Warts and all lagoon and triffid

[PaulSthcoast (Paul)]

Hi everyone

This hobby allows me to disconnect from much that
Is my otherwise my involved life.

This image is....as usual..warts and all.

Polar alignment is a little out, I know.......

Wide..... yet deep enough for my current skill set.

It leaves me happy yet even more excited for
what is to come.

Details below:

Canon modded 1100D.
Canon zoom 75-300mm @ 200mm.
No filters.
50 x 70 seconds light frames
70 x 70 seconds dark frames

Skywatcher StarAdventurer unguided.

Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker

Processed in Snapseed.

Once again ..thanks for looking.

[PaulSthcoast (Paul)]

Looking at it...

Note to self...

Perhaps close the aperture down a few notches ?

[raymo]

Hi Paul, round stars would improve your image enormously, so I suggest
either improve your PA, or cut your subs back to about 40secs. What
aperture, ISO, etc did you use? The sweet spot of an 1100D is 1600.
raymo

[Baobab (Bohdan)]

Quite dramatic and not bad for a zoom objective - mine old Canon as wonderfull as it is for terrestrial has a strong chromatic abberation when doing stars - yours holds much better. And I totaly get you - this hobby keeps me sane when the live gets too hectic

[raymo]

Hi Baobab,
I'm surprised that your Canon has CA, no Canon lens I've ever owned including my present ones display[ed] any. Even my cheap Yongnuo
50, 85, and 100mm are CA free apart from a tiny bit on the Moon.
raymo

[Baobab (Bohdan)]

I'm surprised that your Canon has CA

yeah - maybe just my luck, maybe some 25 odd years of banging them around when traveling left its mark on them