AstroTripper2000
Polaris aka North Star
Shot during my first astrophotography session. Just wanted to see what I could get with 30 second exposures. And it looks like 30 seconds gives you stars at 10.4 mag (they are very faint, but still easily spotted on full size photo)
I messed up stacking a bit, used darks for different exposure, but despite that, it turned pretty well for a first try.
Camera: Sony Alpha DSLR-A200
Lens: Auto Reveunon 1.4/55 manual lens, M42 mount, stopped down to 5.6
Technique: Stack of dozens of 30 second exposures at ISO 800, 24 darks, no flats, no bias frames.
Software used: DeepSkyStacker for stacking, Krita for streching, levels, contrast and tweaks like that
Polaris aka North Star
Shot during my first astrophotography session. Just wanted to see what I could get with 30 second exposures. And it looks like 30 seconds gives you stars at 10.4 mag (they are very faint, but still easily spotted on full size photo)
I messed up stacking a bit, used darks for different exposure, but despite that, it turned pretty well for a first try.
Camera: Sony Alpha DSLR-A200
Lens: Auto Reveunon 1.4/55 manual lens, M42 mount, stopped down to 5.6
Technique: Stack of dozens of 30 second exposures at ISO 800, 24 darks, no flats, no bias frames.
Software used: DeepSkyStacker for stacking, Krita for streching, levels, contrast and tweaks like that