#astronomy

** Second Revised Image** New Edit: This will almost certainly be my final update to this image. My new work flow was as follows: I took the original AVI (previously cropped and centered with PIPP) and stacked only 30% of the frames. I took the image to astrosurface and was really able to take...

Deep Sky Astrophotography on a Dob? You bet! Sort of. On rare occasions I have seen a 10 inch Newtonian or a C14 on a permanently installed EQ Mount. But by their nature Dob's operate exclusively on an alt-az axis, so very long exposures are not possible without star trails and other problems...

Jupiter remains a challenge for me, but I am continuing to work diligently to improve. Here I was able to get The Great Red Spot on one side, with it's closest Galilean Moon Io transiting across the other side. 12" Dob ASI224MC PIPP AutoStakkert Registax Photoshop Topaz DeNoise

I was encouraged to post this photo here on Focal World, so here it is, my first post! This photo arises from a long imaging session on the morning of August 19th, 2023. I took 40 minutes of video, stacked it, derotated it, and then made an exact copy but with the gamma turned wayyyyy up to...

The Triangulum Galaxy (M33) from Bortle5/6 skies east of San Diego, CA. Equipment: iOptron CEM40 mount SkyWatcher Esprit 100 ASI2600MC-Pro imaging camera ASI290MM-mini guide camers (on OAG) Pegasus FocusCube2 Captured with NINA Processed with Pixinsight Lights: 87 x 240sec (rejected 34 of 121)...