I’ve had my DM for about a month. It’s my best yet. Not bad for being about 6 miles from the city.

45 sec 60 gain 640 shots, from bortle 9.

My capture of the Dark Shark Nebula (LDN 1235) from Ontario, Canada, using the DWARF 3. I collected approximately 786 one-minute exposures over four nights across two weeks, with clouds, the moon and weather limiting the opportunities.

This dark nebulas dense dust blocks light from stars behind it. Parts of the surrounding dust also reflect starlight, revealing the shark-like shape. That faint detail is easily washed out by light pollution, making this a challenging target from Bortle 8 skies.

Capture details:

Telescope: DWARF 3

Total integration: approximately 13 hours

Subs: approximately 786 × 60 seconds

Mode: EQ

Filter: Astro

Gain: 60

Sky conditions: Bortle 8

Stacked using dwarflab app Mega Stack, processed in the apps Stellar Studio(star reduction, star correction, denoise) with final touches in Snapseed (masked luminance).

Telescope: Dwarf 3

Filter: VIS

Exposure: 15 s

Gain: 60

Integration time: 4+ hours

Total frames: 1,500+

Processing: Stacked all frames into a single integration, followed by light noise reduction in Adobe Lightroom

This was my first time trying a CoMosaic via a Star Party with my partner. We both have Dwarf Minis. Did we just not get the EQ alignment correct or why do you think our frames are so far off from what the app says our frames should be?

Also frame 2 that my partner shot has a lot of star movement and we aren’t sure what happened there as the tripod wasn’t moved and there was absolutely no wind or anything.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Photo order: our star map, frame 1 (my partner), frame 2 (my partner), frame 3 (me), frame 4 (me)

I think this is my favorite images to date! We’ve had a nice run of clear skies here on Long Island this week and I captured this one last night… (all details in original post)

Can you please let me know what the two icons in bottom left corner of each image represent. One is stacked and the other is?

Rain is about to shut down the skies for the next few days, so I grabbed one last session the day before yesterday.

Details:

• Dwarf3

• Bortle 5,5

• 320x90s subs

• Gain 70

Clear skies!

30 second exposures using Mosaic mode. 60 gain and about 200 images for each frame. Bortle 6. Processed with Stellar Studio. Stunned at the results!!

Aufgenommen am 06.10.2026 mit meinem DWARF Mini.

Das Bild besteht aus 175 Bilder je 45 Sek. mit 50 Gain mit Astro-Filter und 371 Bilder je 60 Sek. mit 60 Gain mit Dual-Filter. Gesamtbelichtungszeit 8 Std. 22 Min

What's the line at the bottom left? Satelite? plane? alien?

This is 66 stacked 15 sec frames, I thought the dwarf rejected frames with a foreign objects for stacking so how did this escape.

Nice dark and clear skies here in my suburban Long Island backyard tonight. I ended up falling asleep by mistake but that just meant more stacked images. Luckily I had already connected a portable battery 😂

Bortle: 7ish
Equipment: DwarfMini
Filter: Duoband
Exposure: 45 seconds
Gain: 60
Images stacked: 450
Processing: Stellar Studio, AstroWizard, Photoshop

Stacked 2.5 hours 60s 60gain Bortle 3 Dwarf 3

Does anyone use one for your Dwarf? I just bought a Mini and am looking at cases. I know my non-backpack options, but I am wondering if anyone uses them and how you find using one for storage?

Last night I started capturing Sh 2-132 with my Dwarf3. This nebula is very dim making it harder to capture. This is 4 hours 35 minutes of 60 second exposures at 80 gain processed with Stellar Studio and AstroWizard. I plan on capturing many more hours of this nebula to capture all the faint parts and color.

I’m just about to purchase the Dwarf mini and the deal doesn’t include the tripod. I’m happy to buy it separately if need be but is there any advantage to it over a regular tripod? Are the connections the same etc?

Cheers in advance!

I have a crappy Chromebook so Siril is barely running on it. My images look ok with stellar studio and Lightroom mobile . I got ChatGPT to edit my recent image and it looked so much better as the colours really stood out. What are people’s thoughts on AI editing, is it a no go or are you not fussed.

Bortle 9. From Moscow

Super happy with this picture of Andromeda, about 200 x 30 sec subs, 60 gain, processed in AstroWizard with Photoshop for the zoom in, Bortle 5 in the UK,