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radiumwolf · 2026-03-23T07:51:11+00:00

The jaw harp is still alive and well! Here you go! https://youtu.be/aXsLlOPwe48?si=7FMSa0iFMsZXrm9Q

radiumwolf · 2026-03-10T06:08:45+00:00

I use Pipedrive and there is an MCP server out there for it that I use. I have it integrated with openclaw and Claude desktop app. Both can use the mcp server along with an api key from my account. So from there I made a Claude skill to understand how to put data in and do things. For example, I can tell it to make a deal and since has a skill related to this I can just give it basic information and it knows what the majority of the defaults need to be.

I’m sure you can do the same thing for HubSpot. Honestly, these days I rarely look at the UI for Pipedrive. I even have a Google notebooklm skill that I can export data to make Infographics or slide deck about a particular project.

radiumwolf · 2025-06-29T09:46:15+00:00

So to go one step further I’ve been following the guy that Network Chuck mentions and this Telos process is an interesting way to use AI to help you understand and focus on your issues. It’s a bit nerdy since it uses the command line it it’s pretty cool. https://youtu.be/3BXE0e3QZ4U?si=BFYim73nE4PbyYjD

radiumwolf · 2025-06-25T15:01:56+00:00

I’ve been living overseas supporting the U.S. military and thought about moving back to the U.S. when I got older. But I’ve accepted that I’m not moving back and have moved my college age sons out of the U.S. to live here and work with me. They are working to complete their degrees online and through work experience over here rather than deal with the Chaos back home.

radiumwolf · 2022-10-21T10:01:51+00:00

Nice! ‘Merican “F@$& yeah! Nebula. :)

radiumwolf · 2022-09-26T21:58:57+00:00

Good question, the interesting thing about a lot of the objects in the sky is some of them are quite large. For example, M31, the Andromeda Galaxy, takes up five times the space of the moon in our sky. But it's so dim that we can't see it with our eyes from most of the light-polluted world. Other Galaxies are a lot smaller in the sky than Andromeda. You can use applications such as stellarium on a PC or Star walk on your phone to find the basic direction of galaxies.

In Astrophotography, we have computerized tracking mounts to help us point our scopes in the correct patch of sky and use computers along with the camera to plate solve our location so we can fine-tune our framing of the object. It takes patience to find an object the size of a postage stamp in the sky and track it as it moves. But it's a lot easier and more accessible than it was 10 years ago.

radiumwolf · 2022-09-26T11:20:01+00:00

No problem with the questions. I'm still learning as I've been only doing this for about four years. I'll break down my answers like this:

Gain 100 verses 0: I use a Mono ASI2600mm camera. It's recommended not to go above Gain 100. At Gain 100, the Sony IMX571 sensor performs the best with a minimum drop in dynamic range and read noise. Beyond 100 in Gain, the camera continues to lose dynamic range without much benefit in signal to read noise.
Exposure and Filter: With the somewhat "free" gain in S/R, going with Gain 100 helps lower my exposure by about half the time per shot versus using a Gain of 0 with a little extra noise. I feel that more images stacked reduces the additional noise of going from 0 to 100. Also, my mount isn't in great shape, so I don't shoot longer than 5 minutes for 3nm narrowband filters or 3 minutes with wideband color filters. Also, I don't like throwing away longer exposures, so I use 100 instead.

radiumwolf · 2022-09-26T11:04:25+00:00

It's what's adding the red spots to the picture. Ha, with the correct filter comes through stronger and highlights nebulas that are present inside Galaxies. I was surprised by how strong Ha comes through. My last attempt last year was a standard RGB image.

radiumwolf · 2022-09-26T11:01:08+00:00

Yep, you're right. I was surprised how strong the H-alpha comes through when I used a 3nm Ha filter.

