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by marty1776
Wed Oct 22, 2014 6:13 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: any help with this image
Replies: 4
Views: 6111

any help with this image

Andromeda. It's stacked already. Any help would be appreciated. I've messed with it for a while and not sure what I'm doing. Thank you!!

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/630 ... -21-14.fts
by marty1776
Tue Oct 14, 2014 10:41 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hello everyone
Replies: 14
Views: 17325

Re: Hello everyone

Okay, thanks!!
by marty1776
Sat Oct 11, 2014 10:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hello everyone
Replies: 14
Views: 17325

Re: Hello everyone

Here's another question, I was shooting the ring nebula one night and trying different ISO and shutter speeds(aperture the same as I didn't know how to use it yet). I was just trying to see what looked the best once I downloaded them. If you are shooting something, do you always use the same setting...
by marty1776
Sat Oct 11, 2014 10:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hello everyone
Replies: 14
Views: 17325

Re: Hello everyone

Okay, thanks. Yeah, no tracking or anything, just put the camera on top of my car and let her rip. I will try again.
by marty1776
Sat Oct 11, 2014 12:13 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hello everyone
Replies: 14
Views: 17325

Re: Hello everyone

Cool, that's a good idea. I've never used dropbox like that. Here are my two milky way photos I took. I was in a pretty dark spot, I honestly couldn't see to focus and they were 34-40 sec exposures. I'm lucky they are kind of focused, I learned better techniques now, also, there's a little trailing ...
by marty1776
Fri Oct 10, 2014 3:41 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hello everyone
Replies: 14
Views: 17325

Hello everyone

Hello, I am very new to astrophotograohy and wanted to ask a couple question I haven't been able to find the answers to. I am recording files in a raw format on my dslr. They run in the 25mb range. Is it normal for a 16bit tif to be a lot larger? It was tough to use in star tools due to size after s...