Astrophotography Using "RAW" files, Still from My Backyard.

So far all the images on this blog are "SOOC" Straight out of camera jpeg files.
I've decided it's time to start using "Raw" files for my Astrophotography.

More to follow.

This is my first output.

Eta Carina and Nebulae

Radius: 230 Light Years

Distance: 8000 Light Years

Scope: Meade ETX 125

Imager: Fuji XT1 at Prime Focus

Mount: SkyWatcher EQ5 RA motor Drive

Stack of 28 x 25 sec asa 6400 Raw "subs"
3-3-2018

Converted to tif files, stacked with Hugin tools and 
post processed with "Rawtherapee"
All in 16bit, converted to an 8 bit jpg for Blog upload.

Tarantula Nebula

Distance: 160,000 Light years

 Meade ETX 125

Imager: Fuji XT1 at Prime Focus

Mount: SkyWatcher EQ5 RA motor Drive

Stack of 17 x 25 sec asa 6400 Raw "subs"
5-3-2018

Converted to tif files, stacked with Hugin tools and 
post processed with "Rawtherapee"
All in 16bit, converted to an 8 bit jpg for Blog upload.

Large Magellanic Cloud

Imager: Fuji XT1 
Lens: Takumar 300mm f4 at f5.6

Mount: SkyWatcher EQ5 RA motor Drive

Stack of 14 x 20 sec asa 3200 Raw "subs"
7-3-2018

M42 Orion Nebula

Imager: Fuji XT1 
Lens: Takumar 300mm f4 at f5.6

Mount: SkyWatcher EQ5 RA motor Drive

Stack of 18 x 30 sec asa 6400 Raw "subs"
Cropped
13-3-2018

Large Magellanic Cloud

Imager: Fuji XT1 
Lens: Takumar 200mm f4 at f5.6

Mount: SkyWatcher EQ5 RA motor Drive

Stack of 14 x 30 sec asa 3200 Raw "subs"
7-3-2018