Heart and Soul Widefield

[Stuf1978]

Following on from this thread:

Thought I'd try fiddling with the set up of the lens on the dslr adaptor to see if could improve the star shapes by taking some of the lens weight off the bayonet by packing out the space between the lens foot and dovetail. Well it did sod all 😂 more investigation required.

Not wanting to waste a clear night I just let it run anyway and ended up with 6.5 hours of 5 minute subs. 

Sigma 150mm F2.8 macro at F3.5

ZWO ASI294MC PRO 

HEQ5 Pro 

Star shapes are awful but this lens can't half collect photons 😃

[MKHACHFE]

holy moly mate...stunning work 😲

[Stuf1978]

12 minutes ago, MKHACHFE said:

holy moly mate...stunning work 😲

Thank you, but it's definitely an image to be  appreciated by not zooming in 😂

[MKHACHFE]

5 hours ago, Stuf1978 said:

Thank you, but it's definitely an image to be  appreciated by not zooming in 😂

You know what? I've always thought that it's the whole image that is what's important. 

I never worry too much about imperfections, elongated stars at the edges etc ..

Granted, I'm still very much a beginner.

My whole body of work consists of images that don't do well under scrutiny 😂

[Stuf1978]

4 hours ago, MKHACHFE said:

You know what? I've always thought that it's the whole image that is what's important. 

I never worry too much about imperfections, elongated stars at the edges etc ..

Granted, I'm still very much a beginner.

My whole body of work consists of images that don't do well under scrutiny 😂

I agree and don't normally obsess over star shapes too much, as long as they are round(ish) I'm happy. However, these are truely awful 😂