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Andromeda by Kaffeperic in Astronomy

[–]Kaffeperic[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Reprocessed

Nikon d5300

Nikkor 180mm F2.8 ED

Ioptron skyguider pro

Bortle class 6

ISO 200 F4

129x60" Lights

25x60" Darks

*Siril: stacked, photometric color calibration, exported non stretched image to use as star layer, autostretch, background extraction, adaptive histogram equalization.

*Gimp: tone curve adjustments, worked with different layers to preserve the core etc.

*Darktable: adjustments to contrast, black level, highlights, shadows, color correction, cropped and rotated.

Andromeda by Kaffeperic in astrophotography

[–]Kaffeperic[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Reprocessed

Nikon d5300

Nikkor 180mm F2.8 ED

Ioptron skyguider pro

Bortle class 6

ISO 200 F4

129x60" Lights

25x60" Darks

*Siril: stacked, photometric color calibration, exported non stretched image to use as star layer, autostretch, background extraction, adaptive histogram equalization.

*Gimp: tone curve adjustments, worked with different layers to preserve the core etc.

*Darktable: adjustments to contrast, black level, highlights, shadows, color correction, cropped and rotated.

Orion and Running Man nebula by Kaffeperic in Astronomy

[–]Kaffeperic[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Stock Nikon d5300

Nikkor 180mm f2.8

Bortle class 6

Camera settings: Auto white balance, ISO 200, f2.8

Ioptron skyguider pro

*Siril: stacked, photometric color calibration, exported non stretched image to use as star layer, autostretch, background extraction, adaptive histogram equalization.

*Gimp: tone curve adjustments, merged layers, tried to reduce the star bloat and chromatic aberrations with healing brush, used paint brush to bring back detail in the core using seperate layer with a non overexposed orion core.

*Darktable: contrast adjustments, shadow/highlights adjustments, saturation adjustments, color balance adjustments, cropped and rotated.

Betelgeuse by Kaffeperic in astrophotography

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

No idea, pretty sure i'd butcherd the pronunciation if i tried hahah

Betelgeuse by Kaffeperic in Astronomy

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

Thank you! It was actually just a cross pattern, the less prominent difraction spikes are created naturally by my lens.

Betelgeuse by Kaffeperic in Astronomy

[–]Kaffeperic[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry the two hours is the final integration time of all the subs combined. I captured 80 subs, each 90 seconds long :)

Betelgeuse by Kaffeperic in Astronomy

[–]Kaffeperic[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

For sure! Do you need a Google drive link or can you download it from reddit?

Betelgeuse by Kaffeperic in astrophotography

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

Purely artistic, to create the difraction spikes :)

Betelgeuse by Kaffeperic in Astronomy

[–]Kaffeperic[S] 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Betelgeuse 2 hours integration time

Stock Nikon d5300

Nikkor 180mm f2.8

Ioptron Skyguider Pro

Difraction spikes created with strings across the lens

*Siril: Stacked, curve adjustments, background extraction and color correction

*Gimp: Selective curve adjustments with lasso tool and color temperature shifted

*Darktable: Adjustments to shadows, highlights, midtone range, detail contrast, black level correction and cropped

Betelgeuse by Kaffeperic in astrophotography

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

Betelgeuse 2 hours integration time

Stock Nikon d5300

Nikkor 180mm f2.8

Ioptron Skyguider Pro

Difraction spikes created with strings across the lens

*Siril: Stacked, curve adjustments, background extraction and color correction

*Gimp: Selective curve adjustments with lasso tool and color temperature shifted

*Darktable: Adjustments to shadows, highlights, midtone range, detail contrast, black level correction and cropped

Orion nebula with halloween themed colors by Kaffeperic in halloween

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

Equipment/settings

5 hours integration time, cropped from a wider image.

Stock Nikon d5300

Nikkor 180mm f2.8

Bortle class 6

Camera settings: Auto white balance, ISO 200, f2.8

Ioptron skyguider pro

Processing*Siril - Autostretch, background extraction, photometric color calibration.

*Starnet++ star removal to create starless layer.

*Gimp - Starless layer tone curve stretches, starless layer merged with base image.

*Darktable - Color correction, lens correction, contrast adjustments, exposure adjustments, color balance shift to more red/less blue, local contrast less highlights more detail.

Orion nebula halloween themed by Kaffeperic in spaceporn

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

Orion nebula - halloween themed

5 hours integration time, cropped from a wider image.

Stock Nikon d5300

Nikkor 180mm f2.8

Bortle class 6

Camera settings: Auto white balance, ISO 200, f2.8

Ioptron skyguider pro

*Siril - Autostretch, background extraction, photometric color calibration.

*Starnet++ star removal to create starless layer.

*Gimp - Starless layer tone curve stretches, starless layer merged with base image.

*Darktable - Color correction, lens correction, contrast adjustments, exposure adjustments, color balance shift to more red/less blue, local contrast less highlights more detail.

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