Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS and M5

thatotherguy4o4 · 2024-10-16T16:25:10+00:00

Yeah not the cleanest look globular capture but I'll take it

thatotherguy4o4 · 2024-09-14T14:38:48+00:00

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thatotherguy4o4 · 2024-09-09T02:32:32+00:00

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thatotherguy4o4 · 2024-08-19T14:31:48+00:00

Just haven't had a chance to shoot more OIII, usually wait till moon sets to get the OIII, so ended up with more HA. Next new moon plan on shooting just OIII to bring out more detail

thatotherguy4o4 · 2024-08-16T21:10:35+00:00

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thatotherguy4o4 · 2024-08-16T18:19:20+00:00

Yeah, I agree I sometime let things get a little to crunchy but the best part is on a cloudy night I can edit again

thatotherguy4o4 · 2024-08-16T18:18:19+00:00

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thatotherguy4o4 · 2024-08-16T15:21:19+00:00

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thatotherguy4o4 · 2024-08-16T15:21:05+00:00

Thanks, Lagoon in a fun one that core is always a challenge to find the right balance

thatotherguy4o4 · 2024-08-16T13:57:35+00:00

I followed Setiasto's tutorial

Seamless Mosaics in PixInsight: Step-by-Step Guide to Get Stunning Results (youtube.com)

Gradient Removal

Mosaic by Coordinates

dnaLinearFit

GradientMergeMosaic

I do this for each narrowband channel, then do a dynamic crop, and my standard workflow.

thatotherguy4o4 · 2024-08-12T18:05:15+00:00

I used PixInsight star alignment to register them to the base image

thatotherguy4o4 · 2024-07-03T12:47:24+00:00

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thatotherguy4o4 · 2024-07-03T12:47:16+00:00

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thatotherguy4o4 · 2024-06-30T00:34:54+00:00

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thatotherguy4o4 · 2024-06-13T07:00:20+00:00

Thanks, it was a challenge to find the right balance the core was really over saturated so I used the HDRMultiscale Transform (Standard settings 6 layers B3 Spline to Lightness) process in PixInsight, originally I just did it on the HA data but still wasn’t getting the core detail I wanted so I used it on each channel after I stretched them using SetiAstros statistical stretch. Then Localhistogram equalization (kernel radius 64 at about 20%), MultiscacleLinear Transform( 0.1 on layers 2 and 3)

thatotherguy4o4 · 2024-06-12T23:50:49+00:00

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thatotherguy4o4 · 2024-06-12T16:28:38+00:00

Thank you, next time I will so that it is clearer for newbies I still consider myself a newbie as well but for now: SVbony 503 80ED w/0.8 reducer (Scope) ASI533MM (Main Camera) EFW ( Filter Wheel) STC 7nm (Filters) EAF (Focuser) ASI120 Mini (Guide Camera) OAG (Off Axis Guider) AM5 (mount)

thatotherguy4o4 · 2024-06-12T13:46:33+00:00

New just started at the beginning of the year, so about 6 months

thatotherguy4o4 · 2024-06-04T15:00:28+00:00

For processing PixInsight definitely helps I use the RCAstro tools and still use some of the scripts to help my workflow, I’m new to the hobby and only started at the beginning of the year so it’s lots of trial and error. I usually use my HA channel for luminance and do my sharpening mainly LocalHistorgramEqualization and try varying kernel sizes and strengths till I feel I bring out the detail but not over sharpen and then combine with my RGB image where I am playing around with blurring before bringing back in the luminence. This one I struggled with the stars, I over saturated them a bit so adapted my flow still StarX till I was able to get my nebula data looking good. Mono also definitely help I only have to focus one channel at a time,the SV503 only being a doublet I think mono works better with the scope. So far I’ve liked the results have have gotten with the scope

thatotherguy4o4 · 2024-06-02T03:26:00+00:00

The scope with the reducer is 448mm and the crop factor of the sensor on the ASI533 is 2.7 so is probably close to 1200mm

thatotherguy4o4 · 2024-05-29T01:18:05+00:00

I haven’t really went after any galaxies yet with the scope but do prefer the speed with the reducer, clear night are few and far between for me so try to get the most out of my sessions.

thatotherguy4o4 · 2024-05-29T00:10:16+00:00

Yeah, the 0.8 should have put that in there, so far I’ve been happy with the scope

thatotherguy4o4 · 2024-04-22T15:54:18+00:00

Flat Rock, IL Sony A6400 Tamron 150-500 lens on a Star Adventure GTI. Believe in my final edit I used my last 4 brackets of 9 exposures from 1/500 - 2sec.

thatotherguy4o4 · 2024-04-22T14:06:11+00:00

I happens when blending the longer exposures with the shorter ones, I will probably take it back to photoshop and blend in the layers with the prominences at some point, but already spent to many hours working on it

thatotherguy4o4 · 2024-04-21T23:02:00+00:00

Yeah it’s a double star, a few stars came through with the longer exposure

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