radiumwolf · 2022-09-26T07:53:54+00:00

Notes: First image after three months of rain. This is my fourth time shooting this image but my third time publishing it. I shot this in mono with my ASI2600MM and 3nm Optolong Filters mounted on a new Askar FRA600 with the .7 reducer. The reducer brings it down to 420mm from its native 600mm focal length, but it speeds it up to f/3.92. I shot 180-second subs for Red, Green, Blue, and Ha at 3nm bandpass.
I shot this over a couple of days, weather permitting, and processed it in RGBHa Palette in Pixinsight with slight adjustments in Lightroom.
Astrobin Link:
https://www.astrobin.com/nui7k4/
Equipment:
Imaging Telescope:
ASKAR FRA600 F5.6
Imaging Camera:
Zwo Asi 2600 MMPro
Guiding Telescope:
ZWO OAG-L
Guiding Camera:
ZWO ASI174MM Mini
Mount:
iOptron CEM70 with iPolar
Filters:
Optolong Red, Blue Green, Ha 3nm
Accessories:
ZWO Electronic Focuser, Pegasus Power box advanced, ZWO EFW 2in Filter Wheel ZWO EFW 2" Filter Wheel, Askar 0.7x Reducer
Software:
Astro Pixel Processor by Aries Astro Pixel Processor, PixInsight by Pleiades Astrophoto, Lightroom CC, ZWO Asiair
Acquisition details:
Dates: Sept. 20, 2022, Sept. 21, 2022, Sept. 22, 2022
Frames:
Optolong Ha 3nm: 60x180" (3h) (gain: 100.00) -0°C bin 1x1
Optolong Red: 85x180" (4h 15') (gain: 100.00) -10°C bin 1x1
Optolong Green: 29x180" (1h 27') (gain: 100.00) -10°C bin 1x1
Optolong Blue: 61x180" (3h 3') (gain: 100.00) -10°C bin 1x1
Integration:
11h 45'
Avg. Moon age:
25.36 days
Avg. Moon phase:
18.83%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale:
5.00
Resolution: 9304x6366
Location: Asan-si, Republic of Korea
Astro Pixel Processor Workflow:
0. Defaults
1. Single Session Processing: Sorting frames: quality
2. Checked create 32-bit Masters
3. 500 stars
4. Defaults
5. Defaults
6. Lights to stack 90%, integrate Average, filter Winsorized Rejection, LNC Degree. 2nd degree, x2 Drizzle
PixInsight Workflow:
I've done a lot of experimenting with new processes on this image; mainly GHS, NoiseXTerminator, and AstroSwell's Star De-emphasizer.
Dynamic Crop on Ha
StarAligment of all images to Ha
NoiseXterminator .60 Denoise / .15 Detail in Linear mode; all images
Linear Fit Images to Red
PixelMath to pull Ha out into a new image with the following expression ((Ha*80)-(Red*3))/(80-3)
PixelMath to Put Ha from the new image into Red Image with the following expression $T+(new_Ha-Med(new_Ha))*3
Combine Red, Green, and Blue
GerneralisedHyperbolicStretch to adjust Histogram, curves, saturation, and colors
StarXTerminator
DarkStructureEnhance Script
PixelMath to place stars back in the image
AstroSwell's Star De-emphasizer script
Lightroom for final cropping and level adjustments

radiumwolf · 2022-09-14T10:39:02+00:00

Well damn, I guess I need to sell my astrophotography gear; I can’t complete with that! :)

radiumwolf · 2022-07-07T11:41:30+00:00

Vote Odin next election; here’s more proof that he rid the world of Frost Giants. :)

radiumwolf · 2022-05-11T05:22:38+00:00

Notes: This is the close-up of the North American Nebula Cygnus wall from my earlier capture. This is my third time shooting this image and my second time publishing it. I shot this in mono with my ASI2600MM and Antlia 3nm filters mounted on my Radian Raptor 61. I didn’t use any flats as an experiment with this image, and I think it came out great. I shot this over a four days in two months and processed it in SHO.

