How to edit deep sky photos with VERY LITTLE DATA and a budget setup - Elephant's Trunk nebula

32 minutes of integration, Bortle 7 sky, f/5.6 telephoto lens and an entry level DSLR - that doesn't sound like a great setup for deep sky astrophotography but I managed to get the most of it and the result is pretty awesome. In this video I share the challenges I had to overcome and key moment in my editing workflow. Nebula photography with a cheap DSLR and lens without a telescope is possible! I'm also turning my dual narrowband data from a OSC camera with an Optolong L-eNhance into a Hubble palette beautiful golden and blue colors with PixInsight and Photoshop.

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► CHAPTERS:
0:00 Intro
0:52 Problems with focusing
3:25 Finding the Elephant's Trunk nebula
5:14 Simulating the framing in Stellarium
8:07 The gear I used
9:42 Post processing in PixInsight
14:22 Finishing touches in Photoshop
15:57 Final thoughts

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► Shout out to @lukomatico for an excellent OSC to Hubble palette PixInsight tutorial that I followed for this edit:    • How To Get Hubble Style Pictures From...  

► EZ Processing Suite for PixInsight (what I use for denoising): https://darkarchon.internet-box.ch:8443/

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