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I started this project in january,i've had a long road doing it with many nights of only 1 hr of integration followed by clouds... my prior 6 panel m42 is mia ,ahh maybe next year ... summer is the worst here,hot nights and hot days and alot of sweating,the last time i had a good summer run was 3 years ago..
any how here it is, 22 hrs of data at 5 min exposures in two panels s,h,o .
Absolutely beautiful!!! I love this wider field view of these objects...they're awesome and you did a superb job of processing!! I wish I had data lined up for both so I could try to combine the two.....I've got individual but not aligned for mosaic purposes, so I guess I'll just be amazed by staring at yours!!! APOD Worthy!!
CS!!
Tom
Astrovetteman wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 7:55 pm
Absolutely beautiful!!! I love this wider field view of these objects...they're awesome and you did a superb job of processing!! I wish I had data lined up for both so I could try to combine the two.....I've got individual but not aligned for mosaic purposes, so I guess I'll just be amazed by staring at yours!!!
APOD Worthy!!
CS!!
Tom
cheers tom , appreciate it alot !, you're one of the top astrophotographer along with steve and many others here,i'm getting close but no just there yet , i have some more processing tools to learn.
scopes :gso/bintel f4 12"truss tube, bresser messier ar127s /skywatcher 10'' dob,meade 12'' f10 lx200 sct
cameras : asi 1600mm-c/asi1600mm-c,asi120mc,prostar lp guidecam, nikkon d60, sony a7,asi 290 mm
mounts : eq6 pro/eq8/mesu 200 v2
filters : 2'' astronomik lp/badder lrgb h-a,sII,oIII,h-b,Baader Solar Continuum, chroma 3nm ha,sii,oiii,nii,rgb,lowglow,uv/ir,Thousand Oaks Solar Filter,1.25'' #47 violet,pro planet 742 ir,pro planet 807 ir,pro planet 642 bp ir.
extras : skywatcher f4 aplanatic cc, Baader MPCC MKIII Coma Corrector,Orion Field Flattener,zwo 1.25''adc.starlight maxi 2" 9x filter wheel,tele vue 2x barlow .
Astrovetteman wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 7:55 pm
Absolutely beautiful!!! I love this wider field view of these objects...they're awesome and you did a superb job of processing!! I wish I had data lined up for both so I could try to combine the two.....I've got individual but not aligned for mosaic purposes, so I guess I'll just be amazed by staring at yours!!!
APOD Worthy!!
CS!!
Tom
cheers tom , appreciate it alot !, you're one of the top astrophotographer along with steve and many others here,i'm getting close but no just there yet , i have some more processing tools to learn.
Just curious, do you use Pixinsight? If you do, I would HIGHLY recommend you check out Adam Block's tutorials....I've made my way through "Fundamentals" (don't let the title influence you....it's wayyyyy deeper than just how to use PI) and I'm now into "Horizons". Those tutorials can REALLY make a difference in your processing.....this guy KNOWS what he's talking about!!
Thanks for the nice complement! My processing skills are a work in progress!
CS!!
Tom
yes i use pi, i have a steady routine , background extraction,star alighnment with distortion correction,gradiant merge mosiac,psf,deconvultion with starmask,ATrous Wavelet Transform,scnr removal,tvgdenoise,local histogram equalization.clone stamp for stacking errors ,mainly for seems on bright stars. that is about as complex as i go.. i need to learn pixel maths for the ha 3nm and nii 3nm cross over as those two filter pass a small percentage of data over eatchother because they are so close together on the spectrum.. this is a substraction equation
scopes :gso/bintel f4 12"truss tube, bresser messier ar127s /skywatcher 10'' dob,meade 12'' f10 lx200 sct
cameras : asi 1600mm-c/asi1600mm-c,asi120mc,prostar lp guidecam, nikkon d60, sony a7,asi 290 mm
mounts : eq6 pro/eq8/mesu 200 v2
filters : 2'' astronomik lp/badder lrgb h-a,sII,oIII,h-b,Baader Solar Continuum, chroma 3nm ha,sii,oiii,nii,rgb,lowglow,uv/ir,Thousand Oaks Solar Filter,1.25'' #47 violet,pro planet 742 ir,pro planet 807 ir,pro planet 642 bp ir.
extras : skywatcher f4 aplanatic cc, Baader MPCC MKIII Coma Corrector,Orion Field Flattener,zwo 1.25''adc.starlight maxi 2" 9x filter wheel,tele vue 2x barlow .
It looks, to me, like your workflow is very sound!! I too need to work on PixelMath...but like Barbie says "Math is hard!" Just thought I'd put a bug in your ear about tutorials, cause you're an excellent processor!! We can always get better!
CS!!
Tom
Scopes: Explore Scientific ED102 APO, Sharpstar 61 EDPH II APO, Samyang 135 F2 (still on the Nikon).
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro with Rowan Belt Mod
Stuff: ASI EAF Focus Motor (x2), ZWO OAG, ZWO 30 mm Guide Scope, ASI 220mm min, ASI 120mm mini, Stellarview 0.8 FR/FF, Sharpstar 0.8 FR/FF, Mele Overloock 3C.
Camera/Filters/Software: ASI 533 mc pro, ASI 120mm mini, ASI 220mm mini , IDAS LPS D-1, Optolong L-Enhance, ZWO UV/IR Cut, N.I.N.A., Green Swamp Server, PHD2, Adobe Photoshop CC, Pixinsight.
Dog and best bud: Jack
Sky: Bortle 6-7
My Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/users/Juno16/
It's more than just an excellent capture and excellent processing. It's just a spectacular object in the first place and you did it justice and then some.
Beautiful.
BABO
"In lumine tuo videbimus lumen."
Scopes: Stellarvue SV80 Raptor Carbon Fiber ED Doublet / Celestron SCT C8
Williams Optics 66mm APO / DIY 8" f/4 Newtonian astrograph / Nikon 180mm f/2.8
Mounts: Orion Atlas EQ-G / Celestron AVX / DIY mini-equatorial
Cameras: QHY163m / Fujifilm X-A1 (modded) / Fuji X-A2 (not modded) / Orion StarShoot Auto Guider
Filters: ZWO 7nm NB set / ZWO LRGB set / ZWO Dual Band / Astronomics UHC