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I need a new laptop, recommendations?

Last post by SkyHiker « Mon Sep 14, 2020 2:01 am
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by John999R » Mon Sep 07, 2020 7:46 pm

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This couldn't have come at the worst time, but my 8-year-old laptop is failing and instead of trying to rejuvenate it, I'm considering a new model....

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If you are concerned about dew, battery life, and if this is just for taking images and scope control, consider a Raspberry Pi for $40 or so. Install...

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Mon Sep 14, 2020 2:01 am
Imaging the Helix Nebula - RGB?

Last post by starfield « Mon Sep 14, 2020 12:49 am
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by starfield » Sun Sep 13, 2020 11:03 pm

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I'll be heading out camping next week to central Nevada. While I'm out there I plan on shooting the Helix Nebula for the first time. I'll have...

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Thanks, Jim. Wild card will be the smoke from all the fires. But even worst case, 4 days spent camping beats 4 days working any day!

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Last post by starfield
Mon Sep 14, 2020 12:49 am
So You Think You're a Solar Imager???

Last post by Lowjiber « Sun Sep 13, 2020 1:16 pm
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by Lowjiber » Sat Dec 28, 2019 2:44 pm

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Please bear with me, I'm going somewhere with this...

Good, Better, Best...
Never let it rest...
Until the Good is Better...
And the Better is...

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Every time I get the blues about where I'm shooting the sun from I look at this site where one of the top ten in the world takes images...
BG...

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Last post by Lowjiber
Sun Sep 13, 2020 1:16 pm
AP Software Experiences

Last post by STEVE333 « Fri Sep 11, 2020 12:24 am
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by Ed217 » Sat Aug 29, 2020 12:41 pm
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I’ve been doing AP for about a year now. During that time I have gone through a couple of telescopes, eyepieces, and cameras. It's been a learning...

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To me, learning the user interface and the particulars for each piece of post-processing software is more difficult and more of a PITA than was my...
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Fri Sep 11, 2020 12:24 am
Continuing my Pixinsight Trial

Last post by umasscrew39 « Thu Sep 10, 2020 7:50 pm
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by Jockinireland » Thu Sep 03, 2020 2:48 pm

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As previously posted, I am trialling Pixinsight and working hard at understanding it. I think I have along way to go but feel like I may be making...

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Hi David

I also have been using PI for over a year. It does have a steep learning curve but you also realize as you move along that you don't need...

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Last post by umasscrew39
Thu Sep 10, 2020 7:50 pm
HDR Composition

Last post by STEVE333 « Wed Sep 09, 2020 9:37 pm
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by KathyNS » Sat Aug 22, 2020 4:44 pm

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I am trying to use HDR Composition on the data I have so far on NGC 6543, the Cat's Eye nebula. I have data stacked and registered for 30s Lum, 900s...

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Thanks, Ram. I didn't know about GHDRC. I tried it, but it didn't produce good results with my data. It lost all the faint details. It looks like,...

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Last post by STEVE333
Wed Sep 09, 2020 9:37 pm
dealing with MW stars flooding an image of a nebula

Last post by STEVE333 « Sun Sep 06, 2020 5:03 pm
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by BABOafrica » Sun Sep 06, 2020 3:16 pm

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Stars EVERYWHERE.

I use a OSC mirrorless DSLR and StarTools. So for me this is the hardest part of capturing a nebula that is located in the MW.

I...

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That's an amazing improvement Joe. Well done.

Steve

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Sun Sep 06, 2020 5:03 pm
UV/IR cut filter with 294mc Pro

Last post by Star Dad « Thu Sep 03, 2020 1:39 pm
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by starfield » Tue Sep 01, 2020 3:37 am

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Quick question for you all. When I go out to a dark site I don't generally shoot with any filters. With the 294 mc pro, should I consider shooting...

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Great - thanks for the tip!

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Last post by Star Dad
Thu Sep 03, 2020 1:39 pm
Prom Processing Practice

Last post by Lowjiber « Wed Sep 02, 2020 11:43 am
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by Lowjiber » Mon Aug 31, 2020 12:55 pm

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I’m sure that most TSS solar-heads have seen the excellent images posted by member “solsearcher” (Mike). He has a long history with solar imaging… He...

