M42, 8 months progress

[Astro Noodles]

Here's my first effort of M42 taken on 29th April 2021 with a Canon 1100d, Tamron 200mm lens on a wobbly mount without PA and a cheap RA tracker. I can't remember the exact details but It was taken over a couple of sessions using 10/20 sec subs with darks and bias but no flats

Here's one I took the other day. About 45 minutes total of 90 sec subs with an Astro modified Canon 600d iso 800 with darks, flats and bias. Askar FMA 135 and iOptron Skyguider pro.

Both stacked in DSS and processes in Gimp. For the newest shot I also used a dew heater and an Astronomik CLS filter

 

Edited January 6, 2022 by Astro Noodles

[ollypenrice]

Nuff said! That's progress.

Olly

[MKHACHFE]

Well done mate. This is all we can hope to do .. progress and improve.

Funnily enough, I'm also reprocessing all my old stacked images, and have improved them all so far, just as you have done here.

Cheers