My Firts Astro pics ☺

[mod1968]

Here are some astro pics I have taken on Monday night for my first time. I hope they are ok.

Marcelo

[iceman (Mike)]

Hi Marcello. A nice start.

Can you give us some of the settings you used? From looking at the pics, I'd deduce:
a) Focus is a little off. Test focus by taking short exposures at ISO1600 (8 secs or so) and then zooming in on the LCD to check for the tight stars. It might need very minor tweaks to focus with several test exposures to get it right.
b) More exposure! There's a lot more to see in the sagittarius/scorpius area, even with 15-20s exposures at ISO800.

Keep at it and keep asking questions.

[erick (Eric)]

Look at the different colours of the stars coming out in your shots! (I know it's not "right" for the purists, but out of focus shots can be used to better show the different star colours )

As Mike says, we'd like to see more exposure.

Your Crux shot just doesn't extend to the Omega Centauri globular cluster - just off the top of the frame, I think. I'd like to see how that looks when you get the focus more precise and can increase the exposure.

Thanks for posting.