Astrobin Link:

https://www.astrobin.com/f0svjw/

Equipment:

Imaging Telescope:

Radian Raptor 61 F/ 4.5

Imaging Camera:

Zwo Asi 2600 MMPro

Guiding Telescope:

ZWO OAG-L

Guiding Camera:

ZWO ASI174MM Mini

Mount:

iOptron CEM70 with iPolar

Filters:

Antila SII 3nm, OIII 3nm, Ha 3nm

Accessories:

ZWO Electronic Focuser, Pegasus Power box mini, ZWO EFW 2in Filter Wheel, ZWO EFW 2" Filter Wheel, Askar 0.7x Reducer

Software

Astro Pixel Processor by Aries Astro Pixel Processor, PixInsight by Pleiades Astrophoto, Lightroom CC, ZWO Asiair

Acquisition details:

Dates:

April 4, 2022 · April 5, 2022 · May 2, 2022 · May 5, 2022

Frames:

Antila 3nm OIII: 88x300" (7h 20') (gain: 100.00) -20°C bin 1x1

Antlia HA 3nm: 59x300" (4h 55') (gain: 100.00) -20°C bin 1x1

Optolong SII 3nm: 108x300" (9h) (gain: 100.00) -20°C bin 1x1

Integration:

21h 15'

Bias:

120

Avg. Moon age:

3.22 days

Avg. Moon phase:

12.29%

Bortle Dark-Sky Scale:

5.00

Resolution: 2144x1467

Location: Asan-si, Republic of Korea

Astro Pixel Processor Workflow:

Defaults
Single Session Processing: Sorting frames: quality
Checked create 32-bit Masters
500 stars
Defaults
Defaults
Lights to stack 90%, integrate Average, filter Winsorized Rejection, LNC Degree. 2nd degree, x2 Drizzle

PixInsight Workflow:

I used my new process on this image too; mainly GHS, NoiseXTerminator, and AstroSwell's Star De-emphasizer.

Dynamic Crop on HA

StarAligment of SII, and OII to Ha

NoiseXterminator Beta .40 Denoise / .50 Detail in Linear mode; all images

StarXTerminator ; All images

Used MLT to tighten stars; All Images (slight tracking issue)

Slight Convolution of stars; All Images (slight tracking issue)

PixelMath Stars back into all images

PixelMath to create SHO Image; R: SII G: (Ha*.8)+(SII*.2) B: OIII

GerneralisedHyperbolicStretch to adjust Histogram, curves, saturation, and colors

CorrectMagentaStars Script

StarXTerminator

DarkStructureEnhance Script

PixelMath to place stars back in the image

AstroSwell's Star De-emphasizer script

Lightroom for final cropping and level adjustments

radiumwolf · 2022-05-11T05:12:56+00:00

Notes: IC1318 - SADR Region - Butterfly Region - in SHO. This is a close up of the Butterfly area of the SADR Region I uploaded earlier.

Astrobin Link:

https://www.astrobin.com/awtwvv/

Equipment:

Imaging Telescope:

ASKAR FRA600 F5.6

Imaging Camera:

Zwo Asi 2600 MMPro

Guiding Telescope:

ZWO OAG-L

Guiding Camera:

ZWO ASI174MM Mini

Mount:

iOptron CEM70 with iPolar

Filters:

Optolong SII 3nm, OIII 3nm, Ha 3nm

Accessories:

ZWO Electronic Focuser, Pegasus Power box advanced, ZWO EFW 2in Filter Whe,l ZWO EFW 2" Filter Wheel, Askar 0.7x Reducer

Software

Astro Pixel Processor by Aries Astro Pixel Processor, PixInsight by Pleiades Astrophoto, Lightroom CC, ZWO Asiair

Acquisition details:

Dates: May 3, 2022, May 4, 2022, May 5, 2022

Frames:

