Planetary Photography

How to spot a comet from image?

Hello I recently captured comet 10p/tempel however I cant seem to find it in the image. Is there a way to find it in the image either by a trick or a tool?
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Deep Sky Photography

Smart astrophotography planner and Horizon Generator

Hub of the Astrophotographes : Easy Astrophotography Youtube guide : The smart planner Now in 6 languages : French, English, Spanish, Italian, Deutsch and Chinese. Hi everyone, You're familiar with the SSI Session Planner, which has over 7,200 sessions scheduled by astrophotographers worldwide (5,500 visitors). It now features a new, customizable horizon generator that can be exported in HRZ format. I wanted to share a tool I've been working on for months, built for the astrophotography community. Full transparency upfront: it's a recent project and the development is AI-assisted — but the tool is fully functional (over 6,500 planning sessions generated since early January) and completely free in its web version. StellarSkyImager Planner — SSI Session Planner --------------------- The concept You enter your observation site, your setup, and your session window. The planner returns a scored and ranked list of targets that are genuinely visible that night, from your exact location. Each target includes its precise position within its constellation, so you can find it quickly in the sky. Not a generic list — your list. --------------------- The scoring engine Each target receives a score calculated from a combination of factors: Altitude above your horizon during your session window — or better, above your custom horizon profile Moon phase, illumination and angular separation Your site's Bortle class, automatically retrieved from a sky quality grid (if data is missing for your location, you can enter your Bortle class manually) Framing quality relative to your actual field of view — focal length, sensor, pixel size, binning Surface brightness vs. light pollution interaction Spectrum / filter compatibility — in narrowband, objects that actually emit in Hα, OIII or SII are scored higher Weather forecast for your planned night This isn't "is the object above the horizon." It's "is it worth imaging tonight, with my gear, under my sky." --------------------- Planning features Sequential planning — build a complete session with targets ordered over time, exportable to NINA Multi-filter mode — plan a session across the same night, with and without moonlight using different filters Dobson guiding mode — designed for alt-az tracking with automatic field rotation management Interactive framing — move and rotate the framing of each target before export, to match your exact composition Altitude graph — visualize every target's trajectory across the full night Polar chart — sky map view of your planned session --------------------- Available catalogs Messier, NGC, IC, Arp (338 galaxies), Abell planetary nebulae, SNR, Sh2 and HASH — all integrated, all scored. --------------------- Horizon Generator Draw your real horizon profile directly in the tool, including a maximum ceiling altitude if you're imaging from a balcony or terrace. Export it as a .hrz file for NINA, or import it directly into the planner so every score and visibility window reflects your actual sky. SSI Horizon Generator : SSI Horizon Generator --------------------- Export When your plan is ready, export it to: NINA ASIAIR EKOS (testers needed) APT (testers needed) PDF — printable session sheet --------------------- Free, browser-based, no account required. Your configuration can be exported as JSON. Available in French, English, German, Spanish, Italian and Chinese (AI translation). The tool is young and development is ongoing. Community feedback is what will shape the roadmap. If you try it and find something broken or missing — I'm all ears. StellarSkyImager Planner: www.stellarskyimager.frSSI Session Planner
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Deep Sky Photography

Am I able to get closer views of an object on my S30 with just its tripod?or do I need an EQ tripod? or do I need to learn how to use an editing software?

I want to try to get more close up views of objects , how can I try or start doing it? These are my latest captures as an example. I like the aspect of seeing the object I'm looking for as the mainstream if that makes sense. Any information is gladly appreciated!
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users are targeting my work as AI generated ROFL!!!!?

EDIT: I got in touch with ZWO support, they were very reactive and my images were reinstated! Hi. Since I am here I have been very attentive about the usage of AI generation, when I see it, I automatically report it. Sometimes I left comment to educate other people that could take AI images as the real thing.. Now users are targeting me (as a petty vendetta I guess) for using generative AI and some of my images have been set to private.... I never used generative AI, please reach out to me if you would like the source XISF file of ANY of my images, I will be very happy to provide them... In the meantime I ask ZWO to either reinstate my images or I will leave this place to focus on Astrobin, meaning that this website will be closer to facebook / AI brainrot than a real astronomy website. Do not let idiocracy in!! Here are the images targeted so far : again, for each of these I have a Pixinsight project that I will be happy to submit for review :) you could go back each step and see exactly what i did. Also, the plate solving on this website catch plenty of stars in all of these images. Do not let the pitchforks and torches win
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Deep Sky Photography

How do i fix the error with overexposuring and error with not enough stars?

The option on seestar s30 to save each frame doesn't work and i'm stuck with enhancing images for at least half an hour
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Deep Sky Photography

为什么我的赤道仪会脱线?

900mm望远镜,之前5秒不脱线,现在一直脱线。空乘完美,没有绕线扯线,天顶区域,盲对极轴。
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I'll try to photograph some galaxy tonight.

Feel free to give me some tips, because i just got the seestar s30 and don't know much about the seestar app
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Planetary Photography

单反微单数码变焦拍行星。

直接拍视频压缩画质,拍照片内存帧率都不够,唯有数码放大拍视频画质最好
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Question List
1望远镜的目镜选择?
2如何在城市里(六级区)出摊打野拍深空?而且新购入的设备总价不超过一万?
3Pixinsight - is it worth it ? How is the learning curve ?
4Sun Guardian Badge - best tips?
5Help with the Moon Phase Tracker?
6What are y’all’s favorite deep sky objects?
7Sirius Warrior - new badge / new questions !?
8Who’s going to AstroCon2025 at Bryce Canyon?
Thought List
1格林威治中国获奖者专访图文第1期:薛飞
2whitch tools do you use in siril for processing?
33iatlas how can I see from Scotland next
4我有一个手搓的折反望远镜,口径117mm,焦距900mm,可以拍什么?
5Seestar S50 advert -fan made .......
6Lego made solar finder
7关于超级蓝月亮,全面的问题解答(Super Blue Moons: Your Questions Answered)
8Sirius Warrior Acquisition Group (SWAG)
9关于月食的一切,类型、图像以及发生的频率。
10Comparison of S30 v S50 Rosette Nebula