Did a session last night and got a great result of the Eta Carina Nebula. After months of cr@p weather and issues with polar aligning my mount... finally success <iframe src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/95752256@N03/13928699775/player/" width="1024" height="770" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/95752256@N03/13905702971/player/" width="1024" height="766" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe>
Wow!!! Great shot! and nice color rendition on it. I'd love to see a photo of your actual setup. I'm not sure what polar aligning means either ><
Polar Alignment will make your star gazing photos a lot easier to achieve with the correct equipment. Check this link http://www.astro-baby.com/simplepolar/simple_polar_alignment.htm
Darren I have a light pollution filter on the optical path. It makes a big difference imaging from a light polluted city such as the one I live in. Kwalsh I shot 10 lights and 10 darks at one minute each for both images. I used Deep Sky Stacker to stack then Nebulosity to adjust the levels then Photoshop to grade the colour.
