Hey everyone!

I’m really new to astrophotography. I’ve been interested in it for some time, but only started this winter. I know I have a lot to learn and many things to improve, but I wanted to share this since I’m pretty happy how it turned out. I probably messed up the colors a bit though

This is my first picture

As I said, I’m new to all this and I know it’s far from perfect, but I’m always open to learn new things and improve!

  • S4nvers@kbin.socialOP
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    1 year ago

    I took the picture on my Canon 60D camera its kit lens (18-135mm, f3.5-5.6)
    It was attached to a SkyWatcher Staradventurer 2i

    In total I took 139 lights with an exposure time of 30s at ISO 300 and around 30 bias, flats, and dark flats each

    All images were stacked in DeepSkyStacker and then edited in Photoshop

    I adjusted the levels so that the nebula became visible, after which I adjusted the color a bit.
    I then removed the stars using StarNetv2 to be able to edit the stars and the nebula seperately.
    I cut out the nebula so I could darken the surrounding sky again, since at that point it had become quite bright and then added the stars back in

    PS: I hope this is enough about the process. If I should edit/add anything let me know!