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Not to beat a dead horse, but I'd like to mention why most solar-heads capture with monochrome cameras. Monochrome not only picks up more details,...

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Wed Sep 02, 2020 11:43 am
Darks Library

Last post by Graeme1858 « Wed Sep 02, 2020 4:55 am
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by Graeme1858 » Sun Aug 16, 2020 9:25 am
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A quick question if I may. Since my mount is knackered and there's thunderstorms forecast it occurred to me that it would be a good opportunity to...

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Well that's a relief!

Thanks for the link Jim.

The ZWO faq shows the same image under the amp glow heading:

Regards

Graeme
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Wed Sep 02, 2020 4:55 am
multiple night stacks

Last post by Star Dad « Sat Aug 29, 2020 3:40 pm
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by Star Dad » Fri Aug 28, 2020 4:07 pm

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I have images from several nights of the NGC7000 North American Nebula. The images are all rotated or meridian flipped and I've taken each night and...

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Ah! Excellent idea! Nebulosity does indeed have a ranking structure for quality of images. I'd completely forgotten that. Sheesh! :doh:

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Sat Aug 29, 2020 3:40 pm
What went wrong here?

Last post by yobbo89 « Fri Aug 28, 2020 7:37 pm
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by Larry 1969 » Thu Aug 27, 2020 2:21 pm

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Good day all!
I've been working on my West Veil and was excited to add another 5 hours or so to it the other night.
I went through each of my subs in...

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Here is what fwhm is , it's the measurement of a stars profile, measured by maximum intensity at half, then at that line half way its maximum width...

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Fri Aug 28, 2020 7:37 pm
CanonBandingReduction - do you use it? Why? Any issues?

Last post by STEVE333 « Mon Aug 24, 2020 3:13 pm
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by ram » Fri Aug 21, 2020 11:31 am

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I've been looking into the CanonBandingReduction script since I had a small fraction of my frames with serious banding but then when I applied it, it...

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And if I were doing LocalNormalization, do CBR and LN or LN and CBR? Thanks Steve!
--Ram

I don't use LN so can't help with this choice.

Steve

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Last post by STEVE333
Mon Aug 24, 2020 3:13 pm
Sharpening... Avoiding Pitfalls

Last post by Juno16 « Mon Aug 24, 2020 12:43 pm
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by Lowjiber » Sun Aug 23, 2020 4:33 pm

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Man!!! It's fun to sharpen... Huh? Those darn sharpening routines are fun and easy to use... Even a caveman can do it.:)

Regardless of how one goes...

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Really helpful writeup John! !

Applicable to all forms of photography.

Thanks

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Last post by Juno16
Mon Aug 24, 2020 12:43 pm
Solar Processing... Marryiing proms & surface

Last post by STEVE333 « Fri Aug 21, 2020 3:18 pm
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by Lowjiber » Thu Aug 20, 2020 6:07 pm

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Because of the difference in brightness between a prom and the surface, the two are shot as separate images and married together during processing. I...

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Looks very nice John - thanks for sharing.

Steve

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Fri Aug 21, 2020 3:18 pm
Batch application of the CanonBandingReduction Script

Last post by ram « Thu Aug 20, 2020 11:36 am
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by ram » Thu Aug 20, 2020 10:55 am

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Does anyone know how one could go about applying the CanonBandingReduction script in a batched mode and then saving the converted files? I just need...

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Man, I should've thought about this before I posted. Okay, I figured it out and here are some precise instructions:

1. First you need ImageContainer...

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Last post by ram
Thu Aug 20, 2020 11:36 am
Processing partially cloudy frames for a faint target

Last post by ram « Sat Aug 15, 2020 6:00 am

by ram » Sat Aug 15, 2020 6:00 am

Normally I plow through clouds - if the night is partially clear, then I check all the frames at the end using blink and unless it looks egregious...

