This is a test picture of the Orion Constellation's 'Belt'.
Equipment:-
1. A Alt-Az mount- Celestron 5 SE
2. Canon Rebel XSi (450D) with 300 mm zoom lens. (@ f 5.6) with LPF-2 filter removed.
Data:-
4 Light Frames @ ISO1600. Shutter speed 90s.
2 Dark Frames @ ISO1600. Shutter speed 60s.
The center of focus was Alnilam. But with some aggressive image processing, I could make flame nebula clearly visible. Also, a hint of Horsehead. This makes me optimistic about trying for the flame and horsehead as primary objects.
Clearly, I need more light frames, long and short exposures. Also, the noise can be reduced using dark frames of appropriate exposure times.
Overall, not a bad effort for a very cheap setup and short processing time.
Equipment:-
1. A Alt-Az mount- Celestron 5 SE
2. Canon Rebel XSi (450D) with 300 mm zoom lens. (@ f 5.6) with LPF-2 filter removed.
Data:-
4 Light Frames @ ISO1600. Shutter speed 90s.
2 Dark Frames @ ISO1600. Shutter speed 60s.
The center of focus was Alnilam. But with some aggressive image processing, I could make flame nebula clearly visible. Also, a hint of Horsehead. This makes me optimistic about trying for the flame and horsehead as primary objects.
Clearly, I need more light frames, long and short exposures. Also, the noise can be reduced using dark frames of appropriate exposure times.
Overall, not a bad effort for a very cheap setup and short processing time.
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