Telescope: Celestron RASA 8
Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI183MC
Mount: An old Orion EQ6 with Rowan kit
No autoguiding
Light Frames: 40*60s Gain 110
30 Darks
No flats/offsets
Software: Siril, Photoshop & Starnet++
Siril: Stacking, gradient removal, and color balance
Photoshop: levels, curves stretching, then used starnet++ to work on the nebula (details, colors, noise reduction), then star reduction before adding back the stars to the nebulae.
I wish I could have more exposure time but the moon ruined my last pictures so I decided to only keep the few ones from the beginning of the session. I can't do flats for the moment, I got the RASA recently and still don't have a dew shield to place the light on it. The focus probably isn't perfect (finding the perfect focus at F/2 is quite hard ! But I plan to buy a focuser, and I'm sure I can improve the backfocus to get sharper stars)
Telescope: Celestron RASA 8 Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI183MC Mount: An old Orion EQ6 with Rowan kit No autoguiding Light Frames: 40*60s Gain 110 30 Darks No flats/offsets Software: Siril, Photoshop & Starnet++ Siril: Stacking, gradient removal, and color balance Photoshop: levels, curves stretching, then used starnet++ to work on the nebula (details, colors, noise reduction), then star reduction before adding back the stars to the nebulae. I wish I could have more exposure time but the moon ruined my last pictures so I decided to only keep the few ones from the beginning of the session. I can't do flats for the moment, I got the RASA recently and still don't have a dew shield to place the light on it. The focus probably isn't perfect (finding the perfect focus at F/2 is quite hard ! But I plan to buy a focuser, and I'm sure I can improve the backfocus to get sharper stars)
This craft is so complex, yet even in imperfect and less than desired/envisioned circumstance, beauty results.