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Old 31-10-2017, 12:46 AM
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47 Tucanae

Dear all,

One more picture for your comments and suggestions.

150 secounds, unguided, ISO400. Cannon 50D, unmodified. Processing in StarTools.

Thanks in advance, Fernando
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Old 31-10-2017, 10:29 AM
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Fernando, good to see you're getting out there and giving it a go. You won't learn how to improve your shots sitting inside at home. Firstly, two and a half minutes on a fairly bright globular cluster like 47 Tuc is probably overkill, even at 400 iso. You've done well to keep the stars round at such a long unguided sub but the core is blown out too much. Being out of focus doesn't help either. My suggestion would be to reduce your exposure to about 1min, or better still, do a series of subs with varying exposure times and stack them together in a program such as Deep Sky Stacker. That way you'll help retain detail in the core with the shorter subs and capture the fainter outer stars with your longer ( 2min ) subs. Make sure you focus carefully though as this won't improve your result if your focus is out. Try focusing using the highest magnification on your camera's Liveview function and lock the focus on your telescope to prevent it from moving. Good luck!
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Old 31-10-2017, 10:49 AM
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Great effort and thank you for sharing your experience.

As Michael said maybe less exposure time but lets look at everything you have done right...you certainly know how to align your mount such that you could put the suppliers of auto guide equipment out of business.

I look forward to seeing more of your work.

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Old 31-10-2017, 12:35 PM
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Hi Fernando....I'm far from experienced but last night I did do 120 x 60 second exposures at the same ISO if you want to see the comparison to your single exposure.

It isn't a great pic I've done but it does show the extra detail you can get I think. My pic is posted in another Beginner Astrophotography post
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Old 31-10-2017, 01:33 PM
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Hi Fernando. There's a lot more in your image but it's being "black clipped" - turning all the faint detail to black. You need to reduce the contrast some. The real sky background isn't black but instead a mottled grey. It's okay to leave a little noise in there. That will make the image look a lot more "real".
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Old 31-10-2017, 08:26 PM
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Hi Fernando....I'm far from experienced but last night I did do 120 x 60 second exposures at the same ISO if you want to see the comparison to your single exposure.

It isn't a great pic I've done but it does show the extra detail you can get I think. My pic is posted in another Beginner Astrophotography post
I saw it. Great! much better that the one I posted!
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Old 31-10-2017, 09:06 PM
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I saw it. Great! much better that the one I posted!

Only difference between yours and mine is the number of subs (and shorter).

No reason you can't do the same....just takes time
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Old 01-11-2017, 08:34 AM
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Focus

Dear all,

It seems I am having trouble focusing. Attached is a frame that I took before a session a couple of weeks ago, Backyard EOS + Bathinov mask. It looks to me was OK then. Maybe I am losing focus as time go bye, during a given session.

As always, suggestions and comments are very, very welcome.

Regards, Fernando
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