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Originally Posted by astronobob
Great start to astro-imaging Alex, nice gear too , , tho I am wondering about your settings eg, aperture = 30" inches, thats one massive scope ?
Also your shutter speed of 1/2000th of a second ? ? You could try a few seconds or 20seconds or even a minute or two ?
Just trying to help mate as learning about settings can only help your images further : )
I do like the Sombrero Galaxy, it is a favourite Target of mine, Good one & kind Rgrds , ,
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Think his just muddled lol 3600 iso 1/2000th, I think he means 30 seconds at 1600 or 3200.
Keep at it o.p. and checkout the projects&articles section for more help
The second image is way off dude, was tracking on? The first image seems fair and great for your first, just need to get some darks to fix that noise up. On your next go grab one of the guys out there to do a polar align for you, may even be out there myself this Saturday. Try for iso 1600 and 15sec's check your images, if there's no trails go for 25secs. Keep doing this and working up exposure times and grab some flats. If your a member of MPAS ask Greg for some help, they run astrophotography nights alot with talks for advanced to new comers.
It takes time and i only consider myself as a newbie and have being working at it for a yr or so now. The best thing to do is read as much as you can and understand how your camera works and what the settings do, then read
http://www.saratogaskies.com/article...ook/index.html which is a tad outdated but covers the fundamentals of ap. Keep at it and the results will get better and better
BTW thats some nice gear your got, we also have a ED100 and love it