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Just when you thought it couldn’t get any better, it just made a phenomenal leap ahead!
I just ran a quick comparison of an image I’ve been working on and not only is the faint detail better resolved, but the stars are also greatly improved.
I have some issues with CA on the brighter stars and the new BXT version significantly improved/removed the CA.
Check it out!
Jim
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/
I have just given it a go on some images withpoorcstarsxat corners and it is just incredible. Then I tried it on some data I have from my badly collimated SCT. And it is simply astonishing. The data was basically unusable as raw, made worse by the previous BX AI and is virtually pristine with AI4. I will post some comparisons later but this is simply an incredible, quantum leap forward.
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
Sorry, I am not favourable on these Xterminator solutions. Why cannot someone just post their code or pixel math online ? It is like someone saying: well F=Ma, please pay me 100 dollars for this formula ! I can surely find the solution to B.urXterminator from basic image processing and statistical methods from pre-existing processes, without paying for it !
When you go to a restaurant and order a steak, you are not just paying for the chunk of meat. You are paying for the preparer to make it "hopefully" perfect and cooked just as you ordered it.
Nobody is forcing you to buy any of the X products.
Tycho65 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 05, 2024 5:48 pm
I can surely find the solution to B.urXterminator from basic image processing and statistical methods from pre-existing processes, without paying for it!
Well Magnus,
You just solved how to get it for free, follow your own advice. If you have the time and the knowledge, I say go for it. And then, if you don't mind, could you share it with us.!
∞ Primary Scopes: #1: Celestron CPC1100 #2: 8" f/7.5 Dob #3: CR150HD f/8 6" frac ∞ AP Scopes: #1: TPO 6" f/9 RC #2: ES 102 f/7 APO #3: ES 80mm f/6 APO ∞ G&G Scopes: #1: Meade 102mm f/7.8 #2: Bresser 102mm f/4.5 ∞ Guide Scopes: 70 & 80mm fracs -- The El Cheapo Bros. ∞ Mounts: iOptron CEM70AG, SW EQ6R, Celestron AVX, SLT & GT (Alt-Az), Meade DS2000 ∞ Cameras: #1: ZWO ASI294MC Pro #2: 662MC #3: 120MC, Canon T3i, Orion SSAG, WYZE Cam3 ∞ Binos: 10X50,11X70,15X70, 25X100 ∞ AP Gear: ZWO EAF and mini EFW and the Optolong L-eXteme filter ∞ EPs: ES 2": 21mm 100° & 30mm 82° Pentax XW: 7, 10, 14, & 20mm 70°
Searching the skies since 1966. "I never met a scope I didn't want to keep."
Blur Xterminator is a machine learning driven AI deconvolution tool. It is not a sharpening tool that can be simply duplicated with pixelmath. The only comparison in PI is the PI deconvolution tool and that's cumbersome.
There is a ground truth in all images and atmosphere, the imaging train, and the camera will all disrupt that ground truth and convolve images. Deconvolution attempts to get as close to the ground truth as possible. I've used other deconvolution techniques in PI and CCDStack, and BXT is by far the best.
I have absolutely no problem in paying software devlopers for their product as they have to put dinner on their table like the rest of us. RC could charge everybody a subscription to use it but he doesn't. It's a one time purchase and is heads and shoulders above any other product, including PI's internal Deconvolution. Even Juan, who was skeptical, has come around.
Personal equipment: TEC 140 F7 on Astro-Physics Mach 1 mount. Camera QSI 683ws7. Guide with Vario guiding scope
Shared equipment through Star Shadows Remote Observatory through PROMPT/ CTIO/Chile 16" RCOS 16803 chip
Shared equipment through San Diego Astronomy Society 14" RC with 16803 chip on a paramount
Software (for my stuff) PemPRO, SGP, PHD, Focus Boss, ASCOM, and Pixinsight on the other end.
