Hello all,
Im very new to the astro world and loads to learn.
I spent the better part of month working the computer side of things like eqmod and cated du ciel
ATM i only have a second hand eq6 with meade 75XD-8SN the scope is old and a bit rough. I have no idea how to collimate it properly. Just purchased that to get started.
I purchased the ZWO Asi120mm-s and filters/wheel with the intention of using for a guide cam and maybe some planetary when i have the right scope and gear.
Thought id give it a try at some deep sky just to get my head around using mono cameras.
Here are my efforts from last 2 weeks
Using Deep sky stacker and photoshop for first time was a real stress fest.
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M42 was my first image every nothing fantasic but was more than i expected from such a little camera.I used 50x6 second frames of R,G,B no luminance as i had no idea how to combine it with photoshop.
M16 is my best so far i think! Did a lot of testing for best gain and exposure settings.30x20 sec of each colour RGB subs 65 gain
100x10 sec of Lum at 70 gain
Tarantula Nebular didnt go so well i went for 15 second expsure for my RGB and couldnt get the stars to line up very well.
I read here that you should re-focus for every colour sub somthing i didnt do Or maybe was just that i tried using fire captures autoguiding function for first time seemed to work ok i was drifting really bad. Was also a very bright night last night.
I manged to make them less obsessively out of wack with colour noisereduction in PS though now the stars like like blobs.