Shall we reboot the AP Processing Challenge

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Shall we reboot the AP Processing Challenge

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The AP processing Challenge has been in a bit of a hiatus over the summer. Partly as others things got in the way for me and partly because the last few Challenges had not elicited much interest.

So, is there any interest in rebooting the challenge - either in its previous format or differently. (For anyone not aware of the Processing Challenge take a look here viewtopic.php?t=9523)

Post below with your thoughts;

Would you be interested in joining the AP Processing Challenge? What sort of images, BB/NB/Galaxies/nebulae widefield would you fancy. What sort of data, easy/normal/difficult or really challenging? Clean data or data with quirks problems that need specific treatment? Any thoughts on what we could do to make it more interesting? Would there be any interest in setting up an associated zoom call where people could share their processing steps, ask questions about things they struggled with etc.

Let me know below.

If there is interest I'll go out with the begging bowl to collect some data and kick things off later this month.

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Re: Shall we reboot the AP Processing Challenge

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I think it is a great idea, as a tool for crowd-sourcing ideas, improving skills and processes by learning what / how others process.

As for specific target types - they all have merit... but, I think "easier" targets are best, because people with less experience will find them less intimidating, and they will be most beneficial as learning tools. I personally am doing quite a lot of SHO and LRGB with mono cameras, but many newbies are not invested to that degree, and are using one-shot color cams, and DSLRs. Perhaps OSC and DSLR images are good areas for a processing challenge?

For example: Bright Nebulae, eg California Nebula (NGC1499), Cygnus Wall, Pleiades (M45), M51, the type of images that people with the least experience might target first.
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I"m back after a long hiatus. Yes, I'd partake.
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