I don’t have the money nor the skill for a proper astrophotography set up. So I purchased a used S30 Pro at half price. This is a 70mim capture at 30 second subs, stacked using the Seestar app. The only post-processing I have done is ask Google Gemini to remove “half the stars” and I made the background a little darker. This was done with the standard tiny little tripod on a stool in bortle 5 skies. I am getting a tripod and a EQ mount soon too, but this was the 2nd ever attempt with the scope. It has a lot of potential!

  • IamSparticles@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    2 days ago

    The only post-processing I have done is ask Google Gemini to remove “half the stars”

    That’s not post-processing. You’ve basically asked the AI to generate a new image with fewer stars. It doesn’t know how to edit images, it can only generate new ones that look kind of like the original.

  • sbird@retrofed.comEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Why remove half the stars? More stars more better I say.

    Very jealous of the telescope though, and aside from the use of Gemini (why? Space is beautiful as it is I think), great image!

  • Zer0_F0x@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Awesome deal on that s30 pro, the end results it delivers are really good!

    You should try editing your images in a more “manual” way to bring out all the details.

    Use StarNet++ to remove all the stars, edit the galaxy on its own and then add the stars back in!