After spending much time heeding advice from many here on IIS (not to mention starting the rumor that Paul is dead ), I'm spending more time on alignment prior to shooting, and after shooting, processing the photos. There's so much to learn!
This is my second go at M57 and M82, and a first photos of M27 and M11.
Not bad, Kirk....good shots. Have you tried shooting through coloured filters at all?? Try some RGB filters and maybe a Ha filter to bring out the colour and details in your piccies. With the deep faint fuzzies like M82, a bit more exposure time would be good too.
The shot of M11 is good....you can see some colour in the stars there, and in your M82 shot you can see a hint of red near the nucleus of the galaxy.
Thank you all for the comments and suggestions! I take them all to heart.
I'm still in the "learning how to polar align my scope" process of learning. Which is why the exposures are so short. I've learned to drift-align (have spent several nights just doing that) and am really looking forward to guiding. I have all the necessary tools and am now just waiting for the next few clear nights to get my feet wet.
), I'm spending more time on alignment prior to shooting, and after shooting, processing the photos. There's so much to learn!
Which is why the exposures are so short. I've learned to drift-align (have spent several nights just doing that) and am really looking forward to guiding. I have all the necessary tools and am now just waiting for the next few clear nights to get my feet wet.
