first attempt m42

[Anthony1979]

First go at imaging it, stacking it and processing it

8 x 30sec lights

4 x 30sec darks

ISO 400

Taken with Nikon D3500, Skywatcher 150p, EQ-5, Dual Enhanced motors

[happy-kat]

It's a great when the target starts to reveal itself in your image, I bet your itching to get another go and add more data to your target. Great start and good stars.

[CloudMagnet]

Fantasic for such a few amount of images and very smooth. Make sure to take flats as well- these will help remove any vignetting around the edges and can be done fairly quickly.

[Anthony1979]

Thanks... How do you do flats

[Adreneline]

37 minutes ago, Anthony1979 said:

How do you do flats

Take a look at this ( one example of many such sites/sources). I use a white tee shirt and an iPad as a light source and the wizard in SGPro - it works for me.

Good luck.

 

[Anthony1979]

Sounds really complicated to me doing flats sorry

[alan potts]

A very nice image for first efforts, you will soon get the hang of flats and dark flats, he says still struggling with everything else. The trouble I find with them is move the camera and you need to redo them, this is not so bad for me as I have a permanent setup.

Alan

[Anthony1979]

Do you do flats straight after doing lights and darks..... How would i get more condor and more sharper in the image

[Anthony1979]

Colour i mean 

[happy-kat]

Need more data for more detail to reveal.