gabs Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 (edited) Hi all,  I set up my scope and camera outside.  I hope to get good stuff🤞 Edited April 5, 2021 by gabs 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkAR Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Hi Gabs, how's the new tracker going tonight? You can catch up with tonights endeavours here  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabs Posted April 5, 2021 Author Share Posted April 5, 2021 (edited) The tracker seems to work very well I used yesterday. Â tonight I decided to use my scope instead just to see the difference between the two. Â tomorrow I am going to take the flat frames and then I can process and play a it on GIMP. Â I am look forward to post a good Orion Nebula!! Edited April 5, 2021 by gabs 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carastro Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 The focus looks nice a sharp in that last image.  Carole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabs Posted April 5, 2021 Author Share Posted April 5, 2021 13 minutes ago, Carastro said: The focus looks nice a sharp in that last image.  Carole Thank you Carole! I hope to get a good result with GIMP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carastro Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 You do know you need to take multiple exposures and stack them together don't you? Makes for a much cleaner image.  Sorry if I am telling you something you already know.  Carole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabs Posted April 6, 2021 Author Share Posted April 6, 2021 13 hours ago, Carastro said: You do know you need to take multiple exposures and stack them together don't you? Makes for a much cleaner image.  Sorry if I am telling you something you already know.  Carole All done ... You saw the result! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabs Posted April 6, 2021 Author Share Posted April 6, 2021 16 hours ago, Carastro said: You do know you need to take multiple exposures and stack them together don't you? Makes for a much cleaner image.  Sorry if I am telling you something you already know.  Carole I was thinking something ... if I increase the number of exposures from 30 to 50-60 do I get better definition on my image? And if I use a Barlow lens attached to the draw tube is it better?  gabs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazAstro Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Probably best if you tell us your capture details, ISO - exposure length - amount of subs (images). From what I can see you are using an Alt Az mount so best to not go over maybe 10 to 20 seconds each capture but experiment to see how far you can go before stars start to go out of shape. The barlow will make things appear bigger but also even harder to track accurately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabs Posted April 7, 2021 Author Share Posted April 7, 2021 On 4/6/2021 at 4:18 PM, GazAstro said: Probably best if you tell us your capture details, ISO - exposure length - amount of subs (images). From what I can see you are using an Alt Az mount so best to not go over maybe 10 to 20 seconds each capture but experiment to see how far you can go before stars start to go out of shape. The barlow will make things appear bigger but also even harder to track accurately. That was my first tentative using a scope .  I took 30 no exposure at 2 sec each ISO 800 . Same number and set for the dark frames. The result is the attached picture which I have already posted .  obviously is not the best one but I am very happy with that but I want to improve it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazAstro Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 If your mount tracks reasonably well, try longer exposures maybe. Experiment to find out how long you can go before stars look eggy then back off a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabs Posted April 8, 2021 Author Share Posted April 8, 2021 12 minutes ago, GazAstro said: If your mount tracks reasonably well, try longer exposures maybe. Experiment to find out how long you can go before stars look eggy then back off a bit. Thanks I will try as soon as I can! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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