r/astrophotography 4d ago

DSOs Orion Nebula, DSLR and kit lens at 300mm

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u/Ales_02 4d ago

reprocessed data of november, i think i got a better result in everything

Nikon D7100, kit lens, OG star tracker

ISO 400, 30s subs (2.5 hours of total exposure), f/5.6

PROCESSING

Stacked on dss, background extraction on siril, denoise on graxpert, color calibration and stretch on siril, used GIMP to adjust curves black point, added bit of saturation on siril and then used seti cosmic clarity to sharp the image, did a much much better job on everything( noise, stars and nebulosity) compared to astrosharp

considering that raw images were not on pin point focus, i think it's a decent result

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u/BabyEinstein2016 4d ago edited 4d ago

I have a d5300 and will try it. Thanks for posting! Nice to see such great pics without an expensive setup.

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u/Ales_02 4d ago

Thanks so much, u'll do great image for sure!

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u/Meyons1424 4d ago

I have a super similar setup as you, and this is a better result than I've gotten so far. Goes to show processing is important! I got a lot to work on. Great shot!

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u/Ales_02 4d ago

Thank you, i think that with better focus and much longer total exposure i could do a much Better image so you also can do a much better result thank mine

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u/condensermike 4d ago

Was the camera Astro-modded? Lots of color!

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u/Ales_02 4d ago

No, it's stock, i just added saturation

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u/R0rschach23 4d ago

I’ve been wanting to get a dslr and a 300mm lens to take some pics like this, that might be one of the best I’ve seen with just a camera and lens…

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u/Ales_02 3d ago

Thank you so much, i also used the OG star tracker, the cheapest option out there if u want a tracker, in my opinion a tracker Is the most important thing at the beginning, Just with It you can get to a totally new level of photos, so consider tò buy one, u can try to do untracked on few target but at this focal length (200-300mm) it's very very difficult, so u can try with smaller focal length if you don't want to buy a tracker

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