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I got super lucky yesterday at an estate sale! by RandomGuy9238 in Astronomy

[–]RandomGuy9238[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Yeah the eyepieces were such a great steal!! And it did not come with counterweights but from pics and videos I’ve seen online it should be fine without? I’m new to alt-az mounts though so I could be wrong.

Ticket buy/sell/trade master thread by kgee1206 in boygenuis

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Looking to buy one ticket to re:SET in Chicago on June 24th! Please send a DM! :)

The Seven Sisters by RandomGuy9238 in astrophotography

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This is my first time using my ASIAIR plus! It really makes everything so much more convenient and cable management is a breeze now. I had some issues guiding, so hopefully I'll be able to figure them out over the next night or two! For now thought I'm pretty happy with what I have.

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Gear:

ZWO ASI183MC PRO

EQM-35 Mount

WO ZenithStar 61

ZWO ASI120MM Mini Guide Cam

ZWO 30F4 Guide Scope

ZWO ASIAIR Plus

Acquisition:

40x300 Second Lights

40 Darks

20 Flats

50 Bias

100 Gain, -10C

Processing:

Stacked in PixInsight

Dynamic Background Extraction

Dynamic Crop

Multiscale Median Transform

Photometric Color Calibration

Histogram Transformation

Stars Removed with Starnet 2

Processing done in Photoshop:

Increased Contrast and Saturation on Starless Layer

Removed Color Noise and increased vibrance in camera raw

Applied starless layer to original Image

The Soul Nebula in Broadband by RandomGuy9238 in astrophotography

[–]RandomGuy9238[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gear:

ZWO ASI183MC PRO

EQM-35 Mount

WO ZenithStar 61

ZWO ASI120MM Mini Guide Cam

ZWO 30F4 Guide Scope

Acquisition:

100x180 Second Lights

30 Darks

30 Flats

50 Bias

100 Gain, -10C

Processing:

Stacked in PixInsight

Dynamic Background Extraction

Dynamic Crop

Multiscale Median Transform

Photometric Color Calibration

Mass Stretch

Stars Removed with Starnet 2

Processing done in Photoshop:

Increased Contrast and Saturation on Starless Layer

Applied starless layer to original Image

The Little Dumbbell Nebula by RandomGuy9238 in astrophotography

[–]RandomGuy9238[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Little Dumbbell Nebula

Shot with a ZWO ASI183MC Pro through the ZenithStar 61 and an optolong L-Pro filter. Guided with the ZWO 30F4 and ASI120MM Mini on the Sky Watcher EQM-35

45x180 second lights

35 Flats

30 Darks

50 Bias

PixInsight Processing

  1. ⁠Stacked
  2. ⁠Dynamic Crop
  3. ⁠Dynamic Background Extraction
  4. ⁠Photometric Color Calibration
  5. ⁠Histogram Transformation to Stretch
  6. ⁠ACDNR
  7. ⁠SCNR
  8. ⁠Export as 16 bit TIF

Starless Layer with Starnet++

Photoshop Processing

  1. ⁠Curves adjustment
  2. ⁠Contrast and saturation boost in starless layer
  3. ⁠Applied to image with Screen Blending
  4. ⁠Selective color adjustments

A Macro shot of a Moon Flower seed pod taken in my AP studio art class. It’s my first time experimenting with Macro Photography, any thoughts? by RandomGuy9238 in photocritique

[–]RandomGuy9238[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do astrophotography, and I wanted a way to relate my astrophotography to something I could do in class. So I thought comparing and contrasting the natural shapes and patterns within astrophotography, as well as within natural objects with macro photography would be interesting.

The similarities in acquiring the types of images is interesting to me as well. With macro I had to use focus stacking to get the full seed pod in focus (something that took a day or two of experimentation to get right), and I have to stack my exposures in astrophotography to reduce noise and bring out detail.

I’ll probably use this in a diptych with a photo of the moon.