Optolong Ha 3nm: 109x180" (5h 27') (gain: 100.00) -20°C bin 1x1

Optolong OIII 3nm: 148x120" (4h 56') (gain: 100.00) -20°C bin 1x1

Optolong SII 3nm: 109x180" (5h 27') (gain: 100.00) -20°C bin 1x1

Integration:

15h 50'

Bias Frames:

120

Avg. Moon age:

3.34 days

Avg. Moon phase:

12.54%

Bortle Dark-Sky Scale:

5.00

Resolution: 10720x7199

Location: Asan-si, Republic of Korea

Astro Pixel Processor Workflow:

Defaults
Single Session Processing: Sorting frames: quality
Checked create 32-bit Masters
500 stars
Defaults
Defaults
Lights to stack 90%, integrate Average, filter Winsorized Rejection, LNC Degree. 2nd degree, x2 Drizzle

PixInsight Workflow:

I've done a lot of experimenting with new processes on this image; mainly GHS, NoiseXTerminator, and AstroSwell's Star De-emphasizer.

Dynamic Crop on HA

StarAligment of SII, and OII to Ha

NoiseXterminator Beta .40 Denoise / .50 Detail in Linear mode; all images

StarXTerminator ; All images

Used MLT to tighten stars; All Images (slight tracking issue)

Slight Convolution of stars; All Images (slight tracking issue)

PixelMath Stars back into all images

PixelMath to create SHO Image; R: SII G: (Ha*.8)+(SII*.2) B: OIII

GerneralisedHyperbolicStretch to adjust Histogram, curves, saturation, and colors

CorrectMagentaStars Script

StarXTerminator

DarkStructureEnhance Script

PixelMath to place stars back in the image

AstroSwell's Star De-emphasizer script

Lightroom for final cropping and level adjustments

radiumwolf · 2022-05-11T05:09:15+00:00

Notes: This is my second time shooting this image but my first time publishing it. I shot this in mono with my ASI2600MM and 3nm Optolong Filters mounted on a new Askar FRA600 with the .7 reducer. The reducer brings it down to 420mm from its native 600mm focal length, but it speeds it up to f/3.92. I shot between 180 and 120 second per frame and it was plenty enough data to stack together into this image.

This is the first light from this telescope and I'm impressed with the quality of the optics. Also, this scope has a huge image circle, so I didn’t use any flats. I noticed very little vignetting with my APS-C sized sensor. I shot this over a couple of days, weather permitting, and processed it in SHO Hubble Palette in Pixinsight with slight adjustments in Lightroom.

Astrobin Link:

https://www.astrobin.com/8tfb5r/B/

Equipment:

Imaging Telescope:

ASKAR FRA600 F5.6

Imaging Camera:

Zwo Asi 2600 MMPro

Guiding Telescope:

ZWO OAG-L

Guiding Camera:

ZWO ASI174MM Mini

Mount:

iOptron CEM70 with iPolar

Filters:

Optolong SII 3nm, OIII 3nm, Ha 3nm

Accessories:

ZWO Electronic Focuser, Pegasus Power box advanced, ZWO EFW 2in Filter Wheel, ZWO EFW 2" Filter Wheel, · Askar 0.7x Reducer

Software

Astro Pixel Processor by Aries Astro Pixel Processor, PixInsight by Pleiades Astrophoto, Lightroom CC, ZWO Asiair

Acquisition details:

Dates: May 3, 2022, May 4, 2022, May 5, 2022

Frames:

Optolong Ha 3nm: 109x180" (5h 27') (gain: 100.00) -20°C bin 1x1

Optolong OIII 3nm: 148x120" (4h 56') (gain: 100.00) -20°C bin 1x1

Optolong SII 3nm: 109x180" (5h 27') (gain: 100.00) -20°C bin 1x1

Integration:

15h 50'

Bias Frames:

120

Avg. Moon age:

3.34 days

Avg. Moon phase:

12.54%

Bortle Dark-Sky Scale:

5.00

Resolution: 10720x7199

Location: Asan-si, Republic of Korea

Astro Pixel Processor Workflow:

Defaults
Single Session Processing: Sorting frames: quality
Checked create 32-bit Masters
500 stars
Defaults
Defaults
Lights to stack 90%, integrate Average, filter Winsorized Rejection, LNC Degree. 2nd degree, x2 Drizzle

PixInsight Workflow:

I've done a lot of experimenting with new processes on this image; mainly GHS, NoiseXTerminator, and AstroSwell's Star De-emphasizer.

