What a Difference .....

[TerryJ]

Hi all,

Just thought I would share what a difference 10 months has made.

Back in January I posted this.

And 10 months later after swapping to mono with a cooled camera, I took this LRGB image.

This is 5 x 120 seconds each LRGB, ASI183MM on a WO ZS73, HEQ5 belt mod, stacked in DSS and processed in Gimp and Affinity Photo. 20 darks but no other calibration frames.

Still have much to learn.

 

Cheers

Terry

Edited November 12, 2020 by TerryJ
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[Sunshine]

A night and day difference, indeed.

[Jamgood]

@TerryJ Very nice. It's great to see images that show a journey of learning and bettering your craft.

Back on the 12th of May 2020 I took an quick snap of The Plough with my phone in my garden with a late night beer and became addicted. I've always wanted to have a shot at Astrophotography but was never really in a financial position to really do it for many years. The first lockdown urged me to have a go.

 

After a hell of a lot of learning, reading, watching, and quite a few quid later, etc, I took this shot last week of Pleiades. I'm happy with my journey so far. 👍

Edited November 12, 2020 by Jamgood

[nephilim]

2 minutes ago, Jamgood said:

@TerryJ Very nice. It's great to see images that show a journey of learning and bettering your craft.

Back on the 12th of May 2020 I took an quick snap of The Plough with my phone in my garden with a late night beer and became addicted. I've always wanted to have a shot at Astrophotography but was never really in a financial position to really do it for many years. The first lockdown urged me to have a go.

 

After a hell of a lot of learning, reading, watching, and quite a few quid later, etc ,I took this shot last week of Pleiades. I'm happy with my journey so far. 👍

Wow, thats stunning mate.

[Jm1973]

Great improvements guys.

 

I took this shot of Andromeda in late September - my first DSO photo...

 

And then I took this one a couple of weeks ago...

 

 

This lockdown has been good for something at least... 

Edited November 13, 2020 by Jm1973

[TerryJ]

On 12/11/2020 at 22:17, Sunshine said:

A night and day difference, indeed.

@SunshineYes indeed, after much reading on this forum and watching Youtube videos.

 

On 12/11/2020 at 22:46, Jamgood said:

Back on the 12th of May 2020 I took an quick snap of The Plough with my phone in my garden with a late night beer and became addicted. I've always wanted to have a shot at Astrophotography but was never really in a financial position to really do it for many years. The first lockdown urged me to have a go.

@Jamgood Fantastic picture, lockdown did  have some positives.

 

22 hours ago, Jm1973 said:

I took this shot of Andromeda in late September - my first DSO photo...

@Jm1973 Thats a subject I will try soon, my first attempt was so bad I ditched the subs.

 

Thanks to all.

Terry

 

[Sunshine]

20 minutes ago, TerryJ said:

Yes indeed, after much reading on this forum and watching Youtube videos

Looking at it again, i can see your collimation was bonkers the first time, those stars looked like comets! 😁

[TerryJ]

1 hour ago, Sunshine said:

Looking at it again, i can see your collimation was bonkers the first time, those stars looked like comets! 

Haha, I used a Celestron 102SLT and a Nikon DSLR unmodded.