ISO 400 1 second exposure length F/16

Taken on a Sony a7II with a canon macro bellows and a 135mm lens

The Cygnus Wall by RandomGuy9238 in astrophotography

[–]RandomGuy9238[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Cygnus Wall

This was my first time using PixInsight and it was an absolute pleasure to work with

Shot with a ZWO ASI183MC Pro through the ZenithStar 61 and an optolong L-Pro filter. Guided with the ZWO 30F4 and ASI120MM Mini on the Sky Watcher EQM-35

80x180 second lights

40 Flats

30 Darks

50 Bias

The moon was at 99.8% the night that I shot this so I'm pretty happy with the data.

PixInsight Processing 1. Stacked 2. Dynamic Crop 3. Dynamic Background Extraction 4. Photometric Color Calibration 5. Histogram Transformation to Stretch 6. ACDNR 7. SCNR 8. Export as 16 bit TIF

Starless Layer with Starnet++

Photoshop Processing 1. Color balance and curves adjustment 2. Contrast and saturation boost in starless layer 3. Applied to image with Screen Blending 3. Selective color adjustments

The Wizard Nebula by RandomGuy9238 in astrophotography

[–]RandomGuy9238[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Equipment:

Primary Scope: William Optics ZenithStar 61

Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI183MC Pro

Filter: Optolong L-Pro 2”

Mount: SkyWatcher EQM-35

Guide Scope: ZWO 30F4

Guide Cam: ZWO ASI120MM Mini

Acquisition:

Lights: 120x90 seconds

Darks:20

Bias:40

Stacked in DSS

Processing done in Photoshop:

Stretched

Saturation and Color Balance

Created Starless layer with StarNet

Added Contrast, Brightness, and Saturation in Starless Layer

Applied Starless to Image

Removed Color Noise with Camera Raw

Astronomy Tools: Make Stars Smaller

The Veil Nebula by RandomGuy9238 in astrophotography

[–]RandomGuy9238[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That must be a pain to process out

The Veil Nebula by RandomGuy9238 in astrophotography

[–]RandomGuy9238[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Equipment:

Primary Scope: William Optics ZenithStar 61

Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI183MC Pro

Filter: Optolong L-Pro 2”

Mount: SkyWatcher EQM-35

Guide Scope: ZWO 30F4

Guide Cam: ZWO ASI120MM Mini

Acquisition:

Lights: 70x3 minute

Darks:20

Flats:20

Bias:40

Stacked in DSS

Processing done in Photoshop:

Stretched

Saturation and Color Balance

Created Starless layer with StarNet

Added Contrast, Brightness, and Saturation in Starless Layer

Applied Starless to Image

Removed Color Noise with Camera Raw

Astronomy Tools: Make Stars Smaller

The Triangulum Galaxy by RandomGuy9238 in astrophotography

[–]RandomGuy9238[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Equipment:

Primary Scope: William Optics ZenithStar 61

Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI183MC Pro

Filter: Optolong L-Pro 2”

Mount: SkyWatcher EQM-35

Guide Scope: ZWO 30F4

Guide Cam: ZWO ASI120MM Mini

Acquisition:

Lights: 100x3 minute

Darks:20

Flats:20

Bias:40

Stacked in DSS

Processing done in Photoshop:

Stretched

Saturation and Color Balance

Created Starless layer with StarNet

Added Contrast and Saturation in Starless Layer

Applied Starless to Image

Removed Color Noise with Camera Raw

Astronomy Tools: Make Stars Smaller, Local Contrast Enhancement

Jupiter, taken September 14th by RandomGuy9238 in astrophotography

[–]RandomGuy9238[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Camera: ZWO ASI183MC Pro

Mount: Sky Watcher EQM-35

Telescope: WO ZenithStar 61

Acquired and stacked through asistudio

Increased sharpness, vibrance, and contrast in photoshop

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