Astrophotography
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Updated with links to the final images on AstroBin.
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Full Moon
2023.01.06 @ 21:32
Alt: 55°First night out in a few cloudy/rainy weeks, next week or two the same
I did a little bit of everything of what I could. Dew point reached, everything got wet that wasn't in a heated dew shield, which thankfully the telescope was.Setup:
5" SCT + Fujifilm X-T4 @ ~1250mm f/10 - 3840x2160
iOptron mount, tracking: mount-only
Fujifilm Camera Remote
FPS: 29.97 / Shutter 1/250 (4ms) / ISO 320 / Histogram 50-75%
Dynamic Range: 200%
70% / 450 light frames
PIPP + AS!3 + RegiStax6 + LightroomSame shot, different processing:
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I finally had a clear night since getting my new camera. Although I wasn't prepared for the surprise clear night, I still got out for a few minutes to get a decent shot of M 42 (Orion Nebula) before my portable power unit died.
I'm excited to report that with only less than 20 minutes of data via EAA live stacking, I was able this get this awesome shot in my insanely light polluted area thanks to the L-Pro filter.
This gives me a lot of hope that once I am able to get out there and get a couple hours of data, I'll be able to get something awesome.
Below, M 42, an ad-hoc 18 minutes of data with a blown out core and a satellite streaking across (thanks Elon).
Hoping for some more clear skies in the near future and a trip to some darker skies!
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@Obsolesce All amazing pictures!
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@pmoncho said in Astrophotography:
@Obsolesce
I stole the Jupiter pic from you. So darn cool.Yup, I'll be using these for desktop backgrounds. Awesome pics @Obsolesce!
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@Obsolesce said in Astrophotography:
I finally had a clear night since getting my new camera. Although I wasn't prepared for the surprise clear night, I still got out for a few minutes to get a decent shot of M 42 (Orion Nebula) before my portable power unit died.
I'm excited to report that with only less than 20 minutes of data via EAA live stacking, I was able this get this awesome shot in my insanely light polluted area thanks to the L-Pro filter.
This gives me a lot of hope that once I am able to get out there and get a couple hours of data, I'll be able to get something awesome.
Below, M 42, an ad-hoc 18 minutes of data with a blown out core and a satellite streaking across (thanks Elon).
Hoping for some more clear skies in the near future and a trip to some darker skies!
Updating with an auto-stacked photo ~58 minutes of data, and some minor post-processing. I want to stack properly, get some more data, add in some calibration frames. Going to add in here to track progress and compare.
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Some quick fun with Jupiter during the daytime evening before the clouds rolled in, again.
Trying to get back into some planetary work. I have to relearn it, it's been a long long time.
I don't think this one turned out so well, but I think if I redo it later and spend some more time processing and learning, I can get it better. A night-time image would help too.
I think my old one was much better. I spent more time on it and used a tutorial.
Another:
Another:
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@Obsolesce Is Jupiter always at a 85% angle?
Thats crazy, I would love to be able to see that myself but lord knows I wouldn't have the patience to source a telescope/camera and to figure out where another planet is...
Good job man!
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Thanks! There's a learning curve for sure, but it isn't bad. Well worth it if it's your thing.
The angle of the image is determined by my camera's rotation. I have mine attached at about a 0 degrees. So when the telescope is in it's zero-position, my camera has no rotation angle (or close). I don't care about the rotation when doing planetary. With DSOs such as nebulae and galaxies, I generally do care about camera rotation for framing purposes.
The part that takes the most time is the processing of the images. It's a whole different world of understanding and practice.
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@Obsolesce so yes, Jupiter is at a 85% angle all of the time... right?
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@DustinB3403 No, it depends on where Jupiter is in the sky, where Earth and Jupiter are in their orbits relative to each other, Earth's rotation/angle, my camera's rotation, and my telescope's positioning.
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@DustinB3403 maybe it's also helpful to know that Jupiter's axis of rotation is roughly 3 degrees compared to Earth's 23.5 degrees. But we would see Jupiter at any angle depending on when we look at it.