A few photos from this month of going ham at astro, tonight I want to take a stab at stitching photos for the moon so I can stack them and have maximal resolution

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[–] [S] 8 points 2 weeks ago* (6 children)

Moon photo is a stack of best 50% of like 330 photos and using 750mm newtonian on a equatorial mount.

Saturn photo is the same 750mm telescope but cropped in and not stacked (didn't realize how bright Saturn was for such a small object that was my problem with past tries of saturn)

3rd photo is pointed near draco trying to get a meteor earlier in the month, I got a few throughout the month, this one I think was like 3rd best of the meteor photos, this was taken with a old f1.8 50mm lens on my Fujifilm xs10 camera on a normal tripod.

And last picture is Orion of course, with the same lens and tripod, I didn't realize until trying this one that I had trouble getting images of nebulas with my telescope because even though it is f5 it is still not good enough to surface them very easily without significant stacking to reduce image noise, that is if it even shows up at all.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

    Nebula are VERY faint (Orion's is one of the brightest). Stacking is normal.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (4 children)

    well see, idk if i just need to stack more or something but even when i would stack like 600 photos together with long exposures i still wouldnt get anything on the telescope even on easier ones that should have been showing up, i did try some filters some other times but didnt really help, i think a significant issue with it is that im in a bortle 8 zone so its hard to get any interesting pictures at all to begin with.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    Bortle 8 is horrible; I'm not sure you'll be able to do much with that. Maybe around 5-6 you can get something with stacking.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 weeks ago*

    Yeah closest bortle 4 is a two hour drive away haha, I'm not even near a big city but there a bunch of big cities clustered where I am so the light bleed goes far.

    I was in a bortle 4 zone like a year or two ago visiting family and I was suprised to find out that you actually need a flashlight to walk around outside at night whereas here in bottle 8 you can see in foresty areas without flashlights and when the full moon is out it is downright bright outside, I'm on the Midwest of the us btw so not even near where you get low amounts of seasonal light shift.

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