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Sat Aug 15, 2020 6:00 am
My Favorite Deconvolution Tutorial for PixInsight

Last post by STEVE333 « Fri Aug 14, 2020 3:40 am
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by STEVE333 » Thu Jul 16, 2020 1:57 am

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The link below is to my favorite Deconvolution tutorial. I find it easy to follow and it produces good results. Rather than selecting the PSF stars...

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Some good information, but, it almost put me to sleep. Sorry, just being honest.

However, I did appreciate his discussion of the Global dark and...

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Last post by STEVE333
Fri Aug 14, 2020 3:40 am
How do YOU process your L-Enhance OSC data

Last post by umasscrew39 « Thu Aug 13, 2020 9:30 pm
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by Jockinireland » Wed Aug 12, 2020 9:30 am

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The L-enhance filter is becoming widely used by OSC imagers and some great images are being produced. However, there seems to be many different ways...

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Hi David

I have been using the L-eNhance filter for a year with my OSC cameras. I do not use APP but PI instead. I have seen a few folks split out...

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Last post by umasscrew39
Thu Aug 13, 2020 9:30 pm
Camera Tilt??

Last post by STEVE333 « Thu Aug 13, 2020 6:16 am
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by umasscrew39 » Sun Aug 02, 2020 5:38 pm

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I've been using my OSC cameras on a Stellarvue 80mm which is piggybacked on my C11 in my observatory for 2 years. I usually do anywhere from 90s-5...

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Great news Bruce. Good job of detective work and problem solving.

Congratulations!!

Steve

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Last post by STEVE333
Thu Aug 13, 2020 6:16 am
Moonlight imaging - what did I do wrong?

Last post by yobbo89 « Wed Aug 12, 2020 7:19 am
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by ram » Tue Aug 04, 2020 5:25 pm

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Hi all, I was experimenting with some broadband imaging with the PowerMate at 2x and since I didn't want to waste nights, this was during a full...

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3nm narrowband is your best bett against lp during moon activity.

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Last post by yobbo89
Wed Aug 12, 2020 7:19 am
Quick edits of phone camera images.

Last post by STEVE333 « Fri Aug 07, 2020 3:53 pm
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by Gfamily » Wed Aug 05, 2020 7:54 pm

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A quick call out for people who want to take a quick image using their phone, but want to do a bit of brushing up of the image before sharing it....

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It certainly brings out a lot more detail. Thanks for sharing.

Steve

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Fri Aug 07, 2020 3:53 pm
"Busy" looking images revisited...

Last post by Larry 1969 « Sat Aug 01, 2020 2:38 pm
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by Larry 1969 » Thu Jul 30, 2020 11:24 pm

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Good evening all!

I had made a post about Busy looking images a little while back and decided to start a new thread about it.
I was off work today...

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Thanks, Larry yet to play with Startools I have the demo, just the time I lack. Seem to be a must take a look program.

StarTools is really great...

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Last post by Larry 1969
Sat Aug 01, 2020 2:38 pm
OSC is hard! Widefield is hard!

Last post by JayTee « Sat Aug 01, 2020 4:21 am
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by DEnc » Fri Jul 31, 2020 4:10 am

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How do you folks do it?

The main image is a cropped view of the Veil Nebula complex from an unmodified Canon EOS T3 with an EF-S 18-55mm lens, set...

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You could switch from SGP over to APT. APT gives you the ability to control Canon lens aperture setting. APT is also significantly less expensive...

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Last post by JayTee
Sat Aug 01, 2020 4:21 am
New Startools Alpha Version 1.7

Last post by Larry 1969 « Thu Jul 30, 2020 10:23 pm
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by Juno16 » Tue Jul 28, 2020 11:23 am

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Hi Startools users!

Just in case you aren’t aware, Ivo has released a new stable Startools version 1.6.399.

There is also an exciting new alpha...

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I literally just installed 1.6.399 yesterday...
I'm digging it so far and was just going to make a post about some new techniques I was trying.

Larry

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Last post by Larry 1969
Thu Jul 30, 2020 10:23 pm

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