Jasp05
22-05-2018, 04:35 PM
Last night's effort on the Lagoon and Triffid from my light polluted backyard.
Canon 1100d(not modded) on HEQ5Pro, 50-250mm lens @ 135mm F7.1
16x 3min subs 400iso. (No darks/ flats yet).
My only problem (apart from my editing skills) is the stars are never fully round. if you look closely they have a little tail that hangs off the bottom left. (Not sure if you can see it in the picture below? )
I've tried and tried to adjust focus, tried either side of what I thought was "in focus" and still no better. Is it possible this is an artifact of the lens? (Also focal length does not matter. only makes it more apparent). Also stopping the lens down doesn't help much either. Note the F7.1 when wide open is F5 on this lens.
Edit: I've added a closeup of the star tails / odd shape of my stars. (this problem exists in single exposures, so I don't believe its a stacking artifact).
Canon 1100d(not modded) on HEQ5Pro, 50-250mm lens @ 135mm F7.1
16x 3min subs 400iso. (No darks/ flats yet).
My only problem (apart from my editing skills) is the stars are never fully round. if you look closely they have a little tail that hangs off the bottom left. (Not sure if you can see it in the picture below? )
I've tried and tried to adjust focus, tried either side of what I thought was "in focus" and still no better. Is it possible this is an artifact of the lens? (Also focal length does not matter. only makes it more apparent). Also stopping the lens down doesn't help much either. Note the F7.1 when wide open is F5 on this lens.
Edit: I've added a closeup of the star tails / odd shape of my stars. (this problem exists in single exposures, so I don't believe its a stacking artifact).