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[StargazerBob]

Dumbbell nebula taken from over the field where I live. Kempshott, Basingstoke. UK

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[sevenofnine]

Don't you just love the way you can plop a Seestar down and in a few minutes have a very nice snapshot of a DSO? Sometimes it just seems too easy 

 

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[StargazerBob]

Don't you just love the way you can plop a Seestar down and in a few minutes have a very nice snapshot of a DSO? Sometimes it just seems too easy 

 

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Nice picture I couldn’t get that green colour

[Astronotrip]

with Vespera 2:
 

[StargazerBob]

A great picture !

[sevenofnine]

It's nice to see what different smart scopes do on the same object 

[StargazerBob]

This was a target I wanted to try for a while - it’s really beautiful - I was hoping for a more green colour if I’m being honest but viewing wasn’t that great, about 70% but it was good enough for a try and what I got I am really happy with. This scopes potential never ceases to amaze me! 

[Digital Don]

This is direct from my Seestar S50.  It is just over 8 minutes of 10 second exposures with the filter, taken less than 50 miles from Chicago.  The only processing was resizing to fit the forum requirements. 

 

Don

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[StargazerBob]

This is direct from my Seestar S50.  It is just over 8 minutes of 10 second exposures with the filter, taken less than 50 miles from Chicago.  The only processing was resizing to fit the forum requirements. 

 

Don

Don

 

That is a wonderful picture 

[gtrin]

613 frames of 20 seconds

Bortle 6-7

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[StargazerBob]

613 frames of 20 seconds

Bortle 6-7

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Wonderful picture 

[Digital Don]

Don

 

That is a wonderful picture 

Thanks Bob!

 

Don

[StargazerBob]

Thanks Bob!

 

Don

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[jprideaux]

The only way to really do a good comparison between scopes for a target is to use all the scopes in the same night at the same place  for the same amount of integration time and processed the same.   Everything else is just anecdotal shots without knowing the variables.   Here is an anecdotal image of the Dumbbell nebula with the Origin  

 

M27 (dumbbell nebula) data collected with the Origin back on 07/15/2024. 

2 hour integration using Celestron nebula filter.  Bortle 7.  Post-processed using features form the following programs:

Siril - photometric color calibration

GraXpert - background extraction, deconvolution (both stars and image), denoise

Affinity Photo - levels stretch, separate stars from nebula, curves, more background extraction, more denoise

                      - used StarXterminator and Topaz denoise

                      - cropped

 

[StargazerBob]

The only way to really do a good comparison between scopes for a target is to use all the scopes in the same night at the same place  for the same amount of integration time and processed the same.   Everything else is just anecdotal shots without knowing the variables.   Here is an anecdotal image of the Dumbbell nebula with the Origin  

 

M27 (dumbbell nebula) data collected with the Origin back on 07/15/2024. 

2 hour integration using Celestron nebula filter.  Bortle 7.  Post-processed using features form the following programs:

Siril - photometric color calibration

GraXpert - background extraction, deconvolution (both stars and image), denoise

Affinity Photo - levels stretch, separate stars from nebula, curves, more background extraction, more denoise

                      - used StarXterminator and Topaz denoise

                      - cropped

 

Fabulous picture.