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M42 Orion - DSLR Lens, JanD
M42 Orion - DSLR Lens
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M42 Orion - DSLR Lens

M42 Orion - DSLR Lens, JanD
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M42 Orion - DSLR Lens

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Nikon D7100 with a 70-210 f/f4-5.6 Zoom at 210mm. This is my first astro-photography. I used a parallactic mount (Orion SkyView Pro), but had troubles to properly align it to polaris. It had -15 °C this night and there was fog coming up, so I was maybe a bit impatient to start taking pictures and my hands were frozen. In the end I could not use more than 15" without getting trails. Nevertheless it summed up to around 15 minutes of exposure. Stacked with DSS and streched Adobe CC. Maybe I should use a smaller aperture to get rid of the trails in the lower left, I guess they origin from the lens not the guidance. The Image is cropped a bit. Also the stars look like there is a color problem, quite pink...

Nevertheless, I am quite happy with my first photo, but there is a lot room for improvement. I would be happy to hear some advise!

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M42 Orion - DSLR Lens, JanD