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NGC6823

Category:Deep Sky
Published:
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NGC6823NGC 6820NGC 6823
Resolution:
2940x2649 px
File size:
1290 KB

Technical information

Telescope/Lens
Sky-Watcher 130PDS
Camera
Canon EOS 550D (astro-modified)
Mount
Vixen GP-DX (OnStep)
Guide Scope
SVBONY SV106 50mm
Guide Camera
Zwo ASI662MC
Accessories
Meyon Coma Corrector 1x, SVBONY SV220 Dual-Band Ha 7nm OIII 7nm Filter
Software
DeepSkyStacker, GraXpert, Siril, Adobe Photoshop
Location
Волоколамск, Россия

Light pollution

Green, Bortle 4 zone

Date taken

Exposure

  • 24 × 300″ · ISO/Gain: 400 ·

Total exposure: 2 h 0 m

Comments

scuttum
Why is it so grainy and noisy? Maybe you shouldn't have taken 5-minute exposures, but rather more frames at a shorter exposure time? I also have a 550D, but it doesn't produce such grain in my photos.
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TimAstroReply to scuttum
Grainy because I forgot to turn on dithering here. Also, I realized that with an uncooled DSLR, it doesn't make sense to use exposures longer than 300 seconds, as the noise becomes overwhelming. Or you have to lower the ISO to 100.
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scuttumReply to TimAstro
And even 300 seconds is too much. Two minutes maximum. After that, the noise becomes so strong that nothing can remove it.
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TimAstroReply to scuttum
That's exactly why I want a new astro camera with cooling. I'm saving up for it.
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scuttumReply to TimAstro
The camera's advantage is a much larger sensor (about 4 times bigger) and autonomy.
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TimAstroReply to scuttum
Well, it depends on the astro camera. For example, the ZWO 2600 MC PRO actually has a slightly larger sensor. So the ZWO 533 MC PRO doesn't count.
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scuttumReply to TimAstro
That's true, but it also costs as much as a Boeing wing. :) For that money, you could buy 5 cameras.
Although, of course, the sensors in regular Canons aren't designed for astrophotography and deliver what they're capable of.
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