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[raymo]

After almost 70 yrs of AP, my first ever try at short exposures with static
camera.
600D 60x 9secs @ ISO 1600. Noise reduction in camera, no darks, flats etc. Stacking and basic processing in DSS, and downsized in Irfanview. I'll do my next effort @ISO 3200
raymo

[leon]

And a pretty good effort indeed Raymo, well done mate.

Leon

[xelasnave]

Good on you Raymo. Well done and it is wonderful to see that you are still keen.
I hope you and yours are well.
alex

[AstroViking (Steve)]

Excellent first light, raymo. Keep it up!

[Kuz]

Nice one raymo . Mate you would of seen some changes in 70 years. And still trying new stuff . That's inspirational

[raymo]

Thanks fellas. As the longer standing members may possibly recall, I gave up
AP a while back because we get so incredibly few usable nights per year, and I was sick of setting up my gear only to have to pack it up again when socked
in with cloud.
Yes Kuz, big changes indeed. Fondly remember[I don't think] freezing cold nights spent manually guiding, keeping a magnified star centralised in the eyepiece reticle, and stuffing the whole exposure up by pressing the wrong
button when making a correction.
For the sake of comparison I'm going to do the same target again at 3200.
raymo the elder

[Startrek (Martin)]

Raymo,
Lovely image as always
Great to see that your still out there under the stars in the west

Cheers
Martin

[Sunfish (Ray)]

A great image Raymo , and a great target for wide field camera work.

[Crater101 (Warren)]

I'm new at the imaging side of things, and have made several attempts at this target without success. My compliments on a fine piece of work!

[raymo]

Thanks to the second group of fellas. I was hoping to do the 3200 version
tonight, but socked in again.
Warren, the acquisition of static camera short exposure images is as basic
as AP gets, so I assume that your lack of success with this target relates to
stacking and/or the very basic processing that is required in order to produce
a worthwhile image. If you think that I may be able to give you some help,
feel welcome to PM me.
raymo

[rustigsmed (Russell)]

fantastic work Raymo - great to see you getting out there again! and a fine result indeed!

for those who are interested in static imaging here is a good video by Nebula Photos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRp3Qu_0K6o&t=6090s
if you go to the channel you can see there are a couple of add on videos where he goes through processing with different (free software)

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Nice shot raymo glad to hear you’re still in the game!

[raymo]

Cheers Russ/Dunk; socked in again, so haven't been able to do a 3200 version.
raymo

[Crater101 (Warren)]

Originally Posted by raymo

Warren, the acquisition of static camera short exposure images is as basic
as AP gets, so I assume that your lack of success with this target relates to
stacking and/or the very basic processing that is required in order to produce a worthwhile image. If you think that I may be able to give you some help, feel welcome to PM me.
raymo

Humble thanks. If I don't have a bit more success, I may just do that.



I don't think it's the processing, although you never know...