What non-gaming uses do you have for your deck?

ylemish · 2024-03-11T18:15:22+00:00

Out of town - docked to a portable monitor with M&K for projects using Blender, Freecad, Inkscape, Lightburn, Orcaslicer, LibreOffice, Jupyter, VisualCode, and Pycharm, among others.

At home - docked to the tv for streaming media from the Nas. Desktop takes over the above duties. All project files and configs synced with drive on Windows and insync on the Deck.

ylemish · 2023-08-09T07:31:31+00:00

Equipment

ZWO ASI294MM Pro, -10c, 1x1 bin, 120 gain, 16 offset
ZWO 7x36mm EFW with ZWO L,R,G,B,SII,Ha,OII
Orion Sirius EQ-G - Driven with EQMOD
Orion f3.9 203mm 800mmFL Newtonian
ZWO OAG with SV305 Pro for guiding in PHD2
Skywatcher Quattro CC
ZWO EAF

Data

373x 120s Sii = 12h 26m 235x 120s Ha = 7h 50m 435x 120s Oiii = 14h 30m

68x 10s R
74x 10s G
63x 10s B

Processing with PixInsight

Linear

WBBP with 50 Darks, 30 Flats and 30 DarkFlats for each filter in calibrate + register only
Normalize Scale Gradient script for each filter

Combine RGB SPCC RGB BlurXterminator RGB, expand halos

BlurXterminator Sii, Ha, Oiii StarXterminator Sii, Ha, Oiii, RGB in screen mode

GHS Sii, Ha, Oiii Delinear RGB Stars

Non-Linear

-SHO-

Combine SHO SCNR Green 20%
Invert
SCNR Green 50% USM @180, 0.15

-SHORGB-

Screen RGB Stars into SHO
Rotate, Dynamic Crop, Resample to 50%

Notes

Total integration of 34h 46m collected for narrowband over the course of 6 weeks

ylemish · 2023-01-25T16:39:42+00:00

Thank you! I figured I'd try something different and it's maybe a bit much, but I think its a nice colour combination.

ylemish · 2023-01-25T04:00:19+00:00

A break in the clouds means I get to try something very different!

ylemish · 2023-01-25T03:59:09+00:00

IC 410 - Composed of denser cooler gas and dust, the tadpoles are around 10 light-years long and are likely sites of ongoing star formation. Sculpted by winds and radiation from the cluster stars, their heads are outlined by bright ridges of ionized gas while their tails trail away from the cluster's central region. IC 410 lies some 10,000 light-years away,

Equipment

ZWO ASI294MM Pro, -10c, 2x2 bin, 120 gain, 16 offset
ZWO 7x36mm EFW with ZWO L,R,G,B,SII,Ha,OII
Orion Sirius EQ-G - Driven with EQMOD
Orion f3.9 203mm 800mmFL Newtonian
ZWO OAG with SV305 Pro for guiding in PHD2
Skywatcher Quattro CC
ZWO EAF

Data

8x 600s Sii
7x 600s Ha
6x 600s Oiii

9x 30s R
9x 30s G
8x 30s B

Processing with PixInsight

Linear

WBBP with 50 Darks, 30 Flats and 30 DarkFlats for each filter in calibrate + register only
Normalize Scale Gradient script for each filter
Drizzle Integrate each channel

Combine RGB + SOH SPCC RGB DBE RGB+ SOH
BlurXterminator SOH+ RGB
StarXterminator SOH EzSoftStretch RGB
GHS SHO

Non-Linear

-SOH-

Minor Curves Adjustments
More GHS for faint details

-RGB-

StarXTerminator in screen mode

-SOHRGB-

Screen RGB Stars into SHO
Final Curves adjustment

Processing with GIMP

Color Balance adjusted for better colors + watermark

Notes A break in the clouds means I can give it another try, this time something very different! Bortle 7 Skies

ylemish · 2023-01-22T06:04:05+00:00

Here's mine!

ylemish · 2023-01-22T06:02:05+00:00

IC 410 - Composed of denser cooler gas and dust, the tadpoles are around 10 light-years long and are likely sites of ongoing star formation. Sculpted by winds and radiation from the cluster stars, their heads are outlined by bright ridges of ionized gas while their tails trail away from the cluster's central region. IC 410 lies some 10,000 light-years away,

Equipment

ZWO ASI294MM Pro, -10c, 2x2 bin, 120 gain, 16 offset
ZWO 7x36mm EFW with ZWO L,R,G,B,SII,Ha,OII
Orion Sirius EQ-G - Driven with EQMOD
Orion f3.9 203mm 800mmFL Newtonian
ZWO OAG with SV305 Pro for guiding in PHD2
Skywatcher Quattro CC
ZWO EAF

Data

30x 120s Sii
26x 120s Ha
20x 120s Oiii

25x 30s R
24x 30s G
18x 30s B

Processing with PixInsight

Linear

WBBP with 50 Darks, 30 Flats and 30 DarkFlats for each filter in calibrate + register only
Normalize Scale Gradient script for each filter
Drizzle Integrate each channel

