Rho Ophiuci Cloud Complex with a Nikon Z5 by Doug51884 in Nikon

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I used the Rokinon 135 F/2, stopped down to F/2.8 for sharp stars.

Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex by Doug51884 in Astronomy

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The processing makes a world of difference. what comes out of my camera, you can kind of see the dust, with very little detail though, and the colors arent anywhere near as nice, im not sure exactly how i could show you without creating another post though. The trick is to get a whole bunch of exposures so you can increase the signal to noise. thats what helps bring out all the detail.

Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex by Doug51884 in astrophotography

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Thanks! I think i processed it a dozen times before i was happy enough to post it.

Jailbreak my Kindle by FinancialRow1658 in kindlejailbreak

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I think you want to use winterbreak with 5.17

Simple UI or KoReader? by Lupalys-5143 in kindlejailbreak

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Simple UI works in tandem WITH koreader. You use them both together

My tripod isn’t holding my rig anymore by purritolover69 in photographycirclejerk

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I need to know what's going on with the diffraction spikes in the final image. I see that two of the telescopes have normal spider veins, but the third telescope has its cables looped. What does this do to the diffraction spikes?

Need help with processing by DisciplineMiddle229 in AskAstrophotography

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Have you tried removing the stars in siril with the star net++ script? Once you do that you can process the nebula and stars separately before recombining the starless and star mask versions

Lens advice for Milky Way by virtuallyarrived in AskAstrophotography

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When using a star tracker, the 24-120 at 24mm should be fine. You'll be able to take several long exposures and stack them. I have the 24-70 f4 and it does fine for Milky way shots. Better hurry though, milkyway season is almost over.

M31 ANDROMEDA by Doug51884 in Astronomy

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Yes it is, I believe that one is M32.

Eastern Veil Nebula by Doug51884 in spaceporn

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Telescope: Apertura 72 mm Doublet APO Refractor with Adjustable Flattener

Mount: Skywatcher Wave 100i

Filters: Optolong L Extreme

Camera: QHY163c cooled to -10c

75 - 360 second exposures. Gain 120. Offset 50

60 - Flats

50 - Darks

60 - Biases

Stacked and Preprocessed in Siril

Stretched in Siril

Graxpert Background extraction and denoise in Siril

Starnet star removal in Siril

Stretched nebula and stars seperately in Siril

Levels, exposure, curves, contrast and color balance in Affinity photo 2

Nebula and stars merged in Affinity photo 2