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[Highnite]

Here is my 40 minute mosaic of the North America Nebula area. Basic S30 processing. Integration about 1 hr 15 min. EQ mode.  As I watch the images come onto my tablet, I notice that the noise on the first images are more noisy than the S50 as stated by reviews. Yet, the noise really reduces pretty well as it stacks. The AI denoise in the Seestars are pretty good at doing that. My Seestars have performed flawlessly for me.

 

Edited by Highnite, 26 June 2025 - 08:02 PM.

[BrickInTheSky]

Here is my 40 minute mosaic of the North American Nebula area. Basic S30 processing. Integration about 1 hr 15 min. EQ mode. As I watch the images come onto my tablet, I notice that the noise on the first images are more noisy than the S50 as stated by reviews. Yet, the noise really reduces pretty well as it stacks. The AI denoise in the Seestars are pretty good at doing that. My Seestars have performed flawlessly for me.

North American Nebula A .jpg

I did not know USA owns this nebula! Lol
It is ‘North America’, not ‘North American’…

Great image!

[Highnite]

I did not know USA owns this nebula! Lol
It is ‘North America’, not ‘North American’…

Great image!

I stand corrected.

[ensign]

I did not know USA owns this nebula! Lol
It is ‘North America’, not ‘North American’…

Great image!

I see that the Gulf of America is prominent.

 

[appiantiqua]

NGC 6823  &  Sh2-86   3h35mn of integration

 

Process Siril, Astrosurface, Seti Cosmic Clarity & Gimp

 

 

 

 

 

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Edited by appiantiqua, 06 July 2025 - 07:00 AM.

[rmcmast]

Eastern Veil with taken with my S30 on 7/3. 229 20 second sub exposures in EQ mode. Processed in PixInsight with some level adjustments in Lightroom. 

Click on image for full resolution and details. 

Edited by rmcmast, 07 July 2025 - 12:24 AM.

[DyDyMT]

Another one of those obscure dark(er) objects that I seem to get fixated on. Cosmic Question Mark NGC 7822 in Cephus.  12 hours of mosaic, a bit dark, but this is the best I can do at my current skill level.   Stacked 7 master fits and processed in PI.

 

click for  ????

 

[DyDyMT]

IC 5068 The Forsaken (by NA).  I'd given this a shot with the SS50, and was less than thrilled.  The 30 seemed to be a better fit for this, but I still didn't like the funkadelic reds. So, even though I haven't a clue what I'm doing with pallets, I dove in to SHO and swam around a bit for this.  Better result than just using curves. 6 hours of stacked fits, PI

 

click for the gallery view

Edited by DyDyMT, 12 July 2025 - 11:57 AM.

[ensign]

Just as I had hoped, I can snag objects that occupy more real estate in the night sky.  The S30 has fit the bill quite well so far.  Last night I captured M24 using framing only to reorient the frame to “landscape” and Windows 11 photo app to rotate.  Otherwise, straight from the S30.   Around 15 minutes of exposure, 10 seconds.

 

[ensign]

Another wide field - North America Nebula (NGC7000) and Pelican Nebula.  Mosaic 354 x 10 sec.  Minor tweaks in Windows and iPad photo apps. Otherwise straight from the S30.  There is a satellite trail that I will address once I get set up to stack Seestar mosaics in Siril.  From my Bortle 6 deck.

 

[ensign]

Finally, the Veil nebulae - East, West and Pickering’s Triangle.  304 x 10 seconds.  As with the NA Nebula, minor tweaks with Windows and iPad photo apps.  Once again, I expect much better results when I can use Siril to do my own stacking. But not bad for a 30mm smart scope! From my Bortle 6 deck.