My first attempts - be gentle!

[Zeffer]

Just fancied ago. All the images are at ISO 1600 on a Nikon D70 through the NS8 at prime focus. Exposure time = 30 seconds. I have never tried this before and have left these completely unprocessed so any tips greatly appreciated. I think I need to experiment with ISO and I also need a stacking program (I think).

Albiro:

Blue Snowball:

Ring Nebula:

M92:

Wrong thread I know but I had a go at the moon. Again, unprocessed - ISO 200 and 1/60 of a second:

Please be gentle!

[FLO]

Those are your first :shock:

[geppetto]

No need to be gentle... bloomin marvelous images for first attempts 8)

All very good and that moon is really nice...well done :thumbup:

P.S your cluster pic needs re naming (OK you've done it)

[OXO]

Excellent first images, stunning infact for first attempts 8)

James

[CELESCOPE]

Well i dont have to be kind Justin , those my friend are darn good images , for starters naaaaaaaaaaaaaa u kidding mate , by the looks of that i think u are a natural , EXCELLENT, cant say more than that really , except keep at it now , dont let the paint dry so to speak ,

A very well done

Rog

[Zeffer]

Hey thanks guys! I can't tell you the joy as I saw the images appear on the back of the camera!

[CELESCOPE]

hI jUSTIN JUST PULLED A BIT MORE FRONM THE SMOKE RING NEB , BOTTOM IMAGE

[Zeffer]

How was that done? Looks good!

I took four of each of these so may be able to stack them - do I need that program Max...something???

[geppetto]

Registax for stacking

Here it is..

http://registax.astronomy.net/

[CELESCOPE]

Justin u can try REGISTAX FIRST see how it goes , but remember you are working in alt AZ you could have rotation , normally that would happen after around 20 secs with the gps, but try it first it will give u some idea how far u can go without software like Maxim or other software that corrects rotation

Rog

[Ant]

They are amazing images for first time. I'd be happy with them now!

Nice one.

Ant

[Zeffer]

Thanks everyone - I am really grateful.

I'll have a go at Registax and post my attempts - but first some mulled wine!

[CELESCOPE]

:shock: :)

[Zeffer]

Mmmm, nice wine. I had a go with Registax - I don't really know if it worked - I had four shots of each. Tried some processing too:

[Grant]

Zeffer those images are bloomin' marvelous! Congratulations! Looking forward to seeing lots more now

[Kain]

WOW...

First images

I will chuck my camera away now lol.

Well done mate, they look brilliant.

Kain

[LITTLE COL]

well done what do i say

:shock: :shock: :shock: amazing first pics

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

Absolute crackers mate. Did you crop them or resize them as they come out quite small my end.

Another tip, if you didn't know, is to use the highest possible image size as you get more pixels to play with. Also when you zoom in on the preview screen you can go further in to check focus.

Great start, you must be well chuffed!

Captain Chaos

[Zeffer]

Thanks for all the tips - I will try them as soon as the cloud goes.

Do you shoot in RAW mode then?

[Andrew*]

wow. :shock: I didn't even know half of those existed! Absolutely stunning images. Just imagining the number of disasters I'm going to catch when I introduce my scope to my SLR. Amazing first images. I would be over the moon. (literally, like 3 degrees over!)

AstroPhethean

[Zeffer]

Here is the moon - sharpened a bit:

I think your images will be just fine - I am delighted at what can be done with an SLR slapped on the back of a scope!

[CELESCOPE]

well done Justin looking very good mate

Rog

[Martin 2]

Great pics Zeffer, you should be proud of those, another program to try for stacking is deepskystacker, it handles rotation aswell, and its also free

M2

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

Do you shoot in RAW mode then?

I use the large high quality setting as this gives the biggest image to play with. Play with the camera in daylight and see what zoom you can get in the various file size settings to get the idea.

I have used RAW but dont now as Registax doesn't recognise RAW files. I bet I could convert them to TIFF format using Photoshop though, now there's a thought.

Captain Chaos