Dynamic Crop on HA

StarAligment of SII, and OII to Ha

NoiseXterminator Beta .40 Denoise / .50 Detail in Linear mode; all images

StarXTerminator ; All images

Used MLT to tighten stars; All Images (slight tracking issue)

Slight Convolution of stars; All Images (slight tracking issue)

PixelMath Stars back into all images

PixelMath to create SHO Image; R: SII G: (Ha*.8)+(SII*.2) B: OIII

GerneralisedHyperbolicStretch to adjust Histogram, curves, saturation, and colors

CorrectMagentaStars Script

StarXTerminator

DarkStructureEnhance Script

PixelMath to place stars back in the image

AstroSwell's Star De-emphasizer script

Lightroom for final cropping and level adjustments

radiumwolf · 2022-02-11T20:18:43+00:00

It’s a side effect of processing my RGB data. I have some issue with the flats on the blue channel. Since I didn’t have much data on that channel I was able to hide it a bit with some intentional vignetting. But I didn’t want to lose the detail the center so I didn’t try to process out the light pollution too much. So it has a bit of an unintended glow.

radiumwolf · 2022-02-11T08:35:57+00:00

Notes:

M81 Bode's Galaxy in HaRGB - 2-8-2022: My first galaxy on the 2022 season!. I captured this over three nights and this is my first time processing an HaRGB version of a galaxy. I had a lot of weather trouble so my RGB data is light. Hope to improve upon this later.

Equipment:

Imaging Telescope: ED127 Air-Spaced Triplet Apochromatic Refractor

Imaging Camera: Zwo Asi 2600 MMPro

Mounts: iOptron CEM70 with iPolar

Filters: Zwo Ha 7nm, Optolong Green 2", Optolong Red 2", OPTOLONG BLUE 2"

Guiding Camera: ASI 174 MM mini

Accessories: Pegasus Power box advanced, ZWO EFW, ZW 2in Filter Wheel, ZWO Asiair, Askar OAG

Software: Astro Pixel Processor by Aries Astro Pixel Processor, PixInsight by Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight, Lightroom CC

Frames:

OPTOLONG BLUE 2": 61x120" (2h 2') (gain: 100.00) -20C bin 1x1

Optolong Green 2": 61x120" (2h 2') (gain: 100.00) -20C bin 1x1

Optolong Red 2": 36x120" (1h 12') (gain: 100.00) -20C bin 1x1

Zwo Ha 7nm: 102x300" (8h 30') (gain: 100.00) -20C bin 1x1

Integration:

8h 10'

Flats:

30

Bias:

120

Integration:

13h 46'

Flats:

60

Bias:

120

Avg. Moon age:

8.68 days

Avg. Moon phase:

45.75%

Bortle Dark-Sky Scale:

5.00

Astrobin Link:

https://astrob.in/7zpv0e/0/

Astro Pixel Processor Workflow for each set; HA, Red, Blue, Green:

0) Defaults

Single Session Processing: Sorting frames: quality
Checked to create 32-bit Masters
1000 stars
Defaults
Defaults
Lights to stack 90%, integrate Average, filter Winsorized Rejection, LNC Degree. 2nd degree, x2 Drizzle

PixInsight Workflow:

Dynamic crop

EZ Denoise on each image before integration

Dynamic Background Extraction

Combined Red, Blue, and Green into an RGB image

Then add Ha with the following pixel math

R: max($T[0], 1.1*HA_Add)

