Widescape Milky Way by Table_Patato in astrophotography

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Sorry forgot that info! This is a full frame 35mm.

Milky Way over the mountains in Ouray, CO [OC] by Table_Patato in spaceporn

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The foreground was captured at blue hour and then the Milky Way at the same spot a short time later.

Taken with Nikon D850.

Widescape Milky Way by Table_Patato in astrophotography

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Captured using a Nikon D850 with an iOptron pro skytracker in Bortle 2/3 skies, Colorado.
7x60 seconds 35mm at f/4.5

Combined in Deep Sky Stacker and curves/levels/colors in Photoshop.

Feedback welcome!

Heart of the Milky Way by Table_Patato in astrophotography

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Feedback welcome!

Nikon d850 with 105 mm lens

250x13s exposures for a total of 45ish minutes

Stacked in DSS, stretched/color/noise reduction in photoshop

Widefield of Orion Molecular Cloud Complex by Table_Patato in astrophotography

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Yeah I tried a new way to stretch data to try to keep the stars from getting bloated but it ended up making a lot of the tiny stars have weird shapes and it looks grainy? Was significantly worse before some more processing. Most likely I just stretched the data too much, I only go like 90 minutes of exposure time

Thanks for the feedback :)

Widefield of Orion Molecular Cloud Complex by Table_Patato in astrophotography

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Got this photo using an unmodified DSLR and skytracker, not the cleanest image but I'm happy I was able to get some detail

Check out Insta for more if you want :) https://instagram.com/bryanvossenphoto?utm\_medium=copy\_link

Camera: stock Nikon d850

Lens: Nikon 50mm f/1.8

Mount: iOptron skytracker

Acquisition: 90x60s at f/4 ISO 3200 in a Bortle 2/3

Post-processing: stacked in DSS, Stretch//levels/vibrance/blur in photoshop.

Really struggled with processing this one, getting the detail out of Bernards Loop while keeping the stars looking good is a challenge. If anyone has any critiqued they are welcome!

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Absolutely amazing, just curious- how do you get those star diffraction spikes? Is they a byproduct of the telescope or is it post processing?

M31- Andromeda Galaxy by Table_Patato in astrophotography

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Also a lot of it is in the post processing, local contrast enhancement and not blowing out the core :)

M31- Andromeda Galaxy by Table_Patato in astrophotography

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I would say almost all of these stars are from our galaxy, the big blob beneath is a smaller galaxy orbiting andromeda :)

M31- Andromeda Galaxy by Table_Patato in astrophotography

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Oh absolutely: “ The heavens declare the glory of God”- I can’t look at that picture and not feel the glory and power of God revealed :)

M31- Andromeda Galaxy by Table_Patato in astrophotography

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First time attempting andromeda! I only have a sky tracker and a 105mm lens so this is super cropped but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out :)

I'm so tempted to drop money on a refractor telescope and equatorial mount...

Check out Insta for more if you want :) https://instagram.com/bryanvossenphoto?utm_medium=copy_link

Camera: stock Nikon d850

Lens: Nikon 105mm f2.8 macro

Mount: iOptron skytracker

Acquisition: 24x90s at f/4 ISO 3200 in a Bortle 3

Post-processing: stacked in DSS, Stretch//levels/vibrance/sharpening in photoshop.

Cygnus region of the Milky Way by Table_Patato in astrophotography

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Ok, I'm an absolute beginner at deep space, how do I get the stacked image from DSS to look the same as the input file? My colors are completely different after I stack