The Crux- Widefield

[Lumen Miner]

Nothing special here (Awesome through my eyes though!!).

Just a shot of the Crux, pointers, and well, a bit of widefield action.

This is 24x 20 second frames stacked with 24x 20 second dark frames.

This is my first effort at stacking with darks (Thanks for your help guys and gals.).

[CoolhandJo]

Mitchel, stars look pretty tight and sharp! Always something special about every post!

[tlgerdes]

As Paul said, nice tight round stars. Very monochromatic though, tell us a little bit more about how you took the photo, stacked it, processed it etc and lets see if we can guide you towards a more colourful experience.

ie Was it tracking with a mount? Did you save as Canon Raw or JPEG? What software did you use to stack? What format did you save from stacking program? Did you process the output in anyway?

With stars that round you should be able to extend way beyond 20sec exposures.

[Lumen Miner]

Hmmmm, I was thinking that also.... Gimme a sec, I thought I lost colour....


Edit~ No not that much.....


No tracking mount.
I'm still using Jpeg, will start with RAW soon.
Deep Sky Stacker.
Darkened background colour in Nebulosity.

I seem to get tails on the stars around the 30 second mark, that's why I was sticking at 20.... I'm building a barndoor and a remote, so I should be able to start taking longer exposures soonish.