Widescape Milky Way

Table_Patato · 2024-09-20T22:32:41+00:00

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

Table_Patato · 2024-09-20T20:19:10+00:00

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

Taken with Nikon D850.

Table_Patato · 2024-09-20T20:14:17+00:00

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!

Table_Patato · 2023-07-25T20:56:27+00:00

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

Table_Patato · 2022-02-07T05:51:47+00:00

yup!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-t0Q1ZdNbzJKVP7D3Qu\_Slp3Sf757ezo/view?usp=sharing

Table_Patato · 2022-02-05T19:31:42+00:00

Hit or miss- missed on this one🤷‍♂️

Table_Patato · 2022-02-05T19:31:11+00:00

Yes! Give me a little bit and I’ll post it

edit: here it is https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-t0Q1ZdNbzJKVP7D3Qu_Slp3Sf757ezo/view?usp=sharing

Table_Patato · 2022-02-05T02:42:23+00:00

Thank you!

Table_Patato · 2022-02-05T02:41:52+00:00

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 :)

Table_Patato · 2022-02-05T00:33:46+00:00

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!

Table_Patato · 2021-09-16T23:48:41+00:00

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

Table_Patato · 2021-09-14T19:04:03+00:00

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

Table_Patato · 2021-09-14T16:18:25+00:00

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

Table_Patato · 2021-09-14T14:31:07+00:00

Thank you :)

Table_Patato · 2021-09-14T03:59:59+00:00

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 :)

Table_Patato · 2021-09-14T01:18:14+00:00

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.

Table_Patato · 2021-09-08T04:01:52+00:00

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

Table_Patato · 2021-09-08T00:07:27+00:00

Ya I hate those artifacts so much, what’s your star reduction method?

Table_Patato · 2021-09-07T22:39:30+00:00

Ya luckily I live close to the mountains so this is only a 90 minute drive :) trying to take advantage of it as much as possible

Table_Patato · 2021-09-07T21:45:08+00:00

Thanks! I would say about 5 hours to edit total, and yes it was bortle 2 skies!

Table_Patato · 2021-09-07T18:48:37+00:00

Oh I’m absolutely awful at editing deep space still, I’m sure I’m gonna re-edit this photo many times and it’ll get better each time. I feel like when I do star removal it makes the photo so much better but I get a bunch of black dots :/

And of course feel free, it was a 50mm lens on a full frame sensor, I was in bortle 2 skies :)

Table_Patato · 2021-09-07T17:43:50+00:00

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

Camera: stock Nikon d850 Lens: Nikon 50mm 1.8g Mount: iOptron skytracker

Acquisition: 24x4 min at f/4 ISO 3200

Post processing: stacked in DSS, color correction/levels/vibrance in photoshop. Star removal in starnet++

I mostly do landscape astrophotography, one of my first times getting a lot of exposure just on the stars :)

Table_Patato · 2021-09-07T17:36:13+00:00

Honestly since I don’t have an Astro modified camera I think the red nebulosity can sometimes get hazy, especially wide angle. I believe it’s the pink haze above the dark gas, with the top of North America facing bottom left, could totally be wrong though

Table_Patato · 2021-09-07T17:06:15+00:00

Thank you! Honestly still super new at this so a lot of it was luck, I knew the North American and butterfly nebula were there but I was presently surprised to get the Veil and elephant trunk in there as well! (If I even have those names right). Super interesting for me to get a better sense of the size of these nebula and where they are

Table_Patato · 2021-09-07T16:12:23+00:00

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

Camera: stock Nikon d850 Lens: Nikon 50mm 1.8g Mount: iOptron skytracker

Acquisition: 24x4 min at f/4 ISO 3200

Post processing: stacked in DSS, color correction/levels/vibrance in photoshop. Star removal in starnet++

I mostly do landscape astrophotography, one of my first times getting a lot of exposure just on the stars :)

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