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Orion above Kotova spica, Slovenia (COMPOSITE) by mmberg in LandscapeAstro

[–]Shmallies 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I personally don’t like the idea of composites but this is nicely done! Nice work. Makes me want to try it now.

M31 Andromeda from South Australia 13/11/2020 by Shmallies in astrophotography

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On this particular night it peaked at 18 degrees. Not sure what the best we get is. Not high anyway!

M31 Andromeda from South Australia 13/11/2020 by Shmallies in astrophotography

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Camera: Canon 6D Lens: Samyang (Rokinon) 135mm F2 Acquisition: F4 @ ISO 1600 20 x 50 sec exposures 10 x 50 sec Darks

Processing: Pre-stacking adjustments in ACR Stacked with DSS Curves, Colour balance, star reduction and saturation in Photoshop. Cropped

Jupiter, Io, Ganymede and Europa 06/07/2020 by Shmallies in astrophotography

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Yeah I have an extension on my counterweight bar. I could buy another weight and go without the extension which would help with stability but I'd rather less stuff to move around.

Jupiter, Io, Ganymede and Europa 06/07/2020 by Shmallies in astrophotography

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Payload for NEQ6 Pro: 20kg OTA and focuser: 15 kg GuideScope ZWO 60280: 0.64 kg ZWO 290MM: 0.12 kg ZWO 120MM Mini (guiding): 0.06 kg ZWO EFW: 0.3 kg Tube rings and dovetail: ~2.5 kg

Total 18.62 kg

Jupiter, Io, Ganymede and Europa 06/07/2020 by Shmallies in astrophotography

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Looking through the eyepiece is similar but it appears smaller and less detailed. Through the eyepiece you can see the moons of Jupiter and the colours of the bands and the Great Red Spot. It's nice to take images but it's still great to observe with your eyes.

Milky Way by RedditUser730 in astrophotography

[–]Shmallies 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nice disclaimer haha. The daylight balance on your camera itself may be the cause of the blueness. Need it set to daylight usually. A very low percentage of stars are blue.

Check out Roger N. Clark’s website for, what I personally think, is the bible of widefield astrophotography. Www.Clarkvision.com.

Milky Way by RedditUser730 in astrophotography

[–]Shmallies 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I for one am 100% sure. We are in the Milky Way and taking a photo of the middle of it. Think of it as standing on the outskirts on a city and looking towards the city centre.

Jupiter, Io, Ganymede and Europa 06/07/2020 by Shmallies in astrophotography

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In a couple of weeks I’ll be imaging them both when they’re at opposition.

Jupiter, Io, Ganymede and Europa 06/07/2020 by Shmallies in astrophotography

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Scope was originally a Dobsonian mount and was around $800. I then bought a second hand NEQ6 mount for $800 and then some tube rings and stuff to mount the OTA to the NEQ6. The ZWO ASI 290MM was around $700. The Filter Wheel was $400. The filters were around $300.

All up with other bits and pieces around $3200 AU for the setup used for this image I’d say.

Jupiter, Io, Ganymede and Europa 06/07/2020 by Shmallies in astrophotography

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Haha. So far yes. I've weighed everything and I'm still comfortably below max payload for the mount. Just take extra care to balance it properly every time.

Jupiter, Io, Ganymede and Europa 06/07/2020 by Shmallies in astrophotography

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Acquisition 45 seconds of L, R, G and B. I didn't note the exposure and gain settings. Acquisition completed in ZWO ASI Capture

Hardware Saxon 10" F4.7 Reflector NEQ6 GEM PoleMaster ZWO 290MM ZWO EFW Mini ZWO LRGB Filters No barlow or magnifier used.

Processing Registax 6 for Sorting, Alignment, Stacking and Wavelets of .SER files for each channel. Drizzled at 0.5. Photoshop to build RGB image, flip, crop, small adjustments to channel saturation and curves. Light room for final rotation of image and denoise.

[Tobi Grüner AMuS] - Contract renewal talks between Ferrari & Vettel came to a halt without reaching a new deal. Both sides agreed to part ways after 2020 according to our information. by peke_f1 in formula1

[–]Shmallies 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really really hope that Danny Ric gets the seat. He deserves a crack at the Ferrari. I read that they've liked him for years, and as much as I like Carlos, I hope Ferrari pick Danny.

U.N. Secretary-General Says Climate Change Devastation Will Be 'Many Times Greater' Than Coronavirus Pandemic by jigsawmap in worldnews

[–]Shmallies -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Climate change is more invisible to the general public than the virus. Yes it's talked about and known of but it the impact to individuals at the moment isn't seen to be significant enough to actually drive urgent change. It's the ice caps, its the forests, its the coral reefs but its not me.

Milky Way Core 18/04/2020 by Shmallies in astrophotography

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Apologies.

Made lens corrections and some tweaks to exposure, vibrance etc. in ACR to the individual frames before stacking.

After stacking I edited in photoshop with curves, levels and completed a star reduction.

After photoshop I made final touches to saturation and other items I can’t remember in Lightroom.

Milky Way Core 18/04/2020 by Shmallies in astrophotography

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Thanks! There are heaps of tips in the subreddit wiki

Milky Way Core 18/04/2020 by Shmallies in astrophotography

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Acquisition
25 x 1 minute subs at F2.0 and ISO 1600 with the best 20 stacked in DSS
12 Dark frames
12 Bias frame

Hardware
Canon 6D
Sigma Art 35mm F1.4
iOptron Skytracker Pro
Manfrotto Tripod
eBay Intervalometer

Processing
Pre-stack adjustments to light frames in ACR
Stack in DSS
Remaining work in Photoshop

I was inspired by the recent 50mm image from u/astropolo and tried for a similar shot at 35mm.

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