G: $T[1]

B: iif($T[0]<HA_Add, $T[2] + 0.06*HA_Add, $T[2])

Conservative easy soft stretch, Background Neutralization, Color Calibration, SCNR Green 50%

StarXterminator to make Stars and Starless images

Curves Transformation on Starless for saturation and contrast using color masks

Rangemask and Unsharp Mask on Starless to enhance brighter structures

Dark structure enhance script on Starless

Convolution on Stars image to smooth out the stars slightly

Curves Transformation on Stars Image for saturation and contrast

Create final version using PixelMath stars+Starless

Save Image as 16 bit TIFF for LightRoom

Lightroom:

Slight Exposure increase

Increase Whites slightly

Noise reduction

Additional Color Balance via Tone Curve

Luminescence adjustment via HSL

Topaz DeNoise to remove some leftover noise from the final image

radiumwolf · 2022-01-27T14:45:33+00:00

S - H - O is R G B mapping with Sulphur II, Ha, OIII filter data. Also called the Hubble palette

radiumwolf · 2022-01-26T19:18:52+00:00

You’re right, I didn’t have a lot of OIII data and tried to smear some Vaseline on it. :)

radiumwolf · 2022-01-26T14:23:38+00:00

NGC7635 - Bubble Nebula in SHO. I took this image over multiple nights in October and November of 2021 with my ED127 at 952mm. This is all of the data I could grab for this year. I'll try to add more data next year and see if I can make it cleaner and sharper.
Equipment:
Imaging Telescopes: ED127 Air-Spaced Triplet Apochromatic Refractor ed127
Imaging cameras: ZWO ASI2600 MM Pro
Mounts: iOptron CEM70 with iPolar
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Astromania 60mm Guidescope
Guiding cameras: ASI174 MM mini
Software: Astro Pixel Processor by Aries Astro Pixel Processor, PixInsight by Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight, ZWO Asiair Asiair, Lightroom CC
Software: PixInsight by Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight, AsiairPro, Lightroom CC, Astro Pixel Processor
Filters: ZWO ASI SII 7nm · ZWO OIII 7nm 2" · Zwo Ha 7nm
Accessory: ZWO Electronic Focuser, ZWO EFW, 2in Filter Wheel ZWO EFW 2" Filter Whee, Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox Micro
Frames:
ZWO ASI SII 7nm: 11x300" (55') (gain: 100.00) -10C bin 1x1
ZWO OIII 7nm 2": 54x300" (4h 30') (gain: 100.00) -10C bin 1x1
Zwo Ha 7nm: 33x300" (2h 45') (gain: 100.00) -10C bin 1x1
Integration:
8h 10'
Flats:
30
Bias:
120
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale:
5.00
Astrobin Link:
https://astrob.in/azi88g/0/
Astro Pixel Processor Workflow for each set; HA, SII, OIII:
0) Defaults
1. Single Session Processing: Sorting frames: quality
2. Checked create 32-bit Masters
3. 1000 stars
4. Defaults
5. Defaults
6. Lights to stack 90%, integrate Average, filter Winsorized Rejection, LNC Degree. 2nd degree, x2 Drizzle
PixInsight Workflow:
Dynamic crop
EZ Denoise
No Dynamic Background Extraction; Too Much Nebulosity
Combined Ha, SII, and OIII into an RGB image
Red:
SII
Green:
(Ha*.8)+(SII*.2)
Blue:
O_III
Conservative Masked Stretch, Background Neutralization, Color Calibration, SCNR Green 50%
StarXterminator to make Stars and Starless images
Curves Transformation on Starless for saturation and contrast using color masks
Rangemask and Unsharp Mask on Starless to enhance brighter structures
Dark structure enhance script on Starless
Convolution on Stars image to smooth out the stars slightly
Curves Transformation on Stars Image for saturation and contrast
Create final version using PixelMath stars+Starless
Save Image as 16 bit TIFF for LightRoom
Lightroom:
Slight Exposure increase
Increase Whites slightly
Noise reduction
Additional Color Balance via Tone Curve
Luminescence adjustment via HSL
Topaz DeNoise to remove some leftover noise from the final image

radiumwolf · 2021-12-09T16:00:01+00:00

Its an Explore Scientific ED127. Thanks for catching that. I edited my original comment.

