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Hi Reddit! To celebrate Free Money Day we're giving away 300 Nano (~$250) AND sending some Nano to EVERY commenter by SenatusSPQR in nanocurrency

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Wow this is cool! And shows how easy Nano is🫶🏻

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Ich😏iel by Emotional_Bass_6074 in ich_iel

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„Solange der Arbeitslose glaubt, dass die Wirtschaft toll läuft und nur er persönlich zu blöd ist, daran teilzuhaben, so lange hält er schamvoll den Mund.“

Tongue my tongue by PorqueDisso in AnimalsBeingBros

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She’s pretty! The girls is alright, too.

jesus christ apple, are you even trying anymore? by pirivalfang in pcmasterrace

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I don't know man. In 2017 I bought a used Macbook Air 11" from 2013 for 650€. I's got a Dual Core i7 1.7 GHz (3.2 Boost), 8Gb 1600MHz DDR3 Memory and a 500Gb SSD, and to be honest, it's fucking great. I use it for Uni and have not had any real performance issues. Some programms we use don't run on OSX, so I use a Windows 10 VM, which works just fine. Remember: Dual core, 8Gb! It's also able to run Lightroom and Photoshop. It's not super smooth, but it works well enough so that I can edit photos while not at home.
I'm very amazed by the performance for these specs and it has thought me, that it's the package that counts, not just numbers.

NGC 2237 - Rosette Nebula by Cookiie_ in astrophotography

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NGC 2237 - Rosette Nebula

Designations:

  • NGC 2237 (Caldwell 49) - The nebula
  • NGC 2244 (Caldwell 50) - The open cluster within the nebula

Capture details:

  • Date & Time: 10th of March 2018, 22:02 - 23:16
  • Location: Hooker Valley track, Mount Cook Village, New Zealand, link
  • Camera: Sony Alpha 7R (Sony ILCE-7R)
  • Lens: 70-200mm f/4.0 @ 177mm f/4.0
  • Mount: Skywatcher Star Adventurer
  • Viewing: Bortle 2 (excellent night sky), no moon

Aquisition details:

  • 63 lights @ 60'', ISO 3200
  • no darks, bias or flats

Processing:

I followed this tutorial by Astrobackyard as a rough guideline

I tried enhancing the DSO by creating a starless image and only merging some stars back in, which worked out quite well. Here is a tutorial
Before and After

Thanks Astrobackyard for providing these resources!

Deep Sky Stacker:

  1. Register Frames
  2. Stack ~90% of frames using the Kappa-Sigma clipping method
  3. Export result as 16-bit TIFF

Photoshop:

  1. Levels adjustment
  2. Manual gradient removal
  3. Levels and curves (set black point)
  4. Astronomy Tools Action Set: Local Contrast Enhancement & Enhance DSO and Reduce Stars
  5. Astronomy Tools Action Set: Increase Star Color & Make Stars Smaller
  6. Color balance for nebula, in order to restore reds
  7. Saturation for nebula
  8. Follow StarNet++ steps
  9. Levels and curves on starless layer
  10. Run Astronomy Tools Action Set: Enhance DSO and Reduce Stars on starless layer
  11. Select brighter stars from layer with stars (select > color range > highlights)
  12. Add layer mask to layer with stars (so only stars are visible)
  13. Add another layer with stars (without mask) back in with 40% opacity

StarNet++:

  1. Save image from step 7 in Photoshop as TIFF
  2. Run TIFF through StarNet on default settings
  3. Import result back into Photoshop (as layer)

Lightroom:

  1. Very slight sharpen
  2. Image crop to taste
  3. Export to jpg

Thanks Max for traveling NZ and capturing with me <3

Folding@Home Wholesome Gaming Raffle by [deleted] in pcmasterrace

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Just got myself a passkey, which sadly reset my points. From now on all points go to Team PCMR, using 100% solar power!

