So another 2 weeks have passed which means that we have another
AP Processing challenge. And we are getting some fantastic data gifted to us just now. This week is another beauty!
This time we have Greg,
@AstroBee 's lovely lagoon and Triffid widefield. His original post is here
viewtopic.php?f=66&t=18746 so you can see what we have. Thanks Greg
Now, Greg has given us a full set of
HA, Lum, R, G and B so you can choose which of the various combinations work best. For anyone not yet comfortable combining channels keep reading because you are looked after too!
For anyone wanting to do PCC I got it to solve with
FL 424mm and Pixel size of 3.8 micron.
You will find the files here
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing
There are Files with each of Fits, 16b Tiff and 32b tiff - I've not done xisf this time but if anyone wants that just PM me.
Now, for anyone not sure about combining channels there is a Combined_RGB folder that has a single
RGB file which I combined in
PI. Thats going to look just like a
OSC/
DSLR image so have fun. that folder also has appropriately cropped
Ha and Lum files so if you want to try combiming one or both of those with the
RGB thats the files to use - they are all registered. If you are not sure how to do that, just ask on here and someone will give you pointers.
So, you know the drill;
Download what files you want and process in your software(s) of choice then post in this thread. The purpose of the
APP Challenge is to share techniques so we can all learn and grow in our abilities so please describe your process steps and any special tricks you used to get your result. If you have been finding something difficult to do with this data - tell us and hopefully someone will be able to help.
Please consider submitting some data of your own for future challenges. Just send me PM and I'll take it from there.
have fun
David.
Scope: Skywatcher Evostar 80ED (SW 0.85 FR/FF) on a SW NEQ6Pro
Guiding; SW Evoguide 50ED, ASI 120mm mini
Meade 8" LX200 GPS on wedge (Guided with a cheapo 50mm guidescope and a ZWO ASI 120mm mini)
Sharpstar 61EDPH II (with dedicated 0.8 reducer) with wiliam Optics 32mm uniguide
Camera: ASI2600MC pro. QHY 163M with ZWO 7nm NB filters, Canon EOS700D astro mod
Secondary mount: Skywatcher StarAdventurer
My Astrobin
https://www.astrobin.com/users/mackiedlm/