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Well tonight i selected a new target knowing that it was going to be a difficult target to shoot properly without any filters and unfortunately it didn't go quite as well as I hoped. But I guess i'll share since I guess i'm turning this thread into more of a "progress" and "learning" thread since if I only uploaded really good content this thread would be empty except for the first post. Unfortunately in this image i was shooting over a street lamp and it totally fucked me... but oh well heres...
The Rosette Nebula
40 x 1 minute exposures
ISO 1600
Lights, Darks, Flats, and Bias frames all stacked in DeepSkyStacker

I decided to spend a few more hours of editing and finished with this... still not happy... think i'm going to shelf the Orion Nebula since it's really only in the sky high enough to shoot for about an hour each night and start prepping for Andromeda, Heart and Soul Nebula, and if i end up getting another telescope in time possibly some smaller galaxies.
The Orion Nebula and the Running Man Nebula
ISO 800
3 Images stacked in DSS and processed in Photoshop.
*edit* Reprocessed the image and it looks 100x better now.

Wellp, I had kind of a rough two nights trying to get something spectacular with my new telescope and mount. Unfortunately my plans for both nights were kinda fucked over by the fact my dumb ass #1 couldn't figure out why i couldn't see shit through my polar scope and spent 3 hours pissed off and sweating outside taking a part and re-assembling my mount, and #2 i totally forgot we are in that weird transitional period of Nebula season and Galaxy season... so enough of my rambling here is probably the last photo of the Orion nebula for this year.
Images 3 (Because fucking tree got in the way)
Fuck you tree I hope you burn 😡

ISO 800
30 second exposures (1m30s total image time)
William Optics SpaceCat 51 Telescope
iOptron Smart EQ Pro+ mount
Canon Rebel EOS T3i DSLR
Unfortunately not enough time in Photoshop... looking at this photo pisses me off the longer i work on it since i spent about 6 hours on it now if you combine the time it took to get those 3 images and reducing noise, color balancing, and the annoying ass smudge on my telescope i some how got when focusing that i had to fix. BUT I am extremely excited about the stars being so round and pristine and the amount of nebula i was able to capture compared to my first attempts.

This is a mosaic taken by NASAs Hubble Telescope in one of the darkest patches of the night sky... every single thing you see in this photo is another galaxy except for a couple of stars.
 

Just a quick update... after cancelling our vacation due to coronavirus concerns I decided to put some of the money I saved towards my new found astrophotography hobby... I hope to be posting some truly stunning photos here soon for those who care I puchased a William Optics SpaceCat 51 APO Refractor.
Here is an example of the Orion Nebula (the object i have been photographing with just a camera and lense) through the SpaceCat51/RedCat51
Credit goes to Peter Zelinka for his photo of Orion and the Running Man/Horsehead Nebulae:
So excited!!!

 

Alright... so here is a more final image after a good amount of time in Photoshop trying to color correct, stack, and eventually major noise reduction. I'm a lot more proud of this one even though I still have a bit of star trailing (just can't be helped until i get a star tracker and better tripod)
 
The Orion Nebula
12 images stacked and processed (taken in class 6 skies on 3/14/2020)

This is one of the pictures i took after running it through Photoshop with very basic changes mostly to darken the back ground and brighten the stars and nebula a bit.

So I was surprised to even get this, obviously it's a horrible photo with the noise and lack of detail BUT i'd say it was a good first attempt in my opinion.

*EDIT* There has been some confusion as to which photos are mine and which are not so to help curb that confusion for those of you who don't read lmao.
RED post = These images are not taken by me and are either provided as an example for what is possible with the gear i'm buying or an object i have photographed and wanted to show what a higher quality image looks like. They will also be in Spoilers just to make sure people understand anything in red and in a spoiler IS NOT MY WORK IT IS SOMEONE ELSES!!!!
GREEN post = An image taken, edited, and posted by myself. I am not here to take credit for anyone else's images. I really just want to share the love of Astronomy with you all.
 
Looking to get in to Astrophotography in the near future and was wondering if i should take the time to post any really good pictures here on the forums or not? I personally don't like posting things that are super off-topic too often but maybe i can make a thread for myself and others to share. Also this wouldn't start like tomorrow or anything it would take some time for me to learn the camera and image stacking/post-processing to bring out the light since usually it's much too faint to see normally unless you have an amazingly clear night and perfect exposure times.
Here's an example of some wonderful Astrophotography done by AstroBackyard on Youtube after it's been stacked and processed:
Andromeda taken in Bortle 4 skies: 
Elephant's Trunk Nebula in Bortle 6 skies: 
 

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Reason: Moving to a new house, college, and taking a trip at the end of the month.