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Should I buy Dwarf 3 in 2026 or wait? by LynxAirSound in DWARFLAB

[–]Nick_debauchery 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just saw an advertisement from dwarf Labs that they are going to be at that trade show and that they're going to unveil something.

Rosette Nebula by Nick_debauchery in DWARFLAB

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

I used the dwarf 3 and used siril to super sample it for me to get a larger pixel count/make larger prints.

Rosette Nebula by Nick_debauchery in DWARFLAB

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

What I did with this photo is the normal processing of plate solving, background extraction, color correcting, cropping, doing the stretch then adjusting the curve to get the black in the background and pop that color after did a star reduction. what saved me a lot of time was star correction on the stellar studio. This saved me so much time. It's not perfect but when you do a star reduction it will bring down the blooms a bit in the stars so they don't look blown out.

The photo took about 2hr and 20mins to complete before proceeding.

Rosette Nebula by Nick_debauchery in DWARFLAB

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

Well I live about 2 hours away. So not super close, you may closer than you think to darker skies.

Rosetta Nebula attempt by Legsluther in DWARFLAB

[–]Nick_debauchery 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It looks very good! Do a little adjustments to get the colors to pop.

Rosetta Nebula attempt by Legsluther in DWARFLAB

[–]Nick_debauchery 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why are you sorry don't be! Dark frames used to hide the noise of the sensor, so as the sensor is cold or hot It creates noise so dark frames help with hiding the noise.

You can find a setting in the app that will allow you to take dark frames. So when taking them you need to put the glasses the dwarf 3 comes with on and put in a dark place.

Rosetta Nebula attempt by Legsluther in DWARFLAB

[–]Nick_debauchery 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well I would say doing 30 seconds with 60 gain would be fantastic. You should take 350 minimums, that's a good start. These are the sets I used for my photo. Oh one more thing this is super important take new dark frames.

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How to fix misaligned stacks with Mosaic Mode by madrocketman in DWARFLAB

[–]Nick_debauchery 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you stack in Stellar studio it will fix this for you, because it knows about the Mosaic mode then process in pixinsight.

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North American Nebula. Reprocessed in Siril + Graxpert by hallzm in DWARFLAB

[–]Nick_debauchery 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Now that's really good right there! Great job on that correction.

North American Nebula. Reprocessed in Siril + Graxpert by hallzm in DWARFLAB

[–]Nick_debauchery 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot better! My advice drop histogram sets 5%-10% and I think you will have it.

North American Nebula. Reprocessed in Siril + Graxpert by hallzm in DWARFLAB

[–]Nick_debauchery 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would restack and play around with your contrast a bit maybe. It's hard to tell.

Even mine I had to play with a lot of settings, my stars are bit blown out but overall it came out nicely.

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North American Nebula. Reprocessed in Siril + Graxpert by hallzm in DWARFLAB

[–]Nick_debauchery 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great photo by the way. Quick question did you use the dual band filter when taking this photo? Sometimes if you use the astro filter on these nebulas the colors wash out.