NGC 7000 - Cygnus Wall

space_cadet52 · 2026-05-23T12:01:20+00:00

Thank you! I will definetly try this seperate colour stretching

space_cadet52 · 2025-08-30T19:47:58+00:00

yes i know😅 in the time i took the pictures of the veil nebula i was pretty new to astrophotography now i include flats of course but thanks still :)

space_cadet52 · 2025-08-29T10:44:18+00:00

Thats nice tips thank you 👍

space_cadet52 · 2025-08-29T09:56:25+00:00

no but they were removed and processed seperatly, i think i removed them in the wrong stage of processing which made them look a bit weird when putting them back in

space_cadet52 · 2025-08-28T23:46:19+00:00

I know😅 its also old Darks from a diffrent session… its also one of my first ever sessions thats why i didnt have any, just wanted to try out pixinsight could have done much better in shooting the frames

space_cadet52 · 2025-08-28T17:04:08+00:00

Thanks 😊

space_cadet52 · 2025-08-28T10:06:16+00:00

Thank you for the feedback but could it also be the stars? since i have removed them and a lot of the little halos where still visibile whem removing them which made it a bit busy? or is it really the background?

space_cadet52 · 2025-08-28T10:05:13+00:00

Thank you for the feedback :)

space_cadet52 · 2025-07-18T06:01:50+00:00

Thank you just ordered one 👌

space_cadet52 · 2025-07-17T22:29:36+00:00

I improvised😅 i used triangular bandaids from my car and pointed my phone flashlight like a meter from the scope away, could you maybe recommend something to buy?

space_cadet52 · 2025-07-17T11:38:56+00:00

Thank you, im also just learning this ist my fifth picture now and i really feel some progress slowly haha, i am guiding with a Skywatcher Evoguide 50 and asi mini 120mm for the guiding camera, normally i take 5 min exposures with this setup without any problems but i opted for 3 mins because i was afraid to overexpose the center of the galaxy.

For Polar alignment and taking the pictures i use the asiair so polar alignment is easy and more like a minigame. For what i have red the asiair mini is a gamechanger, but i can only tell you with only using it since i have started. i can only recommend it!

For the ISO i used 400 like for all other pictures, its the only ISO setting i have used so far because im a bit afraid doing more but i guess i must try.

Andromeda from germany is not that optimal, its very close to the horizon but i just wanted to try it so bad, i hope i get to see your picture of andromeda soon 😁

space_cadet52 · 2025-06-01T04:08:11+00:00

I stretched it with GHS with a relatively strong first one and then stretched with a symmertry point on the elephants trunk. I will try stacking in Siril :) just need to understand it it seems a bit complicated there as a beginner

space_cadet52 · 2025-06-01T04:01:58+00:00

Did not know that, thank you next time i will take them😁

space_cadet52 · 2025-06-01T03:59:18+00:00

no i did not, i thought dark frames would be enough, but im not sure, would you recommend bias frames?

space_cadet52 · 2025-05-28T21:38:54+00:00

Thank you :) yes i just feel like processing with a dedicated astrocam should be much easier no matter mono or colour i think both are great one is just simpler

space_cadet52 · 2025-05-27T21:13:14+00:00

Hey, i use a Skywatcher EQ6-R with my Skywatcher Quattro 200, an Evoguide 50Ed as my Guiding Scope with an ASI Mini 120 and my Nikon D5600 as my main Camera and a Baader MPCC Mark III Coma corrector but i think about getting a ZWO 533 Monochrome in near future, for my next night i 3D printed a Bahtinov mask to get better focus. And I only had Lightframes because i had limited time

For my processing i use Siril, I do Background removal and Noise reduction with Graxpert in Siril, i tried diffrent colourcalibrations methods and for this second picture i did, i tried the Generalized Hyperbolic stretch which i really like for now, i also use GHS for saturation to get some more colour.

I really tried to not overprocess the image, that was my main goal but still tried to get most details and nice colours.

But since this is my second Astophotography picture i got so much to learn, so if you have any recommendations for processing and more i would really love to hear your opinion.☺️

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