Owl Nebula - first attempt (over processed?)

[MessierMatt]

I’m still practising with my current set up and loving the learning curve. Randomly decided to aim for the Owl Nebula over the weekend and amazied at the results! It is really tempting to overprocess and I’m trying to keep the colours as ‘natural’ as possible.

Untracked, Skywatcher 150p explorer, 291 lights at 0.6s, no darks or bias, Canon 800d. 
Loving the challenge and results. 

[Albir phil]

Hi nice image.if you can track with the mount you have and if you're polar aligned you could do 30 sec exposures.this will give you much more information in the image.longer ex are better than many shot one's.Good luck with your imaging 

[MessierMatt]

On 24/05/2023 at 23:05, Albir phil said:

Hi nice image.if you can track with the mount you have and if you're polar aligned you could do 30 sec exposures.this will give you much more information in the image.longer ex are better than many shot one's.Good luck with your imaging 

Unfortunately no tracking mount yet hence the number of lights at short exposures. Thanks for the feedback. 

[KYSTARS]

I remember years ago I first got into using telescopes and astronomy and my mother really enjoyed going out on our farm with me and looking for objects. We always tried to visually see the owl nebula, but never could find it. The first time I imaged it, I thought of my mother rest her soul. Your M97 image looks great!!

[AstroMuni]

On 22/05/2023 at 19:49, MessierMatt said:

Untracked, Skywatcher 150p explorer, 291 lights at 0.6s, no darks or bias, Canon 800d. 
Loving the challenge and results. 

Lovely image for an untracked mount. You should be proud of yourself 👍

[Elp]

Thats quite excellent at such a focal length and untracked.