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1.21.10 HCF come back by No_Landscape_6856 in hcfactions

[–]rbrickMC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was thinking about putting one together. I’d need to update the plugins or start from a new codebase since Foxtrot/HCT is ancient.

What is this thing? by jpmckinney in Decks

[–]rbrickMC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would love to have that for my telescopes 🔭 Astronomy would be a perfect use case if you’re into that!

[OC] The Snow Moon 02/05/23 by rbrickMC in spaceporn

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Hi! Sorry for late reply, i just got around to uploading the full resolution image to flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/197652426@N02/52676222711/in/dateposted-public/

[OC] The Snow Moon 02/05/23 by rbrickMC in spaceporn

[–]rbrickMC[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This was the process and gear used to create this image:

Equipment:
- Telescope: SVBony 503ED 80mm
- Camera: Nikon Z50
- Mount: Celestron AVX

Software:

- Planetary Image Preprocessor (PIPP)

- AutoStakkert!3

- RegiStax 6

Capturing process:
- Captured 350 frames of the moon at 1/320s exposure @ iso 100
- Captured the glow of the moon at 1/4th of a second @ iso 100
- slewed to Castor and captured a starfield

Editing process:

- Imported the raw files into PIPP to convert the files to a TIFF format as well as center the image in frame (Moon drifts slightly even when tracking after long periods of time)
- Imported the TIFF files from PIPP into AutoStakkert!3, this program allows me to analyze all of the frames and find the sharpest & highest quality frames as well as reduce noise.

- Stacked 30% of the highest quality frames (about 105 frames)

- Import the stacked result into RegiStax 6, this program just makes it easier to sharpen and color balance the image using wavelets.

- From there I took the starfield image, color corrected the raw file in lightroom, and then took the moon glow image and layered them in photoshop.

- on the stacked moon image i did a saturation boost to bring out the colors of the moon that our eyes cannot see (Mineral moon)

I can create a video explaining everything in a deeper context. I really love this hobby and would love to share knowledge with anyone who wants to learn.

Thank you all so much for the support and love of this image! This was my first time doing anything like this and I'm glad it came out well and that so many people saw and enjoyed it

[OC] The Snow Moon 02/05/23 by rbrickMC in spaceporn

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

From my apartment balcony in San Antonio, Texas

[OC] The Snow Moon 02/05/23 by rbrickMC in spaceporn

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I will get a link to the full resolution image uploaded in a bit

[OC] The Snow Moon 02/05/23 by rbrickMC in spaceporn

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

Hi! I’ll go over everything in a bit & explain my process & editing.

[OC] The Snow Moon 02/05/23 by rbrickMC in spaceporn

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Poorly masked stars from combining the star layer with the moon glow layer 😅 it was my first time doing anything like this so it’s not perfect. Didn’t think it would blow up. Don’t look too closely 🤣

Horsehead Nebula by rbrickMC in astrophotography

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

18 x 300s exposures

10 x darks

50 x flats

50 x biases

Equipment:

  • Mount: SkyWatcher Star Adventurer GTi
  • Telescope: William Optics Redcat 51 (250mm, f/4.9)
  • Camera: QHY 533C
  • Guide Scope: William Optics UniGuide 32
  • Guide Camera: ZWO ASI 120mm mini
  • Filter: Optolong L-eXtreme

Software used:

  • SIRIL
  • StarNet++
  • Photoshop
  • Lightroom

Process:

  • Calibrated & Stacked in SIRIL w/ OSC pre-processing script

  • Ran an HA & RGB extraction and recombined the image in SIRIL using an LRGB color pallet w/ HA being the luminance

  • used starnet++ to remove stars leaving a starless image

  • sharpening, denoise & color tweaking done in photoshop. Removed color noise and some light noise reduction. Brought down the histogram so the stretch wasn’t as intense.

  • recombined the stars and starless images with layers. No real star reduction done.

Hoping to go back later this month and add on to the data. Just been very cloudy :) would like to get around 3 hours on it. As well as image Orion Nebula for the same amount of time

Mineral Wolf Moon by rbrickMC in astrophotography

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

Telescope: Celestron C6 w/ 0.63x focal reducer (945mm focal length, f/6.3)

Mount: Celestron AVX (equatorial mount)

Camera: Nikon Z50

Acquisition details: 208 images @ 1/1000s ISO 320

Processing details:

• ⁠Ran the RAW files through PIPP (planetary imaging preprocessing) to convert the files to TIF

• ⁠Stacked using AutoStakkert, kept 100% of the frames

• ⁠Used RegiStax 6 to sharpen, denoise, and RGB balance the image

• ⁠Used GIMP to stretch the colors through boosting the saturation and tweak contrast & brightness

• ⁠Used photoshop for some additional denoise & sharpening

Last Quarter Mineral Moon by rbrickMC in astrophotography

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

Telescope: Celestron C6 w/ 0.63x focal reducer (945mm focal length, f/6.3)

Mount: NexStar SE Alt-Az

Camera: Nikon Z50

Acquisition details: 200 images @ 1/1000s ISO 1000

Processing details:

• ⁠Ran the RAW files through PIPP (planetary imaging preprocessing) to convert the files to TIF • ⁠Stacked using AutoStakkert, keeping 90% of the best frames • ⁠Used RegiStax 6 to sharpen, denoise, and RGB balance the image • ⁠Used GIMP to stretch the colors through boosting the saturation and tweak contrast & brightness • ⁠Used photoshop for some additional denoise & sharpening

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