u/Excalibur641

Just got started with this hobby and received my first successful images from the Meteor satellites the other day. I’m quite happy with the result since I didn’t expect to get much using a hand-tracked V dipole and a cheap LNA in my garden. The signal from Meteor M2-4 (2nd image) seemed noticeably better than from M2-3 (1st image) despite being a lower pass, though this may have just been due to a difference in nearby obstructions.

Pelican Nebula in the Hubble palette, stacked and processed in Siril.

1202x20s subs (6.7hrs total integration) shot with my S50 using the LP filter from Bortle 8.

769x20s subs (4.3 hrs total integration) shot with my S50 using the LP filter from Bortle 8 conditions.

For processing, I stacked the subs in Siril and then used the Veralux Alchemy script to create an HOO palette from the LP filter data.

1900x20s subs (10.6hrs integration) shot on my S50 from Bortle 8.

Quite happy with the colour difference between the galaxy core and the outer arms as I haven't previously had much success in picking this up in other targets.

Barred spiral galaxy M109 with satellite galaxies UGC 6969 (left of M109) and UGC 6923 (below and to the right).

1872x20s subs (10.4hrs total integration) shot on an S50 from Bortle 8. Stacked and processed in Siril.