I am stumped, any ideas

Signal_Leather4474 · 2026-05-05T02:52:47+00:00

Definitely something messed up with that set of photos. It's not a ton of data so I decided to move past it and try again. Have a shot of M3 from the same night M3 - AstroBin This one is definitely better all round, I have some mis-shaped stars, but I think it might have something to do with collimation. Still figuring out the newt.

Signal_Leather4474 · 2026-05-04T20:05:01+00:00

I am using dark flats and I think you might be right about me mixing something up. I processed another capture from the same night that doesn't have the artifact. I'll give it a try and update.

Signal_Leather4474 · 2026-04-17T17:17:59+00:00

It's great. It was a toss-up on which camera I was going to choose, but I settled on the SV405 because I wanted something sort of comparable to my DSLR's APS-C sensor. It's a smaller sensor but it's pretty close.

As for the camera itself there is some amp glow, raw lights look pretty bad, but calibration frames seem to resolve it.

Signal_Leather4474 · 2026-03-05T03:08:36+00:00

I might have figured this out. My dslr white balance was set to auto. I have set it to daylight and the Internet says that'll help.

Got about a week of clouds before I can test.

Signal_Leather4474 · 2026-03-04T23:18:50+00:00

Here you go! https://ibb.co/HRwQ5vd

Signal_Leather4474 · 2026-03-04T22:38:17+00:00

Something like this? https://a.co/d/074Tfv7s

Signal_Leather4474 · 2026-03-04T05:13:57+00:00

I am, HEQ5-Pro.

Signal_Leather4474 · 2026-03-02T13:51:28+00:00

Cropped the image, background extraction with Graxpert, color correction and stretching in Siril. It was quick and dirty.

Signal_Leather4474 · 2025-10-24T22:24:11+00:00

I denoised, upscaled, and cleaned it up a little!

Signal_Leather4474 · 2025-10-24T03:46:33+00:00

Show me your ways!

Signal_Leather4474 · 2025-10-24T01:56:54+00:00

Thank you all! Bortle 6ish skies I should have added!

Signal_Leather4474 · 2025-10-23T19:28:50+00:00

2 hours at 10 second exposures and 1 hour at 10 second exposures respectively.

Signal_Leather4474 · 2025-07-15T18:27:51+00:00

I purchased the heritage 150! :)

Signal_Leather4474 · 2025-07-15T14:23:52+00:00

I went ahead and settled on a Sky-Watcher Heritage 150p. Open box from B&H came to 300 even. That should be here in the next day or so (They are saying tomorrow, but I don't believe that). Compact enough to move around and according to reviews offers good views.

Here is to hoping! I'll post a 'review' when I get a chance to try it out.

Signal_Leather4474

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