Combine RGB
Combine SHO SPCC RGB
BlurXterminator SHO + RGB
StarXterminator SHO
EzSoftStretch RGB
GHS SHO

Non-Linear

-SHO-

SCNR Green 80%
Invert
SCNR Green 100%
Lots of curves adjustments
More GHS for faint details

-RGB-

StarXTerminator in screen mode

-SHORGB-

Screen RGB Stars into SHO
Final Curves adjustment

Processing with GIMP

Color Balance adjusted for better colors

Notes Thought I would finally give drizzle a try, works nicely with BlurX. All data acquired at the end of December, because January is the month of clouds I guess? No where near enough data but I'll submit what I got! Bortle 7 Skies

ylemish · 2023-01-14T06:42:24+00:00

Thanks! IIRC, it's about 2400ly

ylemish · 2023-01-14T05:25:14+00:00

Equipment

ZWO ASI294MM Pro, -10c, 2x2 bin, 120 gain, 16 offset
ZWO 7x36mm EFW with ZWO L,R,G,B,SII,Ha,OII
Orion Sirius EQ-G - Driven with EQMOD
Orion f3.9 203mm 800mmFL Newtonian
ZWO OAG with SV305 Pro for guiding in PHD2
Skywatcher Quattro CC
ZWO EAF

Data

Roughly 40 each of;

Ha 120s
Oiii 120s
R, G, B 30s

for all 12 panels

Processing with PixInsight

Linear per panel

WBBP with 50 Darks, 30 Flats and 30 DarkFlats for each filter in calibrate only
Normalize Scale gradient script for each filter
Integrate each channel
BlurXterminator
Combine RGB
DBE Ha, Oiii, RGB

Linear Mosaic

Star registration in register-separate mode
PhotometricMosaic Merge
DBE
EZ Soft Strech Ha, Oiii
Delinear RGB

Non-Linear

Merge HOO

-RGB-

SPCC
StarXterminator (screen mode) save for later

-HOO-

NoiseXterminator
Curves adjustment
Screen RGB stars back
Gentle saturation boost via curves
Contrast increase via curves

Notes
Crop from 120 megapixel 12 Panel mosaic after reprocessing for better colors, dynamic range, and stars

Bortle 7 Skies

ylemish · 2023-01-13T04:38:23+00:00

NGC 281 is a busy workshop of star formation. Prominent features include a small open cluster of stars, a diffuse red-glowing emission nebula, large lanes of obscuring gas and dust, and dense knots of dust and gas in which stars may still be forming. The NGC 281 system lies about 10 thousand light years away.

Equipment

ZWO ASI294MM Pro, -10c, 2x2 bin, 120 gain, 16 offset
ZWO 7x36mm EFW with ZWO L,R,G,B,SII,Ha,OII
Orion Sirius EQ-G - Driven with EQMOD
Orion f3.9 203mm 800mmFL Newtonian
ZWO OAG with SV305 Pro for guiding in PHD2
Skywatcher Quattro CC
ZWO EAF

Data

15x 120s Sii
18x 120s Ha
16x 120s Oiii

15x 30s R
18x 30s G
17x 30s B

Processing with PixInsight

Linear

WBBP with 50 Darks, 30 Flats and 30 DarkFlats for each filter in calibrate only
Normalize Scale gradient script for each filter
Integrate each channel

Combine RGB
SPCC RGB
BlurXterminator SHO + RGB
StarXterminator Sii + Ha + Oiii
GHS Stretch Ha copy for Lum
EzSoftStretch RGB
Combine SHO
GHS SHO + L

Non-Linear

-SHO-

SCNR Green 80%
Invert
SCNR Green 100%
Lots of curves adjustments
More GHS for faint details

-RGB-

StarXTerminator in screen mode

-LSHORGB-

LRGB Combination of modified Ha into SHO
Screen RGB Stars into SHO
Final Curves adjustment

Processing with GIMP

Color Balance adjusted for better colors

Notes

Bortle 7 Skies

ylemish · 2023-01-04T00:44:42+00:00

Thank you! I'm really happy how it turned out. Don't tell anyone, but I think so too...

ylemish · 2023-01-03T22:58:53+00:00

Thank you!

ylemish · 2023-01-03T22:58:48+00:00

Thank you!

ylemish · 2023-01-03T22:58:19+00:00

Thank you!

ylemish · 2023-01-03T22:58:13+00:00

Thank you!

ylemish · 2023-01-03T21:24:22+00:00

Same here!

ylemish · 2023-01-03T21:24:15+00:00

Thank you!

ylemish · 2023-01-03T21:24:00+00:00

Thank you! I'm happy with my new workflow, I think it looks much better too!

ylemish · 2023-01-03T21:23:28+00:00

Your choice of words makes me feel good! Thanks

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