[austinstkong (Austin)]

Originally Posted by mithrandir

And here is a complete run down on all the objects in the frame (SAO and NGC catalogs). Some may not be immediately obvious, but that's where they are.

Originally Posted by mithrandir

unimap. See this thread: http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ad.php?t=54287

I have another version of this using the Tycho catalogs, but it is at home.

Awesome, nice software. I'm going to try give it a try with later pictures.

Originally Posted by luigi

Very nice first image!! I recomend you Topaz Denoise4 to get rid of noise! You can also increase contrast a little me thinks.

Thanks

Originally Posted by renormalised

Nice shot

Try for a 20-30 sec exposure and take about 5-10 for stacking

See what you get

Those red spots are what some have said....hot pixels.

You could also try lowering the ISO rating to 800...your piccie won't be so grainy.

What would also help you is to get a (relatively) cheap EQ mount, like an EQ3 Pro, which will be more than sufficient to heft a camera and lens. With a setup like that, if you polar align the mount reasonably well, you'll be able to take pics lasting minutes instead of seconds and they'll turn out much better

Hot pixles.. I see

I might try and take a similar photo again try stacking and see how it goes.
How much am I looking at for an EQ3 Pro?

Thanks again