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First shot of Milkyway. Advice appreciated.

Started Oct 26, 2016 | Questions thread
oscarvdvelde Senior Member • Posts: 1,421
Re: First shot of Milkyway. Advice appreciated.
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Astrophotographer 10 wrote:

Use ISO6400. Shoot in RAW if you didn't already. LENR on.

The 2 streaks are meteors. They are quite common at a dark site. In a light polluted area you only see the very brightest ones but at a dark site you see the more minor ones and they happen quite frequently.

Greg.

Are you giving sarcastic advice now? Why ISO 6400? His shot is bright enough and it would only blow out bright stars and add noise. LENR takes out stuck pixels, but you can better take a dark frame (lens cap on) and subtract that if necessary.

Second, the streaks are straight without fade in/out, a tell-tale sign of satellites. The chances are much higher for satellites than meteors of this brightness at f/2.8!  They move slower and expose pixels more effectively.

The shot should be taken raw and as a starting point for editing, fix the white balance at daylight/sunny and then use RGB curves to balance the color. Less noise can only be had by using brighter apertures or by stacking (look for Sequator - it works even if a tracker was not used)

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