I have been photographing eta carina because it is relatively bright and I am able to use my unmodified mirrorless camera without a cls filter in my suburban backyard. I like this combination because it gives me a colour profile that I like. My question is are the stars of an acceptable shape given my tracking is not ideal?
Cheers Kanga
Star are ok, imho. What scope are you using? And if anything, the focus is a little off, but it could just be the low quality of the big you uploaded, a bit fuzzy.
With such a wide field in such a star dense region , star irregularities can be quite hard to see. From what I can see the bottom left seems to be trailing. It’s the only corner I can see it in though so I wouldn’t suggest tracking is the issue there. It’s more likely to be a tilt issue.
With such a wide field in such a star dense region , star irregularities can be quite hard to see. From what I can see the bottom left seems to be trailing. It’s the only corner I can see it in though so I wouldn’t suggest tracking is the issue there. It’s more likely to be a tilt issue.
A great effort though. Well done
Ryan
Hi Ryan,
It indeed may be tilt -since I damaged my mount and had to flatten it by hand (& hammer). Also I do not think my flattener covers a full (35mm) frame camera.
Cheers Kanga
Star are ok, imho. What scope are you using? And if anything, the focus is a little off, but it could just be the low quality of the big you uploaded, a bit fuzzy.
Hi Glen,
I used an 80ed doublet 560mm with 1x field flattener.
Cheers Kanga
It looks like you have a bit of tilt towards the bottom left. You could always crop it a little bit there is plenty of interesting stuff that would be left in the field of view.
Great image and the colors are fantastic.
It looks like you have a bit of tilt towards the bottom left. You could always crop it a little bit there is plenty of interesting stuff that would be left in the field of view.
Great image and the colors are fantastic.
Glad you like the colours. I will crop it a bit more.
Star are ok, imho. What scope are you using? And if anything, the focus is a little off, but it could just be the low quality of the big you uploaded, a bit fuzzy.
Hi Glen,
I think the "fuzziness" you see is the luminosity layer I added. For your info. I have attached an image without the luminosity layer.
Cheers Kanga
Hi Glen,
I think the "fuzziness" you see is the luminosity layer I added. For your info. I have attached an image without the luminosity layer.
Cheers Kanga