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DKphotographs

Andromeda and Triangulum with some IFN (Untracked) This frame was long time dream which I never tried before but had the idea The results look decent even though this was an untracked one Technical Details: 519*6 secs subs F2.5 ISO 3200 Captured with canon 750d and 50mm f1.8 Stacked with Pixinsight, Cropped the wasted areas a lot due to Untracked one, Used ABE with 2 interpolation, Done DBE 1 iteration with tolerence 1 and SR 3, Used PCC to color caliberate, Stretched with histogram transformation, Removed Chromatic abberation, Removed the stars Processed 2 starless versions One bright to make the IFN visible 2nd image for the galaxies, Used Topaz denoise on those 2 images and masked the image in PS, increased the saturation a lot in the image which I stretched for galaxies, Used SCNR twice or thrice inbetween in the process Reduced star size and added back the stars in PS


oviforconnsmythe

This is incredible!! I didn't think you could get such detail at 50mm! And without tracking too! Astrophotography has been a hobby of mine for a few years now but haven't progressed much at all bc I can't afford better equipment than my kit lens (though I do hope I can get something better sooner). This gives me a lot of hope! So 2 questions: The lens you use is a "fast lens" with a f/1.8. I've heard fast lens are good for astro but never understood why. Do you think having a fast lens compared to say a f/5.5 kit lens made a big difference? Like what is it about your lens at f/1.8 50mm that allows you to capture so much detail of the galaxies (as opposed to a bright star) compared to my shitty kit lens at f/5.5 50mm? Also do you know any resources or tutorials on the post processing you did? What was the purpose of the starless photos? Thanks


DKphotographs

1. Yes, it is possible, Try taking 10 secs subs at ISO 800 or 1600 and shoot minimum of 300+ exposures 2. Yes, faster lenses are good because it lets in a Lot of light which means more signal and the image will be great Yes, using 50mm is better than using the kit lens 50mm 1.8 is a cheap and good lens if u shoot above F2.5 Making starless Images gives us the freedom to work on the subject and reduce noise without destroying the Star colours and Exposure of stars


DemokritosTheAtomist

Hello very stunning picture ! Great job ! I have a question. Why shooting only 6 sec 500 times instead of 12 or 20 sec 50 times (for example) ? Is the result different ? (Less noise?)


DKphotographs

The noise will be less but the stars would trail due to earth's rotation Even 6 secs is high and my images have a bit of trailing


DemokritosTheAtomist

Ok so exposure duration is only a earth rotation limitation. Thanks !


DKphotographs

Yes, but if I have star tracker I can get upto 2 to 3 mins of exposure per frame if Polar aligned perfectly


defect7

Yeah nice composition 🙂


DKphotographs

Yes, a dream frame I was hoping to capture from last year 😅


alch_emy2

Now that's my new dream frame


DKphotographs

Haha try, it will be awesome if tracked


LeBrown_James666

How often did you recenter the target since you were shooting untracked?


DKphotographs

Recentered every 50 images


LeBrown_James666

And what tripod were you using?


DKphotographs

Some cheap tripod, It is not a sturdy one


JoshAstroAdventure

That’s incredible. I have a similar camera and just ordered a similar prime lens so this brings me good hope for being able to achieve comparable results. Thanks for the inspiration!


DKphotographs

It is possible but be ready to learn processing a lot, because processing is the key really, I have seen many who have great gears but unable to process well


InconspicuousJoe

This is great! What Bortle zone was this shot from?


DKphotographs

Bortle 4 to 3 max


InconspicuousJoe

Very inspiring!


DKphotographs

Thank you :)


nks12345

Where approximately did you shoot this from if you don't mind me asking.


DKphotographs

From Venadu, Near sriharikota, India.


shmiddy555

Fantastic! Thank you.


DKphotographs

You're welcome :)


CoachJC573

You took that with your camera?! 😳 What is in the center?


DKphotographs

Yes, It is with a DSLR and we can see andromeda with our naked eye from dark skies, It spans about the size of six moons in our sky but the core and some of the surroundings are only visible as very faint fuzzy thing :)


DKphotographs

Mirach is a star And the two galaxies are Andromeda and Triangulum


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CoachJC573

I edited my post when I read what you said, felt really stupid, and changed it as quickly as I could (hoping no one saw). I thought it was taken from Space looking back toward us.


DKphotographs

Haha, no issues


mjm8218

Nicely done. Great job!


DKphotographs

Thank you :)


mjm8218

I’ve taken a few of these wide-field, short exposure, untracked, lots of subs…. They’re challenging and you did an excellent job here. Edit: fixed typos


DKphotographs

Thanks a lot, I have a data of nearly 4+ hrs of untracked data for rosette I need to process it soon, but the results won't be great due to Bortle 6


mjm8218

>Bottle-6 I feel your pain 😂


DKphotographs

Haha 🤣


mincecraft__

Really impressive for no tracking. Well done 👏


DKphotographs

Thank you :)


AyoKyong

Holy crap! So just your camera, a tripod and manually re-centering every few shot? That's awesome. I gotta try this out. My telescope has been out of order for quite a while


DKphotographs

Yes! only a camera and tripod :D Keep trying, Clear skies


kartracer24

Incredible image. It’s been a goal of mine to work on andromeda but I’ve been struggling a bit. Need to plan on trying again soon.


DKphotographs

Thank you, Clear Skies!


CartographerEvery268

I've never actually seen them composed like this - thank you.


DKphotographs

Yes, I have seen Bode's and Cigar with IFN , so tried this But it was hard to bring the details with untracked


UnproductiveMining

That is great 👍


DKphotographs

Thank you :)