Processing help - Orion Nebula - Dobsonian

[Greggles]

Hi all,

I have recently been dabbling into astrophotography with my 10" dobsonian on a eq platform I made and a Nikon d5500.

As I'm not a serious photographer and just want to take accouple of average photos I have been using Sequator for stacking as in DSS my subs are scored so low it will only stack approx. 20 of 180 subs. Sequator stacks come out much better.

Attached is a JPG of the Orion nebula I took Tuesday night (not the best conditions). 180 x 3 second iso 3200 subs and 80 x 3 second iso 6400 subs + darks. stacked in Sequator and processed in Photoshop.

I don't know if i'm processing it to its full potential. attached is a link to the .tif file from sequator if anyone wants to show me how its done? :)

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1nHv1cEsxp3NfdYRHY9XA5XZcON JJh_ig

Thanks in advance everyone.

Greg

[Paulyman]

I think that looks good Greg, you have exposed the core nicely and you can see the trapezium stars. I did a quick and dirty process to see what was there.

[Greggles]

Thanks paulyman. Doesnt seem theres too much more I could of pulled out of it.

[casstony]

Well done Greg. It's a lot of fun to see what you can get with minimal gear.

[Greggles]

Thanks Tony,

Yeah it's a fun little challenge. I was also hesitant to go the expensive astrophotography route as I dont know how i could compete with some of the amazing images people take.

[LostInSp_ce]

Excellent effort using a dob. Well done. :thumbsup:

[jrm_astro]

Still very much learning as well Greg.
Quick one while lunch cooked.
Had to reduce the size and quality to upload. Not sure how well it will display.

Cheers

John