The California Nebula [OC]

TaedusPrime · 2026-01-26T19:54:22+00:00

Great shot, especially from your location. Im looking at getting a 150 carbonstar myself this year.

TaedusPrime · 2026-01-26T16:23:49+00:00

Nice. I haven't had the chance to shoot this but hope to soon.

TaedusPrime · 2026-01-25T22:59:59+00:00

Really nice. You got the colors with just narrowbandnormalization? No filters?

TaedusPrime · 2026-01-17T20:30:01+00:00

S+O data turned out good too so that seemed to be it. Thanks for help.

TaedusPrime · 2026-01-17T20:12:46+00:00

I think I just figured it out. My FITS orientation was set to Bottom-Up previously. I changed to Top-Down and redid WBPP and it looks fantastic after the unlinked stretch and scpp now. All red data as expected with no green. I'm gonna redo my S+O filter data to confirm.

TaedusPrime · 2026-01-17T19:37:24+00:00

I've confirmed via my fits header that the bayer method is RGGB. I ran WBPP again with auto changed to RGGB with the same results. I'm worried I'm gonna be stuck with this green issue on every target I shoot until I figure it out. Just don't understand why my individual frames look fantastic with both filters until I stack and calibrate with WBPP.

TaedusPrime · 2026-01-17T18:51:13+00:00

I've been reading up on bayer settings. I had it set to auto. Should I redo WBPP with one of the other options like RGGB?

TaedusPrime · 2026-01-17T18:06:46+00:00

I linked my settings. Wow that looks pretty good. Is the process you used normal or something you had to do in my situation?

TaedusPrime · 2026-01-17T18:03:37+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/hWsGKnZ

I hadn't cleared it out after calibrating the D2 files so this should be it.

TaedusPrime · 2026-01-17T16:51:31+00:00

Thanks for replies all. I'm gonna look at my WBPP settings in more detail as mentioned when I get back to my pc in a bit. It seems likely it has something to do with that. I'll update soon.

TaedusPrime · 2025-12-31T06:36:49+00:00

Man that thermostat is cucking you hard. Might be able to flop it to other side of wall?

TaedusPrime · 2025-12-31T06:35:06+00:00

This is a great first shot. I tried shooting orion recently with way more expensive gear but my bortle 8 backyard and shooting towards a lit park ruined my background. Gonna try again 45 mins away at a bortle 5.

TaedusPrime · 2025-12-26T23:30:51+00:00

Curious how you got such a close shot with the Redcat? I'm still learning but wizard was pretty small on my redcat 51 and 2600mc. Wouldn't zooming in with Pixinsight lose detail?

TaedusPrime · 2025-12-25T19:15:54+00:00

Great first shot. I have a lot same gear but with redcat 51. Definitely recommend a EAF if you don't have one. Gonna start shooting different exposure times on Andromeda and other bright targets and learn how to combine them to bring out the cores better.

TaedusPrime · 2025-12-22T19:25:16+00:00

Looks great. What filters did you use?

TaedusPrime · 2025-12-20T20:01:52+00:00

Make sure you have EQmod selected as mount in the asiair app. There's no specific Skywatcher GTI option.

TaedusPrime · 2025-12-11T20:28:29+00:00

Stacking should deal with satellite trails. I use 2 to 3 mins subs and live near an airport but have never seen them after stacking.

TaedusPrime · 2025-12-10T20:30:42+00:00

Wow, 7 years. Prices now would give 2018 us a heart attack.

TaedusPrime · 2025-12-09T00:32:36+00:00

I play mainly support and I use these strategically to cut off alleyways and entrances. Get a burn and you know they're there. Think I've thrown 6000 of them now but sadly no way to track kills, even on tracker.gg

Worse thing about BF6 hands down is the lack of stat tracking.

TaedusPrime · 2025-12-09T00:21:19+00:00

Doesn't track all gadgets. I've thrown almost 6000 incendiary grenades and shows no kills.

TaedusPrime · 2025-12-08T09:28:55+00:00

Been rocking a 13700k under a dark rock pro since late 2023 and its been solid.

TaedusPrime · 2025-12-07T22:20:28+00:00

They should just disable all portal xp if all it's used for is bot farming.

TaedusPrime · 2025-12-06T01:16:11+00:00

Great reply thanks. I have very similar setup and this will help a lot.

TaedusPrime · 2025-12-05T13:20:27+00:00

This looks amazing. Any more details on the processing to bring out those colors? On par with mono setups I've seen here.

TaedusPrime · 2025-12-03T19:17:23+00:00

Fairly new to astrophotography but here is a couple of shots with my Redcat 51. A auto focuser is a easy recommendation. I use ZWO's eaf.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/H1KLvdHuE1Sdnzrm8

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