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Offline Jack16

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First attempt at a galaxy
« on: March 09, 2011, 08:41:01 PM »
M51 Whirlpool Galaxy

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Offline Buzzard7

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Re: First attempt at a galaxy
« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2011, 08:54:41 PM »
Nice shot.
Was there a light source on the right?
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Offline Jack16

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Re: First attempt at a galaxy
« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2011, 09:29:15 PM »
Most likely. I was in a friends backyard and the neighbor behind him has a bright motion sensor light. Of course they had to be outside and set it off. Lol.
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Re: First attempt at a galaxy
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2011, 01:55:20 AM »
How long of an exposure?
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Re: First attempt at a galaxy
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2011, 01:57:03 AM »
i'm guessing you used some kind of professional SLR?

you gotta tell me how you did that :O
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Re: First attempt at a galaxy
« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2011, 02:17:42 AM »
Quote from: Wildcat1 on March 10, 2011, 01:57:03 AM
i'm guessing you used some kind of professional SLR?

you gotta tell me how you did that :O

Really good astrophotography is actually done with dedicated sensors make just for the job.  You can link up an SLR to a telescope with good results, but the best results come from pretty big CCD sensors with lower resolution (like 6mp) and no anti-alias filter and even built in cooling on some..  Those big lower resolution sensors mean higher sensitivity to light with less noise.

I would love to get into astrophotography, I have done quite a few star-trails images by stacking 30s exposures in PS.  But to really get into it further with a nice telescope, mount, tracker and sensor = $$$$$ that I don't have right now.

Anyway, a very nice image for your first attempt, please do share what gear you used, I'm interested as well?

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Re: First attempt at a galaxy
« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2011, 05:47:47 AM »
Nice Pic Jack  :aok

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Re: First attempt at a galaxy
« Reply #7 on: March 10, 2011, 05:52:43 AM »
that is amazing, well done.

any info on what you used would be great.
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Re: First attempt at a galaxy
« Reply #8 on: March 10, 2011, 08:08:05 AM »
WOW!

Absolutely beautiful.


More please.   :)
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Re: First attempt at a galaxy
« Reply #9 on: March 10, 2011, 09:54:19 AM »
Thanks guys! :D

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Telescope: Meade LXD 10" Schmidt Newtonian
Exposure: 33 images x 30 seconds each @ 800 ISO

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Re: First attempt at a galaxy
« Reply #10 on: March 11, 2011, 03:13:20 PM »
Very cool, Im N of Quakertown, and grew up on Lake Nockamixon. Howdy Neighbor  :aok

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Re: First attempt at a galaxy
« Reply #11 on: March 11, 2011, 03:31:22 PM »
Quote from: Jack16 on March 09, 2011, 08:41:01 PM
M51 Whirlpool Galaxy

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Good job Jack.  Thats a tough target.

Is that amp glow on the left you think?  Have you tried some dark frame subtraction?

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Offline Jack16

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Re: First attempt at a galaxy
« Reply #12 on: March 11, 2011, 11:16:08 PM »
Quote from: mbailey on March 11, 2011, 03:13:20 PM
Very cool, Im N of Quakertown, and grew up on Lake Nockamixon. Howdy Neighbor  :aok

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Howdy!! :D

Quote from: AKWabbit on March 11, 2011, 03:31:22 PM
Good job Jack.  Thats a tough target.

Is that amp glow on the left you think?  Have you tried some dark frame subtraction?

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I stacked with that Deep Sky Stacker program and I did use darks. I tried editing the final .TIF file in photoshop this time using the channel mixer. I'm not sure if that glow was caused by the neighbor's motion sensor light or because it was the way I was using the channel mixer in PS.

Would you like to try messing with the JPS/RAW images again?

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Re: First attempt at a galaxy
« Reply #13 on: March 12, 2011, 12:11:31 AM »
Wow! That really puts things into perspective! Nice shot!
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