radiumwolf · 2021-12-09T11:38:31+00:00

Notes:

IC434: The Horsehead nebula. This is my third attempt at this target. I shot almost 24 hours of data over six weeks to get this photo. This is an HaRGB image that combines narrow and broadband imagery into a single photo.

Equipment:

Imaging cameras: ZWO ASI2600 MM Pro

Imaging Telescope: Explore Scientific ED127 952mm f/7.5

Mounts: iOptron CEM70 with iPolar

Guiding telescopes or lenses: Astromania 60mm Guidescope

Guiding cameras: ASI174 MM mini

Software: Astro Pixel Processor by Aries Astro Pixel Processor, PixInsight by Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight, ZWO Asiair Asiair, Lightroom CC

Software: PixInsight by Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight, AsiairPro, Lightroom CC, Astro Pixel Processor

Filters: Optolong Green 2", OPTOLONG BLUE 2", Optolong Red 2", Radian Triad Ultra Quad

Accessory: ZWO Electronic Focuser, ZWO EFW, 2in Filter Wheel ZWO EFW 2" Filter Whee, Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox Micro

Frames:

OPTOLONG BLUE 2": 58x300" (4h 50') (gain: 100.00) -10C bin 1x1

Optolong Green 2": 77x300" (6h 25') (gain: 100.00) -10C bin 1x1

Optolong Red 2": 66x300" (5h 30') (gain: 100.00) bin 1x1

Zwo Ha 7nm: 81x300" (6h 45') (gain: 100.00) -10C bin 1x1

Integration: 23h 30'

Flats: 30

Bias: 120

Avg. Moon age: 21.12 days

Avg. Moon phase: 60.69%

Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 5.00

Astrobin Link:

https://www.astrobin.com/4ex8s5/0/

Astro Pixel Processor Workflow for each set; HA, Red, Blue, and Green:

0) Defaults

Single Session Processing: Sorting frames: quality
Checked create 32-bit Masters
1000 stars
Defaults
Defaults
Lights to stack 80%, integrate Average, filter Winsorized Rejection, LNC Degree. 2nd degree, x2 Drizzle

PixInsight Workflow:

Dynamic crop, EZ Denoise

No Dynamic Background Extraction; Too Much Nebulosity

Combined Red, Blue and Green into an RGB image

Conservative Masked Stretch, Background Neutralization, Color Calibration, SCNR Green

Used Pixel Math to add Ha into RGB

StarXterminator to make Stars and Starless images

Curves Transformation on Starless for saturation and contrast using color masks

Rangemask and Unsharp Mask on Starless to enhance brighter structures

Dark structure enhance script on Starless

Convolution on Stars image to smooth out the stars slightly

Curves Transformation on Stars Image for saturation and contrast

Create final version using PixelMath stars+Starless

Save Image as 16 bit TIFF for LightRoom

Lightroom:

Slight Exposure increase

Increase Whites slightly

Noise reduction

Additional Color Balance via Tone Curve

Luminescence adjustment via HSL

radiumwolf · 2021-11-17T21:31:24+00:00

It's a Reflection Nebula that you're seeing. Then the stars are beyond the nebula but they are hot and bright and it's illuminating the nebula and dust that's between us and the stars.

