pzampella , there are many tutorials for processing on the internet, this is what i get processing your non processed jpg file: M51 (1).jpg after stacking in dss i wouldnt touch the image in that Programm, save it as a tiff or fit file and start processing somewhere else. everyone has his individua...

6179 I would like to know how should I pick the relation between ISO and exposition time. First, I tried with a 6400 ISO and 15s and it was too noisy when I processed it with PixInsight. Then, I tried a 800 ISO with 30s, but the result after processing it the galaxy is too faint. Instead of keep tr...

i dont know how hard it is to implement but, how about adding diffraction spikes for stars that can be toggled on and off? I think it would make the visual using the telescope mode much better also screenshots would look more amazing for deep sky objects. some examples: (screenshots from spaceengine...

5787 Are you getting vignetting from hooking up the camera to a telescope or do you get it with the lens too? its coming from the lens i guess because its a zoom lens. I dont use my telescope for astrophotography because i dont have a tracking mount but i use it for Luna and planetary photography. ...

5777 They are great- what kind of camera and lens and focal length did you use? I do wide field imaging and I find that I can do 13 sec exposures at 14mm (28mm equivalent) and still have round stars.  I use DSS for stacking and then a program called Sequator to remove light pollution.Did you know y...

I agree, very interesting pictures, and the double cluster is awesome. Thank you! Bambusman, oh, ok!  You're doing great.   Light pollution and lack of a mount are indeed a bummer, but it's amazing what you can do with what you have! Thank you! At least i can watch the sky while taking the images. :)

Watsisname , i should have mentioned it, all have been also stacked with 100+ darkframes 100+biasframes and 100+flatframes, only problem i have is the light pollution also i dont have a star tracker which limits my exposure time to 2sec maximum even then the stars are not really round which results...

First time doing astrophotography using stacking these were taken a few weeks ago. what do you think? Pleiades Cluster iso 1600 2sec exposure stacking of 140 lightframes. http://i.imgur.com/nHurFuN.jpg Orion nebula iso 1600 2sec exposure stacking of 110 lightframes. http://i.imgur.com/SQk6rEN.jpg Do...

Changed the front page,
thanks to Pluton, for that request, is it better now?

N0B0DY wrote:

It also worked for me! So did we lose abell 13 nebula?

good to know, no we did not lose abell 13 and tbh i dont know what exactly i did but it worked .

sorry for second post but here is the fix:
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it worked for me, can anyone test if it works?

N0B0DY,  there seems to be a problem with abell 13 causing a ctd.
thanks for reporting that! i will upload a fix soon.

well as SpaceEngineer said they still need alot of work,
but if its ready i will definitely work with it.

Btw a new nebulae engine upcoming in 0.981 and new ones will be much more detailed and beautiful. Donno if old nebulas will stay. Yes they are beautiful but they are procedurally generated, they  dont repressent real objects. whats the problem? right now you have more than 100 real nebulae and many...