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M31 pic
Hello:
I just managed my first, real picture of M31 (Andromeda) galaxy. It doesn't really match what you see in those better amateur pictures of it, or professional.
But I do think it's quite interesting. You see the fuzzieness which is the galaxy.
The exposure was 30 seconds at 3200 ISO (from a Canon Rebel T2i) fl 55mm (from a non APO lens I think) no filter, tracked on a Meade Starfinder equatorial mount.
I need some recommendations on how to use DeepSkyStacker. Does someone here know the benefits of using several pics and stacking them?
Do they all need to be the same shutter speed and exposure?
Do the darks need to be done (with stacker) first?
Is there a good tutorial on all of this?
I'm usually kind of good at computers and even had some computer programming
in college.
But this seems a real technical adventure. And I guess that my intentions are more for aesethics than for a scientific (kind of proving theories) kind of thing.
Like if there was some place that I could post these RAW pics (that's the original format of my M31 pics) and someone could process them for me, but show me too that would be another great thing to me.
In the mean time I want you all to know that this is my first galaxy pic and it's a really neat feeling when I had wanted it, and even prayed to God for it. And then it happened. So when you're stuck, praying doesn't hurt either.
Thank you for all of your help.
David
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