The Dark Shark Nebula
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The Dark Shark Nebula

About 3.5 hours integration time on my Seestar S30 Pro. This is a tricky target and I was reluctant to try it but happy with the image quality with such a short integration time! The Bortle 3 skies definitely helped!

u/Harz_marz — 6 days ago

The Tulip Nebula Sh2-101

Captured on my Redcat 51 and 585mc air, it is 2 hours 22 minutes of integration time.

I had a 95% moon which made it difficult but bortle 4 skies and my L-eXtreme filter helped.

Hope you like! If you want to follow my work, feel free to follow my Insta https://www.instagram.com/compositionsbyciaran 😊

u/Harz_marz — 15 days ago
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The Eastern Veil Nebula NGC 6992

Captured on my Redcat 51v3, ZWO 585mc air and used an L-extreme filter. Integration time of just over one hour in Bortle 5 skies before the clouds came in!

u/Harz_marz — 20 days ago
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NGC 6960 - The Western Veil Nebula

Recently upgraded from a Seestar S30 Pro to my first full rig:

585mc Air
William Optics Redcat 51 v3
AM3N

Approx 1 hour of 3 min subs, stacked and edited in Siril with the RC Astro tools.

Hope you all like!

u/Harz_marz — 1 month ago
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The Crescent Nebula NGC 6888

Captured on my Seestar S30 Pro, approx 5 hours of integration time in a mix of bortle 4 and 6 skies. Edited in Siril using RC Astro and Veralux Astro tools

u/Harz_marz — 2 months ago

The Propeller Nebula (Simeis 57 / DWB 111 & 119)

Captured on my Seestar S30 Pro with just over 2 hours of integration time from Bortle 4 skies.

u/Harz_marz — 2 months ago
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M31 Andromeda Galaxy

Recently have went from a Seestar S30 Pro to a full setup.

This is my first full Astro image taken on my new setup.

This was taken with a Redcat 51, AM3N and a 585mc air. Exposure was roughly 30 x 120secs. Hope you like!

u/Harz_marz — 2 months ago

Camera/filter drawer/scope spacing question

Hi all! I recently got the following gear:

585MC Air, William Optics Redcat 51 v3, EAF pro, SVBONY SV226 filter drawer for 2" filter.

I am having major problems achieving focus with this, both with and without the filter dropped in. I had it set up as follows from the scope to camera: Scope - filter drawer - 21L spacer - camera

Checking AI (which makes me dubious) it says that I need to remove the 16.5L spacer. Do you think this will help? I haven't had a chance to check this.

Is this the likely reason or could it be something else like a setting with the EAF?

It did work the first night I got it, before my filter drawer had arrived. I was using it as follows: Scope - 21L spacer - Camera

This makes me think that removing the spacer will make it all work?

Thanks!

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u/Harz_marz — 2 months ago

Solar eclipse video editing

Hi all! I am just curious how you all plan to edit your S50/30/30 Pro video footage of the solar eclipse next week? I typically only edit photos, using Siril and Lightroom. I am not so familiar with video editing so just curious how everyone does it. Ideally I want this to be free and have something that can stabilise my videos - suggestions welcome!

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u/Harz_marz — 2 months ago
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The Butterfly Nebula IC 1318 in the Sadr Region

Captured with my S30 Pro, 227 x 30 secs, stacked and processed with Siril using the RC Astro tools

u/Harz_marz — 3 months ago

S50 & S30 Pro bag/case

Hey! Recently purchased an S50 in addition to the S30 Pro I already had. I am just curious if anyone has any recommendations for a bag/case that will hold both securely? I suppose I can always keep them separate but it would be nice to keep them together if possible.

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u/Harz_marz — 4 months ago
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IC 5070 - The Pelican Nebula

Total integration time was 2 hours and 1 minute on my S30 Pro.

u/Harz_marz — 5 months ago
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Western Veil Nebula NGC 6960

Captured around 2.5 hours of integration for this target, edited in Siril and used the Veralux Alchemy script for the colours. Hope you like!

u/Harz_marz — 5 months ago

The Crescent Nebula - Seestar S30 Pro

Just over 2 hours of integration, stacked and processed in Siril and Lightroom. Hope you like!

u/Harz_marz — 5 months ago
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Iris Nebula NGC 7023

171 x 60 seconds, EQ mode.

u/Harz_marz — 5 months ago
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Updated image: The Bubble Nebula NGC 7635, 30 sec subs totalling 2.5 hours integration time.

Please see my last post in here to see the first edit, no idea what went wrong! I took the advice from people there and spent more time on tutorials to come up with this version of the image which I think looks far more pleasing and subtle. Would love to hear your thoughts now on the edit! Thanks to all those that helped before

u/Harz_marz — 5 months ago
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The Bubble Nebula, S30 Pro with 2.5 hours of integration time

I was shocked when I edited the stacked image in Siril that all of these colours were there. Does this look ok/normal?

I am also curious why my image preview in Siril always looks so blotchy and noisy, no matter what I do. But then when I save the file and open in Lightroom it looks a lot sharper? Makes it really difficult during the editing process! My workflow was:

Crop and BGE
Plate solved
CC Sharpen then CC Denoise
Remove stars
Veralux stretch (auto)
Veralux curves
Add in stars again
Minor tweaks in LR

Have I missed anything major? Feedback is helpful!

u/Harz_marz — 5 months ago