Thanks all I really need to spend some time playing with deep sky stacker. Im sure I can reduce the noise.
The D600 seems like a nice camera for Astro - excellent sensor in a lightweight body. The Live View is no where near as good as the Canon though. Makes focusing a little more difficult.
That's more than pretty darn good for a single exposure Tim. Is the original that dark or have you pushed the processing quite hard ?
I haven't even got a Liveview mode on the SONY so I know what you mean about focussing being a mission. But there are always ways to get round it... well done.
That's more than pretty darn good for a single exposure Tim. Is the original that dark or have you pushed the processing quite hard ?
I haven't even got a Liveview mode on the SONY so I know what you mean about focussing being a mission. But there are always ways to get round it... well done.
the original is not dark, but its lowish in constrast because of light pollution. I mostly did some curves adjustment in LR, and boosted the 'clarity' and saturation.
Dude this looks amazing! How exactly did you capture it with your Nikon? I have a Canon 7D and would love to be able to get shots like this. Cheers.
Thanks The image itself was a 30 second exposure at ISO 800. I used the Celestron All Star alignment routine to get me closely polar aligned - I hate trying to drift align Seems to be good enough for 30 seconds unguided at the focal length of the megrez 90.
In lightroom I adjusted the curves to increase the contrast, then played with the saturation and clarity. That's about it!
Have to start somewhere. 
Seems to be good enough for 30 seconds unguided at the focal length of the megrez 90.