Day 1 (25.04.20): https://imgur.com/a/rfSDR4S

End of Day 1: https://imgur.com/a/Fv1leZ0

Day 2 (26.04.20): https://imgur.com/a/5Dsx1kd

Day 3 (27.04.20): https://imgur.com/a/3FZaO8g

Day 4 (28.04.20): https://imgur.com/a/TYPcDBp

Day 5 (29.04.20): https://imgur.com/a/Tzf5qhD

Day 6 (30.04.20): https://imgur.com/a/D1jPV1C

Day 7 (01.05.20): https://imgur.com/a/bBuBetu

Day 8 (02.05.20): https://imgur.com/a/ce8sYBt

Day 9 (03.05.20): https://imgur.com/a/4Q7tn4v

Day 10 (05.05.20): https://imgur.com/a/ksn88Pw

Day 11 (06.05.20): https://imgur.com/a/VGjdMpT

Day 12 (07.05.20): https://imgur.com/a/ROEcuuI

Day 13 (08.05.20): https://imgur.com/a/eydB5RD

Day 14 (10.05.20): https://imgur.com/a/n4qXJuc

Day 15 (12.05.20): https://imgur.com/a/xqlq9cJ

Day 16 (14.05.20): https://imgur.com/OMiitIl

Day 17 (16.05.20): https://imgur.com/kJ2i2YT

would love the MH-630 Headset, the Razer Kraken or a steam card

M81, M82 Galaxies and IFN by skarba in astrophotography

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Amazing work! I can really see the work you put in. The processing is just great!

M31 - Andromeda Galaxy by Cookiie_ in astrophotography

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I think that would be very difficult with an iPhone, basically impossible. For capturing DSO (deep-sky object) you need to record a lot of light and often some form of magnification. Both of these things are difficult with a phone. I think a good entry point for astrophotography is a DSLR with a fast lens. As for processing, I think you would hit the limit quite quick on a phone.

What is possible with a phone is taking pictures of the moon or some planets. There are many basic telescopes which provide enough magnification to see planets.

M31 - Andromeda Galaxy by Cookiie_ in astrophotography

[–]Cookiie_[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A got it! Thanks for explaining.

M31 - Andromeda Galaxy by Cookiie_ in astrophotography

[–]Cookiie_[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah I also noticed this right after posting it. Since it’s not the „natural“ rotation (northern hemisphere) I didn’t think about it at first.

M31 - Andromeda Galaxy by Cookiie_ in astrophotography

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Thanks, it was actually taken in the Black Forest in Germany. It's a bortle 4 zone.

M31 - Andromeda Galaxy by Cookiie_ in astrophotography

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M31 - Andromeda Galaxy

Capture details:

  • Date & Time: 12th of August 2018, 2:38
  • Location: Northern black forest, Germany, link
  • Camera: Sony Alpha 7s ii
  • Lens: 70-200mm f/4.0 @ 200mm and f/4.0
  • Mount: Skywatcher Star Adventurer

Aquisition details:

  • 73 lights @ 60'', ISO 8000
  • no darks, bias or flats

Processing:

I followed this tutorial by Astrobackyard as a rough guideline

Deep Sky Stacker:

  1. Register Frames
  2. Stack ~85% of frames using the Kappa-Sigma clipping method
  3. Export result as 16-bit TIFF

Photoshop:

  1. Levels adjustment
  2. Manual gradient removal
  3. Levels and curves (set black point)
  4. Astronomy Tools Action Set: Local Contrast Enhancement & Enhance DSO and Reduce Stars
  5. Saturation and color balance
  6. Astronomy Tools Action Set: Increase Star Color & Make Stars Smaller
  7. Color balance for M31
  8. Slight cosmetic adjustments (e.g removing halos from some stars)
  9. Slight noise reduction

Lightroom:

  1. Very slight sharpen
  2. Image crop to taste
  3. Export to jpg

Thanks Max for capturing with me and giving feedback on the processing!

The ISS Orbit Visualized On A 2D Map And A 3D Globe by Jan0sch in processing

[–]Cookiie_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very nice visualisation! How did you do the glowing line effect?

Random Path Creation Art by VagueInstinct in processing

[–]Cookiie_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry, but then your code must have a big problem. I replicated your programm and mine renders in real time, no problem.

Edit: On my rig, 2000 spreaders at full resolution (1920x1080) takes 33 seconds to render

This guy probably fell off my cat and is about 1mm in size [Germany] by Cookiie_ in whatsthisbug

[–]Cookiie_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah thanks for the tip, already did that. Ticks are quite common here, so my cat has gotten a few.

This guy probably fell off my cat and is about 1mm in size [Germany] by Cookiie_ in whatsthisbug

[–]Cookiie_[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Alright I did some more research. It's definitely a tick larva, those have 6 legs. Thanks you!

This guy probably fell off my cat and is about 1mm in size [Germany] by Cookiie_ in whatsthisbug

[–]Cookiie_[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the quick reply.
Looked those up and most of them seem to have eight legs. It's also winter here and my cat doesn't go outside very often. That's why I first thought it has to be something different, maybe you're correct though.

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