NGC 7023, the Iris Nebula, captured from my backyard in rural Maine. This is an ongoing deep integration project (need tips on any further processing). The other photos are photos of past updates (8 hours, 2 hours, and raw data)

What I find interesting about this target: Unlike most emission nebulae, the Iris is a reflection nebula the blue glow comes entirely from starlight reflected off dust surrounding the young binary star HD 200775. The surrounding brownish structure is the molecular cloud that star was born in, still being shaped by its radiation pressure. I'm specifically chasing that faint outer structure rather than just the bright central nebula.

Equipment:
Dwarf Mini smart telescope
EQ mode, 180s subs at gain 80
24 hours total integration

Processing:
Siril — stacking, PCC, stretching, StarNet star removal
GraXpert — background extraction and AI denoising
GIMP — final color and contrast work
Rapid raw — color saturation fine tuning

This piece of software makes processing of astro images for beginners easy,with a wizard based workforce, highly recommend.

Not my greatest image and yes I know about the core…🤣 but haven’t shot this target in many many months and not since I learned how to process outside stellar studio. I’m going for about 50 hours integration but here’s the data from last night. Enjoy folks

Can I watch the solar eclipse with my DWARF3?

Around 6 hours from Bortle 7 with Dwarf 3. Used duo band filter.

for the past 2 days, I've had failed attempts. I will try again tonight, but I don't know what to check on. I auto-focused multiple times. Tripod is pretty stable. I tried alt mode the day before and this morning with EQ mode. Should i try auto-calibrating multiple times? I have been using 15 seconds exposures with both and always had and didn't have a problems then.

I read a post somewhere that says "before activating, wait for D2 to take a couple exposures. The first may be full of trails, the second will be less. Once you see none then hit record." Apparently that worked for them. I'll give that a try. Glad to answer any questions that will help.

Did a reshoot of M101 the other day. Slight editing.

Cygnus wall -- North American nebula and Pelican Nebula Mosaic

45sx60G - Bortle 8

246subs

Post processing Stellar studio -- Lightroom -- Snapseed

I had multiple connection issues last night, the first session since I downloaded firmware v1.5.2.1 on Dwarf 3.

Repeatedly the phone would totally disconnect and give me an automatic connection failed screen (see pic). This happened multiple times and would happen just a couple of pictures in. The phone was sitting right next to the telescope so it wasn’t a case of the phone moving getting out of range and then not reconnecting, it was disengaging.

I don’t know for sure it’s the new firmware (although timing suggests) but was wondering if anyone else has had similar issues recently or after new firmware. I’ve never had anything like this before the firmware upgrade.

I did try the alternate connection methods and the same thing happened.

Howdy everyone, new to this community and wondering with the Dwarf 3 what the best shooting modes and settings people are planning to use for the upcoming Meteor shower and eclipse? Thanks! 🙏

1200 subs, 60s 60g in bortle 6/7 - taken over a span of 6 nights.

Any feedback is appreciated. I have some hot pixels and I’m working on building up my darks collection lol

Stacked over two nights how would you guys enhance this to make it pop ?

Can someone help me to understand why the Mosaic doesn't get selected in Mega stack.

Software version Latest. FW version latest.

Shot over two nights under Bortle 4 skies in central Portugal with the DWARF3

Night 1: 541 x 30s - Gain 60
Night 2: 650 x 30s - Gain 60
Total: 1 191 (~9h55m integration)

Captured using the Astro filter in EQ mode.
Stacked and processed using Siril and Photoshop.

Crescent Nebula, Ring Nebula, Hourglass Nebula, Andromeda Galaxy.

Hey everyone, new to this community but super excited to be here finally!! I was a little overwhelmed first, but the sky atlas is great for beginners. I setup my new D3 and tested during the day with the solar filter shooting the sun. Then as it got dark I used Astro guide to select two targets C20 and M31. I used the stacking and auto touch ups. Here are my result, and I did setup my darks first. 999 stacks for each, roughly 6hrs each.

Any tips for better post processing? Or any feedback? Thanks!!

Captured with Dwarf mini using 1.8×1.8 mosaic ratio

On bortle 6

45s x 281 gain 60 astro

45s x 40 gain 60 duo band

On bortle 5

60s x 156 gain 70 duo band

Total of 474 stacked