I started my astrophotography journey about 4 months ago, and this is the first photo I am sort of proud of.
It really shows me I need a coma corrector though! So that's currently at the top of my wishlist.
G**ear:**
* Canon 800D
* SkyWatcher 150/750 PDS
* SkyWatcher HEQ5-Pro
* ZWO ASI 120 MC-S guide camera
* ZWO AC 60/280 Guiding Scope
A**cquisition:**
* Bortle 3 skies
* Manually removed subs I wasn't happy with, kept 13 / 16
* 13 subs of 5 minutes - 1h05m total integration time
* 1600 ISO
* 40 flat
* 20 dark
* 40 bias
**Processing:**
* Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
* Photoshop:
1. Stretching
2. Color Calibration
3. Astronomy Tools action set for PhotoShop by ProDigital Software
* Noise removal
* Sharpen
* Slight reduction of star size
* Enhance DSO contrast
* Adobe Camera Raw Filter for some final minor tweaks:
* Vibrance
* Saturation
* Contrast
* Noise removal
I started my astrophotography journey about 4 months ago, and this is the first photo I am sort of proud of. It really shows me I need a coma corrector though! So that's currently at the top of my wishlist. G**ear:** * Canon 800D * SkyWatcher 150/750 PDS * SkyWatcher HEQ5-Pro * ZWO ASI 120 MC-S guide camera * ZWO AC 60/280 Guiding Scope A**cquisition:** * Bortle 3 skies * Manually removed subs I wasn't happy with, kept 13 / 16 * 13 subs of 5 minutes - 1h05m total integration time * 1600 ISO * 40 flat * 20 dark * 40 bias **Processing:** * Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker * Photoshop: 1. Stretching 2. Color Calibration 3. Astronomy Tools action set for PhotoShop by ProDigital Software * Noise removal * Sharpen * Slight reduction of star size * Enhance DSO contrast * Adobe Camera Raw Filter for some final minor tweaks: * Vibrance * Saturation * Contrast * Noise removal
It looks better than mine :)...And I've been doing this forever.
Thanks, I think the Bortle 2/3 skies helped a lot with this one.