustrating at first trying to figure out what I need to do but I'm starting to get the hang of it. Looking forward to capturing some different objects and will try getting more subs.

[tomato]

That’s a great start! Object found, nicely framed and  focussed, and good subs captured.

My first digital image capture was of M27, it wasn’t half as good as yours.👍

[Adam1234]

9 hours ago, tomato said:

That’s a great start! Object found, nicely framed and  focussed, and good subs captured.

My first digital image capture was of M27, it wasn’t half as good as yours.👍

Thanks, I'm glad you like them!