First time with Dwarf Mini

Jordan Marsh

Well-Known Member
I finally had a clear night yesterday so I had a chance to try out this cool little telescope. I shot a 2 panel mosaic for each and only had about an hour of data for each but was pretty happy with the results. I've never done any deep sky imaging so personally for me this was a win haha.

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JimFox

Moderator
Staff member
Hey Jordan,

I would say you scored! This is really great results for your first time out, and the results will only get better as you get more familiar with the processing of them.

The Heart looks great, Andromeda, I would suggest to mask the galaxy and push the Saturation a lot. :) That's what almost everyone does on that guy.
 

Jordan Marsh

Well-Known Member
Hey Jordan,

I would say you scored! This is really great results for your first time out, and the results will only get better as you get more familiar with the processing of them.

The Heart looks great, Andromeda, I would suggest to mask the galaxy and push the Saturation a lot. :) That's what almost everyone does on that guy.
Thanks for the advice Jim, yeah it’s a lot to learn. I’m still trying to figure out the software and the mega stack feature in the app for multiple nights. I got about 2 more hours on the Heart Nebula last night.

I’m going to try and stack the data in Siril and see how the results differ from the App. Having a good time so far though ☺
 

Mike Lewis

Staff Member
Those are impressive for sure with that little setup! All the more incredible for your first deep sky images. Most starting out do not get those kind of results to begin with :)

ML
 

JimFox

Moderator
Staff member
Hey Jordan,

I had to double check, so you got the Dwarf Mini? Not the Dwarf 3? It struck me because on FB they keep asking for Dwarf Mini PreOrders. If you got your Mini already, then someone should pull the PreOrder advertising.
 

Jordan Marsh

Well-Known Member
Those are impressive for sure with that little setup! All the more incredible for your first deep sky images. Most starting out do not get those kind of results to begin with :)

ML
Thanks Mike. Yeah I think this is a good learning telescope to play with. I'm still getting used to the Dwarf software and learning what it can and can't do, but for a beginner like me it's a great jumping off point. I'm learning Siril as well and then I'll try Pixinsight. It's a little overwhelming but I'll get there. I'm already understanding more than I was a week ago so progress I guess haha.

Hey Jordan,

I had to double check, so you got the Dwarf Mini? Not the Dwarf 3? It struck me because on FB they keep asking for Dwarf Mini PreOrders. If you got your Mini already, then someone should pull the PreOrder advertising.
Yeah I got the Mini about 2 weeks ago. It seems like when they run out of stock they are reopening a preorder for the next batch. I'm not sure why they're doing it that way. I got in on one of the last days of the first preorder and they were offering it at $50 off the price they have it at now.

I saw somebody had preordered it a day after I did and they're still waiting so I guess stock is limited and output is slow.
 
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