After many hours of reading, watching, listening and learning, I finally got my setup together and took some images from western New Mexico. All horizons were black and NELM was 7.4. This was my first attempt at faint fuzzy imaging and processing. Sometimes its better to be lucky than good as my first shot was my best data of 3 nights. I had a great teacher who helped me correct various problems I had throughout the sessions. Without his help I would have been cursing and throwing telescope parts into the night.
Thanks Jim Janusz!
Tak FS-102 on a GM8
ST 2000XM
guided with short tube 80 and ST4
Lum 10 X 10 min
Calibrated, Aligned, Summed in Maxim 4 (no flats)
Curves and Unsharp Mask in Photoshop CS
Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated. I think I oversharpened a bit and when I converted to JPEG I noticed grey areas throughout the image.
Thanks Jim Janusz!
Tak FS-102 on a GM8
ST 2000XM
guided with short tube 80 and ST4
Lum 10 X 10 min
Calibrated, Aligned, Summed in Maxim 4 (no flats)
Curves and Unsharp Mask in Photoshop CS
Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated. I think I oversharpened a bit and when I converted to JPEG I noticed grey areas throughout the image.
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