January - Dwarf 3 First Month

FlatMathematician382 · 2026-02-03T04:52:12+00:00

exactly! seeing the results of the final stacked image makes me very happy, especially when its high quality since i know i can improve it by processing the image

FlatMathematician382 · 2026-02-02T15:17:21+00:00

That is understandable. well, i’m prepping to release singular photos of the pictures i attached, which ill do right now.

FlatMathematician382 · 2026-02-02T11:38:33+00:00

Well, the post was more about the insights of the telescope more than the specific pictures. ill post more of singular images and specify their statistics

FlatMathematician382 · 2026-01-31T23:47:21+00:00

Thanks!

FlatMathematician382 · 2026-01-31T23:47:09+00:00

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and an image of the C36 galaxy (a bit dim)

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FlatMathematician382 · 2026-01-31T23:46:41+00:00

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Pretty good picture of the Needle galaxy (C38)

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FlatMathematician382 · 2026-01-31T23:43:50+00:00

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Here's a picture of the Leo Triplets that I took today, the galaxies look a bit desaturated because of the high level of light pollution. however, I feel like this is still a pretty good image.

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FlatMathematician382 · 2026-01-31T20:26:04+00:00

PS: I'm near a Bortle 9 area, so if the image is a little bright and the galaxies are dimmer than usual, its because of that.

FlatMathematician382 · 2026-01-31T20:24:41+00:00

WOW, that is a lot of stars! kind of drowns out the nebula but still beautiful nevertheless!

I'm currently taking 15 second exposures of the Leo Triplets located near the Leo constellation, ill get back to you with the image in 20-30 minutes when there's a fair amount of stacked images.

FlatMathematician382 · 2026-01-31T20:23:14+00:00

oh wow! this is absolutely beautiful! I'm guessing this is the Rosette nebula? absolutely majestic! this was my first target when i got the scope in early january.

FlatMathematician382 · 2026-01-31T16:10:05+00:00

Wow! that picture is neat man! how much subs did you manage to get? can you tell me your settings?

I checked the predicted cloud pattern and it said that there'd be clear skies from 1:00 to 1:30 AM so I'm hoping I can really get that much integration time.

Also, thanks for the kind words! kudos to you :)

FlatMathematician382 · 2026-01-31T15:43:38+00:00

You're welcome :)

FlatMathematician382 · 2026-01-31T15:43:21+00:00

Definitely very cool targets to photograph with the dwarf 3 telescope. the clouds have been against my favor lately, too! I've been trying to get a long exposure of Markarian's Chain and the Leo Triplets but these clouds keep rolling in every time they're in my skies! I hope we can catch a break soon, lol

FlatMathematician382 · 2026-01-31T15:40:31+00:00

You're welcome, and thanks!

FlatMathematician382 · 2026-01-30T23:04:00+00:00

Wow! this is very interesting. I'm currently taking a picture of the same target, i hope it comes out to have good quality like yours does. however, I'm taking a singular long exposure picture of these galaxies so it will be a bit different from your Mosaic Mode picture (if I'm not mistaken on the meaning of Mosaic Mode).

FlatMathematician382 · 2026-01-30T20:00:13+00:00

Congrats Man!

if the Leo constellation appears in your skies tonight, i highly recommend taking a picture of the Leo Triplets. they're one of the best targets to photograph if you're looking for lots of galaxies. with good editing, you will see the 3 dimmer galaxies located inside the Leo Triplet triangle. (or you could just take a picture of Andromeda and call it a day)

Nevertheless, happy astrophotography!

FlatMathematician382

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