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First Ever Attempt at DSS Imaging - M42 Unprocessed Single Images
This is my first ever attempt at Deep Sky Imaging... These two shots are cropped but, otherwise unprocessed.
Camera is a EOS1100D unmodded.. camera was mounted to the diagonal (I know I should do this differently but, I was just sorta seeing what I could do...) Scope is a Meade LX90 8" in az/alt forks, no wedge...
Had to really muck around getting my finderscope perfectly aligned with the main scope in order to get M42 in the camera FOV because I'm then shooting blind... nothing shows up in Live View
First one is a 30 second exposure at ISO 800 (I could see some star trail in this shot which lead me down the path of higher ISO & shorter exposures)
Second is a 4 second exposure at ISO 3200 (Stars are bloated.. I have no idea why that is.. someone hopefully can explain why this is)
First time I have ever used a Bhatinov mask (using Sirius)
I have about 20 or so captures & my next task is to try & figure out one of the imaging programs I have (Deep Sky Stacker, Registax, etc...) to see if I can get the data together & improve the image.
My stars are bloated, I can see that but, I don't really know why...
Please feel free to comment, suggest what I can do to improve my captures & if you have any tips on how I can use the data I have to end up with a better image then please share with me...
I have no darks, flats or anything else.. guess I could take some darks at least..... no idea on the others though....
My first step down the path of astrophotography.... I am a little excited as I've never captured anything like this in my life....
I know there is a steep, steep learning curve ahead & that there is a lot of improvement to go but, hey... everyone started out somewhere eh??
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