My Update

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My Update

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Yeah yeah, I know, I don't post much, and it's been a while since I added any images. :mrgreen:

I have been concentrating on Live Video Astronomy for the last 12 or more years but I have just started back into Astrophotography and I had forgotten half of what I used to know :P

I recently purchased a Canon 450d which is a step up for me from my old 350d LOL!
So far my results aren't much better than my old 350d images, but I hope they improve. Here's some of my new images:
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Tarantula Nebula and surrounds in the Large Magellanic Cloud
3 x 120 second light frames stacked in Sequator
Processed in Photoshop CS5: (Exposure slightly raised, Black level reduced in Levels, and saturation lowered)
Focus was slightly out but I'm pretty happy with this first result :)
Tarantula-5-Feb-2021-processed (1).jpg
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This one took a bit longer because it is a composite in HDR made up of many differing exposure lengths to prevent burnout in the core:
M42 Orion Nebula
Exposures: 1x2 sec, 1 x 5 sec, 1 x 10 sec, 1 x 20 sec, 1 x 40 sec, 1 x 60 sec, 1 x 90 sec, 1 x 120 sec
Stacked in EasyHDR, processed in Photoshop CS5: (Contrast, Guassian Blur, Sharpen)
Still plenty of noise
M42-HDR-stack-5-Feb-2021 (1).jpg
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Carina Nebula (NGC3372)
4 x 60 seconds, stacked in Sequator, PhotoShop (Levels, sharpen, Crop)
in between bursts of cloud and a massively speeding Jetstream
Carina-done-9-Feb-2021 (1).jpg
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Gabriela Mistral Nebula and NGC 3293 Gem Cluster
8 x 80 seconds stacked in Sequator
PhotoShop: Levels, Saturation, Sharpen, Crop.
Gabriela-Mistral-Nebula-and-NGC3293 (1).jpg
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Sombrero Galaxy - M104
4 frames x 120 seconds (to keep it under 10 minutes total)
Needs to be captured again on a night without mist and bushfire smoke. It has really killed the detail.
Sombrero-12-Mar-21-Finished.jpg

More images Continued in the next post:

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Next is:
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Ringtail Galaxies (aka Antennae Galaxies)
I still need to brush up on my processing. I'm getting rusty :mryellow:
Ringtail-Galaxies-16-Mar-2021 (1).jpg
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and the last one for this post,
Centaurus 'A' Galaxy :D
Centaurus-A-16-March-2021 (1).jpg

Cheers,
Ken
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Nice photos, Ken :)
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Decent quality deep-sky pictures despite pretty short integration times. Well done!
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Good to see you back into astrophotography once again, Ken! Are these taken from your home observatory? Your sons must be so big now! take care.
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