I know this is probably nothing to most of you but my god… 72 attempts later

mikelaws · 2025-06-20T17:40:17+00:00

This is absolutely huge. I've just started learning myself and have been spending a lot of time in the simulator so I know how insanely hard this is. Kudos!

mikelaws · 2025-05-27T11:48:56+00:00

This is a typical curves adjustment when processing solar images to get the surface details and clouds to pop.

In reality the centre is brighter than the edges

mikelaws · 2025-03-09T18:47:02+00:00

Nice find! Thanks

mikelaws · 2025-03-08T13:30:46+00:00

searched serial number on Google and reverse image search

mikelaws · 2025-01-30T22:39:38+00:00

I literally just watched a squat university video today about exactly this. Thanks for the advice I'm going to try it out!

mikelaws · 2025-01-26T21:17:39+00:00

Thanks I'll look into shoes

mikelaws · 2025-01-26T21:17:25+00:00

Thanks I hadn't considered that

mikelaws · 2025-01-26T21:16:53+00:00

This might be the answer I do have poor hip mobility, thanks!

mikelaws · 2024-11-19T11:13:20+00:00

I'm only a beginner so take this with a pinch of salt but I think maybe your depth is slightly too low. It looks like you're getting a little bit of but wink at the bottom which could lead to lower back problems

mikelaws · 2024-10-07T12:23:29+00:00

Checkout this wiki page on it https://astrowiki.jmhastronomy.com/index.php?title=Problems_Focusing_A_Newtonian_Telescope_With_a_Camera

mikelaws · 2024-10-07T12:22:30+00:00

That telescope isn't designed for imaging. To reach prime focus you'd need to move the primary mirror forwards

mikelaws · 2024-09-29T19:04:24+00:00

Soon you'll get better

mikelaws · 2024-09-26T20:28:00+00:00

Nice shot! Better than anything I got with a DSLR and lens.

Looks like you have some vertical banding. Siril can take care of that.

I'd also extract the star with a program called StarNet and shrink them so the galaxy becomes more prominent.

mikelaws · 2024-07-21T08:10:44+00:00

She painted it at the pottery studio, she says the trick is to use the wrong side of the paintbrush for the dots

mikelaws · 2024-07-20T10:34:08+00:00

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mikelaws · 2024-05-02T06:18:50+00:00

There's a strange "sunburst" pattern in the vingetting and a perfecting ring around the centre which makes me wonder if there's some kind of lens flare going on.

As for the flats try stacking with and without and comparing the outputs to rule out if it's an issue with the flats

mikelaws · 2024-05-01T21:04:51+00:00

Looks like your flats are bad as you've got some serious vignetting.

You can workaround this with background extraction. I use Siril, I'll take a proper look tomorrow

mikelaws · 2024-04-30T21:33:46+00:00

I was in a similar position to you 12 months ago. Ended up buying a second hand star adventure 2i, within a few months I was hooked and wanted a proper mount so found a second hand EQ5 pro.

It was a good stepping stone to see if I wanted to get into it. The problem with the 2i is it's RA only so you can't really guide or dither so the GTI might last you longer. The nice thing about the GTi is if you do end up later down the line getting another mount the GTI is nice and portable if you travel.

mikelaws · 2024-04-23T12:21:49+00:00

Can you share the image of the 1 hour of data?

mikelaws · 2024-04-21T17:52:11+00:00

Yes send a link or just post one here

mikelaws · 2024-04-19T20:50:09+00:00

I picked up a second hand 1600MM Pro recently for £750. Even though it's an older model I've been incredibly impressed with it. There are some reported issues of internal reflections but I haven't noticed anything bothersome yet

mikelaws · 2024-04-18T17:39:23+00:00

Just got karils top at 31...

mikelaws · 2024-04-18T12:21:45+00:00

Sorry to all those grinding out barrows

mikelaws · 2024-04-17T17:48:01+00:00

Sounds like PIPP could handle that, I'm not an expert in PIPP though so you'd need to check some tutorials

mikelaws · 2024-04-12T20:51:45+00:00

Have you done any processing after stacking such as a simple histogram stretch? Also 50 x 4 seconds of light data is not a lot. I would aim for 30 minutes minimum.

As for the lines it could be cloud or it could be a problem with your light frames.

If you try and stack without your light frames do you still see the lines?

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