My best M81/82 so far

[Dazzyt66]

Still trying out using Ekos scheduler and no autofocus on my ST80 and my best processing with Siril so far - I know it’s far from ideal, but I’m pretty impressed with what I can do from Bortle 8 back garden! 
 

240 lights with 60 bias and 60 flats all processed and stacked in Siril

[Dazzyt66]

There were some artefacts on my first image so I re-stacked and edited and think this one is pretty good - want to do a few hundred more 30s subs over the next night or so to see if I can get any more definition...

[tomato]

Great wide field image, lots of other galaxies visible also.👍

[Dazzyt66]

24 minutes ago, tomato said:

Great wide field image, lots of other galaxies visible also.👍

Thanks! Yeah, I was really surprised with how much the ST80/Canon pick up - the more I stack the more details come out - I'm sure there's going to be a limit to that though - I cant just keep adding more... 😂

Edited April 19, 2021 by Dazzyt66

[Clarkey]

I think that is a great result with and ST80.

[Dazzyt66]

8 hours ago, Clarkey said:

I think that is a great result with and ST80.

Thanks - I do love my ST80! 😊

[alacant]

Hi

Love it.

I'd recommend anyone to have a go with a st80 before spending €silly on other oft recommended telescopes. Any slight aberration can easily be corrected in modern software.

 

Edited April 20, 2021 by alacant

[Dazzyt66]

9 minutes ago, alacant said:

Hi

Love it.

I'd recommend anyone to have a go with a st80 before spending €silly on other oft recommended telescopes. Any slight aberration can easily be corrected in modern software.

 

Thanks for the kind comments. Having had the ST80 for many years now, she has always impressed me either with visual or now as I try AP. I don't need/want to create world class images but just have fun seeing what I can do with what I've got. I am toying with the idea of the ED80, but I get lots of enjoyment with the ST and I'm not sure now that the gain would be enough to justify the cost when I can get a decent enough (for my eyes/needs) image like this. 👍