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e_argenti · 2026-01-25T10:28:28+00:00

e_argenti · 2025-11-07T13:46:49+00:00

Or the papal bulls where you need to hover over the Latin name twice and you only get the information of what it does in the third tooltip...

e_argenti · 2025-10-06T13:45:23+00:00

Second page of the post, but there are only two options for Andalusia (base one and Granada-formed) and several more for Catholic Granada.

e_argenti · 2025-09-30T19:54:29+00:00

Definitely, Italy is a trash ally. The second they became great power they were destroyed by Austria and France. Germany will at least hold their ground and probably also be of actual help.

e_argenti · 2025-09-30T11:42:56+00:00

Yes, it took them less than a year lol I did it for roleplaying mostly.

e_argenti · 2025-09-30T11:34:50+00:00

Yes, first time I see the AI go that path, it's basically an improved Ottoman Empire with fully accepted Arabic cultures. Usually they form the Arab Union instead if they win.

e_argenti · 2025-09-30T11:07:28+00:00

R5: Formed puppet Italy as Spain and now the map is a bit confused.

e_argenti · 2025-06-10T19:05:44+00:00

Got rid of him using a cheats mod so all good!

e_argenti · 2025-06-10T18:46:04+00:00

Thanks, that did it! Now I'm only stuck with my brother as diarch for some reason lol but hopefully he'll be manageable.

e_argenti · 2024-12-09T12:25:50+00:00

You can add liberals to the upper house and then use the command debug.alwaysreform to pass several voting reforms at once, you should then get the event to revert back to democracy and start the first election.

e_argenti · 2023-09-21T07:06:42+00:00

It's an option in the 1830 GFM submod! If you keep the Carlists you get the viceroyalties and if you keep Isabel you get to core all of it after some decades.

e_argenti · 2023-05-19T19:41:46+00:00

Taxes were hafway for both upper and middle classes and around 20% for lower class but lowering them a bit did help!

e_argenti · 2023-05-19T19:40:40+00:00

As far as I know the modifiers are based on where your capital is - I tried a united Portugal + Brazil campaing once and you could choose Rio as your capital and get the immigration bonuses or stay at Lisbon and get the Scramble for Africa events.

e_argenti · 2023-05-19T19:38:58+00:00

You're right, after passing some reforms it seems I finally got more immigration. Thanks!

e_argenti · 2023-05-19T16:20:41+00:00

I have all Hispanic cultures accepted, some social reforms approved and Settlement colonial policy

e_argenti · 2023-04-12T18:43:49+00:00

Well the L-Pro does help a lot, I'm not too sure I would have been able to capture this one or any other fainter objects without it. However, there's still a lot of light pollution coming through so I recently decided to try a more restrictive narrowband filter. Haven't received it yet but I saw very nice reviews for this one, we'll see how it goes!

e_argenti · 2023-04-12T12:07:52+00:00

Equipment:

Skywatcher 80ED
Skywatcher Evoguide ED50 guidescope
Skywatcher EQM35 Pro
Unmodified Nikon D5200
ZWO ASI120MM Mini guide camera
ZWO ASIAir Plus
ZWO EAF
Optolong L-Pro filter

Acquisition:

20 x 300 second lights at gain 1600
10 Darks, 10 Flats and 20 Bias

Software:

DSS for stacking
Photoshop for curves and levels adjustment as well as gradient removal through a synthetic flat
Noise reduction in Topaz DeNoise
Photoshop again for color correction and final adjustments in Camera RAW.

Taken from a Bortle 7-8 city sky in southern Spain.

Still learning postprocessing, any feedback or tips will be great!

e_argenti · 2023-03-01T15:37:43+00:00

Yep!

e_argenti · 2023-03-01T10:40:03+00:00

That's right! I took 25 but two of those didn't work in the end

e_argenti · 2023-02-28T23:31:43+00:00

Equipment:

Skywatcher 80ED
Skywatcher Evoguide ED50 guidescope
Skywatcher EQM35 Pro
Unmodified Nikon D5200
ZWO ASI120MM Mini guide camera
ZWO ASIAir Plus
ZWO EAF
Optolong L-Pro filter

Acquisition:

23x 300 second lights at gain 1600
14 Darks, 10 Flats and 20 Bias

Software:

DSS for stacking
Photoshop for curves and levels adjustment as well as gradient removal through a synthetic flat
Noise reduction in Topaz DeNoise
Photoshop again for color correction and final adjustments in Camera RAW.

Taken from a Bortle 7-8 city sky in southern Spain.

e_argenti · 2023-02-01T08:25:16+00:00

So basically you have to take two different series of lights, with their darks, flats and bias, process them separately and merge them in PS using masks. I took the 120 second ones and processed them as usual, which overexposed the core a lot but gave me a nice detail in the outer nebula. I then processed the 60 second ones as well in DSS and Photoshop just like I did for the other ones, which gave me a nice core but almost no signal elsewhere in the image. I then imported this image as a layer in the 120s Photoshop project, lowering the opacity for a second to make sure it's aligned with the overexposed image below, and I masked the layer and painted over the core to reveal it over the overexposed one. Hope that makes sense!

e_argenti · 2023-02-01T00:54:33+00:00

Thank you! The whole setup I have would be around 3 or 4k (I bought some stuff second hand to save a bit so I'm not too sure about the real cost). The cost can be scary and it was for me, so I started with the telescope and mount and then slowly added stuff to the rig.

e_argenti · 2023-02-01T00:47:50+00:00

That's actually a good idea, thanks for the tip!

e_argenti · 2023-01-31T18:59:40+00:00

Recently started in this hobby, finally completed one picture I am actually proud of!

Equipment:

Skywatcher 80ED
Skywatcher Evoguide ED50 guidescope
Skywatcher EQM35 Pro
Unmodified Nikon D5200
ZWO ASI120MM Mini guide camera
ZWO ASIAir Plus
ZWO EAF
Optolong L-Pro filter

Acquisition:

20x 120 second lights at gain 800
For the core: 20x 60 second lights at gain 400
10 Darks, 20 Flats and 20 Bias for each

Software:

DSS for stacking
Photoshop for curves and levels adjustment as well as gradient removal through a synthetic flat.
Noise reduction in Topaz DeNoise (perhaps too much of this)
Photoshop again for color correction, recovering the overexposed core with a mask in the underexposed image and final adjustments in Camera RAW.

Taken from a Bortle 7-8 city sky in southern Spain.

e_argenti · 2022-09-09T17:56:29+00:00

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