Keyhole nebula

vin_ap (Caleb) · #1 26-09-2020, 07:47 AM

My first astrophoto here,

I have been imaging for bit over 2 years now and have been trying different capture and processing methods. I use a unmodded DSLR in a bortle 6/7 zone, which presents a lot of challenges as you would know.

This is roughly 3hrs worth of data of the key hole nebula.

Comments welcome

multiweb (Marc) · #2 26-09-2020, 08:34 AM

Looks great. Nicely processed.

jahnpahwa (JP) · #3 26-09-2020, 08:35 AM

Yeah, nice and clean looking!
What scope are you using there?

vin_ap (Caleb) · #4 26-09-2020, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by multiweb

Looks great. Nicely processed.

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Originally Posted by jahnpahwa

Yeah, nice and clean looking!
What scope are you using there?

Thank you !

I use a Sharpstar APO, HEQ5, unguided.

RyanJones · #5 26-09-2020, 08:56 PM

A very commendable effort Caleb

Startrek (Martin) · #6 26-09-2020, 09:20 PM

Lovely image considering unguided subs
Well done !!
How long were your exposures ? Ever considered guiding ?

vin_ap (Caleb) · #7 27-09-2020, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by RyanJones

A very commendable effort Caleb

Thank you

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Originally Posted by Startrek

Lovely image considering unguided subs
Well done !!
How long were your exposures ? Ever considered guiding ?

Thanks Martin, I use 60sec subs at ISO800 seems to be the sweet spot on my Canon. I'm planning on guiding in the near future as I loose a lot of subs with elongated stars. Just adding one challenge at a time