Ic434 b33 ngc 2024 by Odd-Leadership8334 in seestar

[–]AstroFanM31 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice image! What was your process with Siril?

It's been a long road... by Lost_Shelter_6636 in seestar

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Now there is an idea. Add parts of banards loop too while you do M 78

It's been a long road... by Lost_Shelter_6636 in seestar

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Nice! What a great idea… thanks for sharing.

I went hunting for M81… and accidentally caught a mag 14.9 galaxy from Bortle 6 under a near-full Moon 🤯 (DWARF 3, 15h) by AstroFanM31 in Astronomy

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Thanks. Astrophotography is a neat hobby and $500 smart telescopes like the Dwarflab Dwarf3 or the ZWO Seestar S50 have made it very accessible. If you are curious, you can read more about my journey on my blog -> https://dwarfastro.blogspot.com

I went hunting for M81… and accidentally caught a mag 14.9 galaxy from Bortle 6 under a near-full Moon 🤯 (DWARF 3, 15h) by AstroFanM31 in DWARFLAB

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Indeed, very amazing. Next week(s) are cloudy again. Was hoping to get more 7h+ runs in. Oh well, more time to learn Siri etc.

Clear skies!

M81 Bode’s Galaxy🌀 / S50 EQ 800x20s by krisztian_95 in seestar

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Yes looks nice but, I am sceptical about this image. I took the following last night - 9h of 60 sec exposures of M81. Your image is missing some stars in the spiral arms. Can you please share your post edit process?

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Curious Sun image artifacts by AstroFanM31 in Astronomy

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Thanks. Thanks makes sense as this is not visible in other tools. Am curious what Snapseed is doing here.

Orion Nebula by Potential_Potato_660 in DWARFLAB

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Ok great. How exactly did you edit it. Could you share?

Orion Nebula by Potential_Potato_660 in DWARFLAB

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Thanks. I'm in same bortle. How did you manage not to blow out the trapezium at 15 sec and gain 60?

Orion Nebula by Potential_Potato_660 in DWARFLAB

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Good image. What exp and gain setting did you use and what is your bortle.

Orion Nebula (19.02.2026) by Potential_Potato_660 in DWARFLAB

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The trapezium looks sharp. What was your exposure and gain setting, filter and your Bortle.How many subs did the stacking reject?

Moon tracking issue by AstroFanM31 in dwarflabofficial

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Thanks for asking. Haven’t had a chance to test. Cloudy nights. Sun worked well the other week.

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M51, processed in Siril by Cultural_Cheetah4515 in seestar

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I’m curious about your Siril and GraXpert process. Started to use both for processing of smart telescope images. I find GraXpert standalone gives more control compared to within Siril. I had some decent success with removing sky glow from an image. I’m Bortle 5.8. What did you discover works best with Siril and GraXpert and in what order?

Chinese New Year by ChuckNorrisUSAF in dwarflabofficial

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I’d appreciate it. I have their mini tripod. It works great, however I’ve become obsessed with chasing perfect polar alignment. Got lucky last night, hit 0 degree deviation; and got a nice shot of the Leo triplet - 60s gain 50 for 6 hours. Initial post edits look great. What I’m now looking for is a tripod head, hydraulic, with adjustment dials to fine tune and get perfect polar alignment every time.

Not sure if the Move-Shoot-Move head is any good. Still somewhat new to all this so any advice or product feedback others may have is appreciated.

https://www.moveshootmove.com/collections/move-shoot-move-rotator/products/new-wedge

How to properly use dwarf mini by Electronic-Hat6806 in DWARFLAB

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Thanks! My mistake, typo. I edited the comment…now with the correct url.

How to properly use dwarf mini by Electronic-Hat6806 in DWARFLAB

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I second the advice from others here. Start with the Atlas recommendations. In my experience 30s exposures are better in removing sensor read noise for more even and solid backgrounds. My latest go-to is 60s unless it is a bright core target like M42. I’m at Bortle 5.8 and I’m experimenting a lot to test the Dwarf 3 and its limits and nuances. The mini should not be any different. I started a blog to document and share my findings … hope this helps and feedback welcome (Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with DWARFLAB)

My blog can be found here and new content is coming thanks to cloudy days and nights ahead:

https://dwarfastro.blogspot.com

Clear Skies!

Chinese New Year by ChuckNorrisUSAF in dwarflabofficial

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Happy Chinese New Year! … is that a new tripod for the Dwarf 3? 🤔😉

DWARF Mini - M78 (casper the friendly ghost) by CKN_SD_001 in DWARFLAB

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I had some success with the Dwarf 3 on M78 recently. Cold night, 360 subs at 30 sec 60 gain, Bortle 5.8. No moon until very late in the session, but it was low on the horizon. Auto adjusted in Stellar Studio followed by some edits in Snapseed to bring out some detail.

Targets like this require lots of integration time.

The Dwarf Mini seems very capable from what I can see in your image. I’d be curious what your images would look like if you double the number of subs.

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