SingAstro

Don't go in the car with your cousin.

Find someone else that knows how to remember where they parked.

I like it Weixing.

Even without all the reflection Nebula showing up it is a pleasing photo.

Well done : )

cataclysm wrote: Hi Dragon Man, you are right the guiding was not too precise, my GM8 mount was tax to the max, balancing the newtonian for imaging is a tricky business.

Still looks good to me.

A slight egg shape is preferable to star trails

A local kid got one of those cheapos as a christmas present last year and couldn't use it. He brought it to my place and after several hours af trying to make it work I gave up. The plastic lens looks like it had been melted and gave distorted images, the focuser fell out of the optical tube every t...

You have done very well indeed!
I like the 1st one a lot.

Not too excited about the false colour image, but many people like them.

Looking at yours stars I notice a slight egg shape to them. Did you have small guiding problems?

Keep up the great work : )

Well done, Boothee!!!!

If my 1st DSO images had come out as good as yours I would have thrown a party! LOL.

Yep, I agree about stacking more frames. The detail will pop out and the noise should vanish

Shawn, nice image. Looking at your pic I'd say you saw a large meteor (Fireball) or space junk re-entering. There is plenty of space junk floating around up there (actually millions of bits) and they occasionally fall to Earth. Yes, some may take a few minutes to dissappear from sight. To give you a...

eMinity, I'm sorry I can't help with which telescope you should start with as I am unfamiliar with your skies. I live with very dark skies in a small country town in Australia where BIG scopes are the choice. But consider whether you will need it for just visual or for Astrophotography. Not knowing ...

Wow, Meng Lee!!!!

Fantastic!!!!

Your focus is exact, and you have processed it beautifully. Contrast is great.

Congratulations on an outstanding image

Terrific work!!!!

Very rarely does anyone capture detail on Venus.

Congrats Meng Lee