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Every image here was captured with a Seestar S50 and processed with Siril and GraXpert. Nothing else. This is what you can do too.

M 31 Galaxie d'Andromede, 502x30s - Seestar S50

M 78 Nebuleuse de Casper le gentil fantome, 1342x20s - Seestar S50

NGC 2238 Nebuleuse de la Rosette, 592x20s - Seestar S50

NGC 6729, 607x20s - Seestar S50

M 33 Galaxie du triangle, 279x20s - Seestar S50

M 8 et M 20, Nebuleuses Trifide et de la Lagune, 192x30s - Seestar S50

SH2-198 Nebuleuse du casque de Thor, 301x20s - Seestar S50

Soleil - Seestar S50

IC 4685, 806x10s - Seestar S50

M 17 Nebuleuse Omega, 970x20s - Seestar S50

M 16 Nebuleuse de l'aigle, 128x30s - Seestar S50

NGC 6188 Dragons d'Ara, 1398x30s - Seestar S50

M 7 Amas de Ptolemee, 7x30s - Seestar S50

NGC 1909, Nebuleuse de la tete de sorciere, 606x20s - Seestar S50

M 83 Galaxie du tourbillon, 328x110s - Seestar S50

M 104 Galaxie du sombrero, 204x60s - Seestar S50

NGC 7293 Nebuleuse de l'oeil de Dieu, 414x20s - Seestar S50

NGC 5128 Galaxie Centaurus A, 140x10s - Seestar S50

NGC 3293, 75x30s - Seestar S50

Alongside the Seestar, I also shoot with a different setup: an Askar 71F refractor, an ASI 585MC camera, and a harmonic mount. Here’s what it looks like.

IC 434, Nebuleuse de la tete de cheval et de la flamme, 119x300s - Askar 71F

M 42 Nebuleuse d'Orion, 43x300s - Askar 71F et ASI585MC

C 60 Galaxie des Antennes, 57x180s - Askar 71F et ASI585MC

IC 4604, 10x600s - Askar 71F et ASI585MC

M 83 Galaxie de l'Hydre, 6x600s - Askar 71F et ASI585MC

M 78 Nebuleuse de Casper le gentil fantome, 83x300s - Askar 71F et ASI585MC

NGC 2467 Nebuleuse de la tete de mort et des tibias, 33x300s - Askar 71F et ASI585MC

NGC 2237 Nebuleuse de la Rosette, 38x300s - Askar 71F et ASI585MC

NGC 2359 Nebuleuse du casque de Thor, 11x600s - Askar 71F et ASI585MC

NGC 2736 Nebuleuse du Crayon, 29x300s + 30x600s - Askar 71F et ASI585MC

NGC 3372 Nebuleuse de la Carene, 183x180s - Askar 71F et ASI585MC

Simpler than you’d expect

I spent my first night staring at a FITS file with no idea what to do with it. Since then I’ve figured out what actually works, and I share it all here.

Zero experience needed

I wrote everything with the words I’d have wanted to hear when I started. No jargon, no assumptions about what you already know.

From capture to final result

Preparing the session, picking a target, retrieving the files, processing them: every step has its pitfalls. I’ve hit them all. The fixes are here.

100% free and open source

Siril, GraXpert, Stellarium: free, actively maintained, and more than enough to produce genuinely beautiful images. No reason to spend on software.

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