First astro image

[Dealy]

I had my first serious attempt at imaging last night and am pretty happy with the results. This is a single unprocessed 5m exposure @ iso800 straight from the camera.

I took 4 x 5min @ iso1600, 5 x 5min @ iso800, 5 x 5min @ iso400, and 3 x 1m @ iso400.

But, I've no idea how to process them yet. I can stack them in DSS, but have no idea what to do after that.

I have GIMP but can't find any tutorials so am only randomly trying things with very poor results.

Any advice would be most welcome.

Kev

[scagman]

Hi Kev,

Nice 1st image. Your stars look nice and round. For 1 exp. you have pleny of data and once stacked should look really good.

Sorry I can't give you any help processing with gimp or dss as I don't use either but I'm sure someone that does will come to your aid.

Cheers

[Dealy]

Thanks John.

What do you use/recommend for processing?

[traveller]

Welcome Kev and a great image.
I found these youtube clips to be very informative.
There are lots of parallels between PS and GIMP, so they should help you get started.
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=doug%20german% 20astrophotography&sm=3
Bo

[Dealy]

Thanks Bo.

I just watched the first and have learnt a bit already. Hopefully I can translate it into Gimp.

Regards, Kev

[scagman]

Hi Kev,

I use PixInSight to do my stacking and processing. Still learning how to use it thou.

Cheers

[Marios]

Try using Light Room very user friendly..