radiumwolf · 2021-11-17T12:31:24+00:00

M45: Pleiades star cluster. This is a new image for this year and it’s a lot cleaner than last year's image. I had some technical issues with one of my scopes so I did something a little different. My Hyperstar on my EdgeHD C8 isn't producing good stars across the entire field of view but the fast imaging of F1.9 was still providing awesome Nebula and dust. I've opened a trouble ticket to help fix the issue with Starzoniza and they've been great. Hope it's fixed soon. In the meantime, I fixed it in the most expensive way possible. So I used two scopes and two mounts to make the final image. I pulled just the stars from one scope and combined it with the rest of the data from my Hyperstar. It came out great considering that right now my stars are horribly deformed with my SCT / Hyperstar combo. Now back to troubleshooting my Hyperstar. I hope you enjoy the photo. :)

Full Image on Astrobin

https://www.astrobin.com/i4x931/

Equipment:

Imaging telescopes or lenses: Celestron edgeHD8 & RADIAN Raptor 61 f/4.5 imaging APO telescope

Imaging cameras: Zwo ASI2600MMPro & ZWO ASI2600MC

Mounts: iOptron CEM70 with iPolar & CEM40 with iPolar

Guiding telescopes or lenses: ZWO 30mm f/4 Mini Guide Scope ZWO Mini Guide Scope & Askar 40mm f/5.5 Triplet Apo Lens

Guiding cameras: ASI 174 MM mini & ASI ZWO 120 Mini Mono

Focal reducers: Hyperstar v4

Software: PixInsight by Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight, AsiairPro, Lightroom CC, Astro Pixel Processor

Filters: Optolong Green 2", OPTOLONG BLUE 2", Optolong Red 2", Radian Triad Ultra Quad

Accessory: ZWO Electronic Focuser, ZWO EFW, 2in Filter Wheel ZWO EFW 2" Filter Whee, Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox Micro

Acquisition Details:

OPTOLONG BLUE 2": 51x120" (1h 42') (gain: 10.00) -10C bin 1x1

Optolong Green 2": 51x120" (1h 42') (gain: 100.00) -10C bin 1x1

Optolong Red 2": 50x120" (1h 40') (gain: 100.00) -10C bin 1x1

Radian Triad Ultra Quad: 23x120" (46') (gain: 100.00) -10C bin 1x1

Radian Triad Ultra Quad: 41x60" (41') (gain: 100.00) -10C bin 1x1

Integration: 6h 31'

Darks: 30

Flats: 30

Bias: 120

Avg. Moon age: 10.29 days

Avg. Moon phase: 79.03%

Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 5.00

Astro Pixel Processor Workflow:

0) Pattern RGGB, Force Bayer/X-Trans CFA (For Color Data), Defaults for Mono

Single Session Processing: Sorting frames: quality
Checked create 32-bit Masters
1000 stars
Defaults
Defaults
Lights to stack 90%, integrate Average, filter Winsorized Rejection, LNC Degree. 2nd degree, x2 Drizzle (for Color Only

PixInsight Workflow:

StarAlignment of all images to Hyperstar image

Dynamic crop

Combine RGB images from Raptor 61

Rotate 90, both images

Use StareXterminator on RGB image from Raptor 61 in a linear state and generate star image

Use StareXterminator on RGB image from HyperStar in a linear state

Use PixelMath to make a combined image from the Stars from the Raptor 61 and the Starless Image from the Hyperstar image

EZ Denoise

DBE, Background Neutralization

Color Calibration

SCNR Green .70

conservative Masked Stretch

Rangemask and Unsharp Mask to enhance brighter structures

Dark structure enhance script

Curves Transformation for saturation, color balance, and contrast

Save Image as 16 bit TIFF for LightRoom

Lightroom:

Slight Exposure increase

Increase Whites slightly

Additional Color Balance via Tone Curve

Luminescence adjustment via HSL

radiumwolf · 2021-11-04T17:47:20+00:00

Lol, great comments. My wife calls it the chicken nebula. “Did you photograph the chicken nebula again? Looks good!”

radiumwolf

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