09.04.2019, 21:49 CEST
Canon EOS 600D + 4" Maksutov (f/10)
on Skywatcher Star adventurer mount
5 x 3.2 s @ ISO 400
5 x 1/200 s @ ISO 800
Post-Processing:
- aligned and stacked in Autostakkert 3
- combination in Adobe Photoshop CS2
- final sharping, cropping and exposure correction
in GIMP 2.10
For more details regarding the processing,
I refer to this tutorial video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8XxNQw7PjY
by Dylan O'Donnell
Location: Raisdorf, Germany
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22.03.2020, 19:41 - 20:52 UT
ZWO ASI 1600 MM Pro @ -20°C (Gain=139, Offset=21)
+ C14 & Starizona Hyperstar @ 675 mm (f/1.9)
+ Baader 2" Ha filter
on CGE-Pro mount
no autoguiding
strong wind gusts and tracking errors lead to elongated stars
light frames:
47 x 60 s (Ha)
dark frames:
60 x 60 s
Post-Processing:
Pixinsight:
Image calibration (dark + bias frames only), star alignment, image integration, dynamic background extraction, histogram transformation, curves transformation
Topaz Denoise AI:
Luminance noise reduction
Location: Schwentinental, Germany
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24.07.2019, 02:22 UT
ZWO ASI 174MM + C14 Edge HD (f/27.5)
Baader IR filter (685 nm)
Post-Processing:
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Autostakkert 3: 250 / 5000 frames stacked
Registax 6: histogram correction, wavelet sharpening
Adobe Photoshop CS2: image crop, level correction,
unsharp mask
Topaz Denoise: Noise reduction
Location: Schwentinental OT Raisdorf
Tags: C14 Edge HD Moon
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24.08.2019, 21:29 - 23:21 UT
ZWO ASI 1600 MM Pro @ -20°C (Gain=139, Offset=21)
+ first light with C14 & Starizona Hyperstar @ 675 mm (f/1.9)
+ Baader 2" RGB filters
on CGE-Pro mount
light frames:
54 x 30 s (red)
53 x 30 s (green)
44 x 30 s (blue)
dark frames:
60 x 30 s
Post-Processing:
Pixinsight:
Image calibration (dark + bias frames only), star alignment, image integration, dynamic crop, automatic background extraction, noise suppression by multiscale linear transform, photometric color calibration, histogram transformation, SCNR
Gimp:
Final curve adjustments, increased color saturation
Location: Schwentinental, Germany
Tags: NGC 6960 Veil nebula C14 hyperstar
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