M42, my first tracked astrophotograph (EdFromNH)

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M42, my first tracked astrophotograph

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M42, my first tracked astrophotograph

This was taken with the Benro Polaris Astro Edition. I was hoping it was a relatively cheap way into the hobby, and this was my first go with it.

Before this, I had only done some Milky Way time lapses. I greatly overestimated its capabilities and threw my Sony A9 and 200-600 on it. In theory this was within its capabilities, and was even shown in their marketing literature.

The app was awful and had very limited objects in the database. Even after following its GPS alignment routine it was usually very far off target. The limited target database only made this harder to deal with.

It was only capable of very short subs at this focal length. I ended up sending it back and investing in other gear. Knowing what I know now, maybe I should've stuck with it longer, or gotten a wider lens more suitable for its capabilities. However, I am very happy with the gear I have now.

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Description: For this revision I reprocessed the image by exporting the raw images using RawTherapee before stacking in Siril. I like the color better, although I probably could've pulled it out from the other image.

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RA (center)	05h34m54s.11
RA (top/left)	05h37m12s.57
RA (top/right)	05h29m37s.36
RA (bottom/right)	05h32m34s.52
RA (bottom/left)	05h40m10s.71

Dec (center)	-05°20′43″.4
Dec (top/left)	-04°06′01″.1
Dec (top/right)	-04°56′15″.6
Dec (bottom/right)	-06°35′55″.3
Dec (bottom/left)	-05°45′26″.1

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