Last glimpse of (wild) ducks.Posted By Gianluca Valentini |
Hi Charles,
I believe that your main problem here is not processing, but focus and guiding or lack of it. In my opinion the focus is a bit on the soft side.
Was your seeing really bad? 'Cause this would explain the difficulty in getting a good focus.
Were your subs unguided? I assume they must have been given the short duration.
If that is the case, and you were shooting at F10 with a good polar alignment, I believe that you should consider one of the 2 options:
(a) reduce the exposure time (not adviced since 1min is already quite short);
(b) start guiding your exposures (much better).
In fact your stars are a bit oblongated, but with a focal length of more than 4000mm (your 16" at F10) shooting unguided it is to be expected even with a SUPER mount
Ciao Charles
Luca
I believe that your main problem here is not processing, but focus and guiding or lack of it. In my opinion the focus is a bit on the soft side.
Was your seeing really bad? 'Cause this would explain the difficulty in getting a good focus.
Were your subs unguided? I assume they must have been given the short duration.
If that is the case, and you were shooting at F10 with a good polar alignment, I believe that you should consider one of the 2 options:
(a) reduce the exposure time (not adviced since 1min is already quite short);
(b) start guiding your exposures (much better).
In fact your stars are a bit oblongated, but with a focal length of more than 4000mm (your 16" at F10) shooting unguided it is to be expected even with a SUPER mount
Ciao Charles
Luca
