Experimenting with a Sony bridge camera - M81 & M82

[dannybgoode]

You know what. For an only an hour's worth of data and for a first run through I'll take this. It could be loads better but as a proof of concept for using the Sony RX10M4 as a grab and go deep space astro-imaging device it maybe has potential. For those not in the know the RX10M4 is Sony's top of the range 1" sensor bridge camera - great daytime camera, one of the best I have used.

 

More data would help (couldn't you *always* need more data when astro imaging ) but the nice thing about deep space objects is bar the odd supernova they are generally where you left them so in the coming weeks I can add more to this and see if I can improve it some.

 

Image of M81 - Bode's Galaxy and its companion M82. 60 x 60" sub frames shot at f5 ISO1600. Initially processed in PixInsight - sub-frame calibration, star alignment, cosmetic corrections, stacking, stretching, photometric colour calibration, Denoise, Deconvolution and a few other processes and then into PS CC for tweaking with various astro-imaging tools I have.

 

 

Edited March 18, 2021 by dannybgoode