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Originally Posted by barx1963
Thats a very fine first effort, certainly compared to mine!
Did you do any processing?
I can't offer any advice as I am a raw beginnmer in the imaging game as well, just very impressed ith the shot!
Malcolm
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I did a basic levels/curves adjustment, and some smart sharpen, but that was it. Very basic. I did another take on the image last night, but there's so much noise in the shot, and not really enough data to work with, that bringing out any of the fainter nebulae isn't really possible, not without killing the black point in the image, and introducing lots of noise. Pity.
At the moment, I'm limited to short exposures, in reality, probably no more than 15 seconds, due to innacurate polar alignment, no drift alignment to cure it, no autoguider etc. Current gear will be paid off in 4-6 weeks time, which will leave me money to then get a guide scope, autoguider unit, and then play with phdguide. EQMOD will come later.
Troy - I've tried what you said with regards to the tube rings, they simply won't budge. I surely must be doing something wrong
it's too late tonight, but I'll try and grab a shot tomorrow night of the tube rings and what I've done, so people can see.
Thanks again to all that replied.
Dave