NGC4565 (Needle Galaxy) Widefield

[Dazzyt66]

Have been impressed with the images people get with the Seestar with around 10s exposures even from cities - so I thought I'd give it a go from my back garden using my trusty 1100d and 135mm M42 lens! This is just 300 x 10s lights, 20 x Darks, Bias and Flats. I'm pretty happy with this from my Bortle 6 sky! Needle Galaxy is dead centre of image. Stacked in DSS with final processing in Siril. It's also the last image I've done using Ekos as I've just switched to NINA and awaiting a clear night! 🙂

Edited April 22 by Dazzyt66

[callisto]

 Nice to get a sense of scale with a 135 lens and DSLR... excellent  

 

Mark.

[seven_legs]

lovely, i do like a nice widefield image

 

[callisto]

On 22/04/2024 at 11:05, Dazzyt66 said:

Have been impressed with the images people get with the Seestar with around 10s exposures even from cities - so I thought I'd give it a go from my back garden using my trusty 1100d and 135mm M42 lens! This is just 300 x 10s lights, 20 x Darks, Bias and Flats. I'm pretty happy with this from my Bortle 6 sky! Needle Galaxy is dead centre of image. Stacked in DSS with final processing in Siril. It's also the last image I've done using Ekos as I've just switched to NINA and awaiting a clear night! 🙂

Out of curiosity, which 135mm lens did you use? 

Mark.

[Dazzyt66]

19 hours ago, callisto said:

Out of curiosity, which 135mm lens did you use? 

Mark.

I used a Japanese made ‘Green Federal’ 1:2.8 stopped down to F4. It’s an old M42 with adapter for Canon which I got from eBay a few years ago, think it was about £20 😊

[callisto]

Cheers