Welcome to !astrophotography!
We are Lemmy's dedicated astrophotography community!
If you want to see or post pictures of space taken by amateurs using amateur level equipment, this is the place for you!
Please read the rules before you post! It is your responsibility to be aware of current rules. Failure to be aware of current rules may result in your post being removed without warning at moderator discretion.
Astrophotography refers to images of astronomical objects or phenomena exclusively.
~~Images that show objects or people below the Kármán Line (100km) will be removed.~~ We won't be enforcing this rule for now, but as the community grows eventually we will split and have a separate space for just landscape astro.
Images must be an accurate representation of a real astronomical object.
Image posts can only be images that you have captured and processed yourself, or discussion about capturing and/or processing your own images.
Images acquired from public sources, professional observatories, or other professional services are not allowed.
If you have done a drastic alteration or reprocessing of a prior submission, you may repost your edit - but only after a minimum of one week has passed.
Image posts are to link directly to the image, not to landing pages, personal galleries, blogs, or professional sites. Link to these in the comments. (AstroBin and Imgur, are allowed)
Questions are welcome here for the time being.
Links to blogs, articles or external websites should be interesting and promote discussion about amateur astrophotography.
If your post is removed, try reposting with a different title. Don't hesitate to message the mods if you still have questions!
All submitted images must include acquisition and processing details as a top-level comment. All posts without this information may be given a warning, and if not updated will be removed.
This includes the telescope, mount, camera, accessories, and any other pieces of equipment you used to capture the image.
You must also include processing details, i.e. the programs you used and a general rundown of the workflow/processes you used within those programs. “Processed in Photoshop” is not enough.
Equipment:
Image:
Stacked using Siril and edited in GIMP
Any advice on how to get more color in?
How the F do you stack in Siril? All I can manage to do is fuck up my image lol
Question. If I'm using a seestar and the tutorial says to seperate darks, lights etc. do those all just go into light?
Actual sub-frames (pictures of the object you're capturing) go into the lights folder. Dark frames are calibration shots, usually taken with the lens covered, once the telescope has reached operating temp, and used to subtract sensor-noise from the stack. I don't know if Seestar offers a way to do those automatically. I actually don't know anything about Seestar and what they provide, but flats and bias frames for my Dwarf Mini were provided from the factory, and there's an option in the control app to capture dark frames.
If you don't have any of those things, you can get a script that does the stacking without them. Go to the "Get Scripts" menu and look for the OSC_Preprocessing_WithoutDBF script (or something like that). There are other scripts available out there, too, many made by the community. You might be able to find one that's dedicated to your telescope model. I suggest searching for people that have the same hardware as you and asking what they use.