I was heavily into Astrophotography in the early stages of digital imaging and the dawn of DSLR imaging in the early 2000s. Now that the kids are grown and flown and I have a moderately dark sky (Bortle 4) at high altitude, I’ve decided to get back into it.
It’s interesting how much has changed and how little has changed, Telescopes haven’t progressed too much, although there are more that are Astrophotography oriented now. The cameras have advanced, but not a huge amount since I was using a Sony chipped Starlight Xpress camera before with it’s high QE and low read noise.
Mounts are a little more interesting, with the advent of the harmonic mounts. I decided on the IOptron HAE69EC, which can handle anything I throw at it, although it still has to prove itself vs. the AP and Tak mounts I used before.
The Software has come a long way, although Pixinsight is very awkward to learn and in many ways a little too powerful. My editing mantra was always to just enhance what was there, not to create content, and I’ll stick to that.
My first image here is with a wide field small ZWO FF65 refractor with 0.75x reducer. I imaged it in Sii, Oiii and Ha and use the SHO Hubble Palette.
Any feedback would be appreciated!
Regards,
Rick Krejci
Edited by rjkrejci, 15 June 2024 - 04:19 PM.
