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Stargeezer Smith<a href="https://astrodon.social/@kellylepo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@kellylepo</a> Must you use the online tool? I written my own software for reducing <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/MicroObservatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MicroObservatory</a> data.

Stargeezer Smith<a href="https://astrodon.social/@rsliva" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@rsliva</a> That's a spectacular <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/M31" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#M31</a> image. I envy you the equipment to take images like that. I envy you even the 5 inch refractor.I offer for your sense of humor my cheat image. I used the Harvard-Smithsonian <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/MicroObservatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MicroObservatory</a>, a system of a half dozen or so 6 inch Maksutov-Newtonian telescopes available to the public. I provided my own image reduction and stacking software to get this image.

Stargeezer Smith<a href="https://astronomy.city/@philo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@philo</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/@world_beauty" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@world_beauty</a> Nuts is right. I was able to use the Chili based <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/MicroObservatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MicroObservatory</a> to capture Omega Centauri also. I'd love to be able to observe it with one of my scopes, but that's unlikely to happen.

Stargeezer Smith<a href="https://universeodon.com/@world_beauty" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@world_beauty</a> Fantastic.Being in the northern hemisphere, I've never seen it. But I became aware of the <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/microobservatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#microobservatory</a> a couple of years ago. It's composed of a half dozen or so 6 inch Mak-newts, mostly in either Arizona or Massachusetts.For a time though one was in Chile, and I was able to process an image of 47 Tucanae taken with it. Cheating in a way, as it's not my telescope, but am public one.

Stargeezer Smith<a href="https://toot.wales/@photo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@photo</a> Clear atmosphere always helps. So from what I'm reading the objective lens is about 90mm in diameter? You did better than my <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/M42" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#M42</a> effort using the publicly available <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/MicroObservatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MicroObservatory</a> 6 inch Mak-Newts.<a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/StarGeezer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StarGeezer</a>

Stargeezer Smith<a href="https://universeodon.com/@world_beauty" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@world_beauty</a> Can you briefly describe the equipment used for that very good image? I used the publicly available <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/MicroObservatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MicroObservatory</a> to get this image of the <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/TrantulaNebula" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrantulaNebula</a>. They provide 6 inch Mak-Newts. I don't have equipment that can adequately do star photography, so occasionally I use the Micro Observatory. The raw images take some considerable processing, and I get enjoyment by providing my own <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#software</a> for that purpose.

Stargeezer Smith<a href="https://tacobelllabs.net/@ComradeRobot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ComradeRobot</a> That's a beautiful shot, especially being in color.Do tell me, is this cheating? Not having the proper equipment for serious <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/StarPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StarPhotography</a>, I make use of the publicly available <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/MicroObservatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MicroObservatory</a>. The Observatory makes available a half dozen 6" <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Mak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mak</a>-Newts from different locations. I can schedule and get raw b/w and R G B images. I then use software I've created to process and produce final results, like the <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Andromeda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Andromeda</a> photo below.

Stargeezer Smith<a href="https://mastodon.social/@DavidBflower" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@DavidBflower</a> That's a nice image. Was that a <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/piggyback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#piggyback</a>, maybe using a telephoto?Here's my best effort. Yeah, it's kind of another cheat, taken with the publicly available <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/MicroObservatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MicroObservatory</a>. More of these of these photos and my supporting logic is at <a href="https://afterdark-skies.blogspot.com/8p/microobservatory-photography.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://afterdark-skies.blogspot.com/8p/microobservatory-photography.html</a>

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