#1  
Old 18-10-2018, 06:43 PM
Gavin1234
Registered User

Gavin1234 is offline
 
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Sydney
Posts: 227
Another version of horsehead

Same data, just tried a few different things with PixInsight.

Cant get outside and Im a bit bored.
Heres the full version

https://astrob.in/full/372346/0/
Attached Thumbnails
Click for full-size image (Horsehead 181018 small.jpg)
226.8 KB161 views
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 18-10-2018, 07:50 PM
silv's Avatar
silv (Annette)
Registered User

silv is offline
 
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Germany 54°N
Posts: 1,110
poah! From the old thread
Quote:
It’s 134 x 5 min subs. Taken on a ASI071MC through a SW Esprit 100 ED on a CGX mount from my backyard in Kellyville, Sydney. Stacked & Processed in PixInsight.
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/a...e.php?a=234771

That's a mighty difference! Marvellous how you got out all the dark stuff and the distinct red line next to the horsehead. That line was all but invisible in Lewis' red interpretation of your posted image. You must be so pleased! Do you think you'll be able to apply your new knowledge to the next image or was this a lucky strike?
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 18-10-2018, 08:21 PM
RickS's Avatar
RickS (Rick)
PI cult recruiter

RickS is offline
 
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 10,584
Nice work, Gavin.
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 18-10-2018, 10:15 PM
cometcatcher's Avatar
cometcatcher (Kevin)
<--- Comet Hale-Bopp

cometcatcher is offline
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Cloudy Mackay
Posts: 6,542
That's a really nice horse region. Very well done.
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 18-10-2018, 11:08 PM
ChrisV's Avatar
ChrisV (Chris)
Registered User

ChrisV is offline
 
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Sydney
Posts: 1,737
Real nice Gavin. That's a stunner
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 19-10-2018, 06:06 AM
Anth10's Avatar
Anth10 (Anthony M)
When its late stay awake

Anth10 is offline
 
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Briar Hill
Posts: 783
Spectacular result. Great Horsehead, Congrats
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 19-10-2018, 06:21 AM
Imme (Jon)
Registered User

Imme is offline
 
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Kyneton
Posts: 840
Definately one for the wall. Excellent effort on this.
Color is amazing as is the detail.....and you’ve done some great work balancing out bright stars and dim dust.

Last edited by Imme; 19-10-2018 at 07:18 AM.
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 19-10-2018, 07:17 AM
Mickoid (Michael)
Registered User

Mickoid is offline
 
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posts: 1,439
Love that one Gavin. I have the same scope so I will have to try a more serious attempt of it this season.
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 19-10-2018, 07:26 AM
multiweb's Avatar
multiweb (Marc)
ze frogginator

multiweb is offline
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Sydney
Posts: 22,060
Nice repro.
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 19-10-2018, 09:29 AM
jimmyh1555 (James)
jimmyh1555

jimmyh1555 is offline
 
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: George Town TAS
Posts: 156
Horsehead

That's an amazing picture Gavin! So you had shutter open for 11 HOURS. Must have been over several nights. Did you bother with darks after all that exposure time? What gain did you set?
Would love to know what modules you used in Pixinsight
Reply With Quote
  #11  
Old 19-10-2018, 11:00 AM
xelasnave's Avatar
xelasnave
Gravity does not Suck

xelasnave is offline
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Tabulam
Posts: 16,866
Nice work Gavin. You should be proud.

Alex
Reply With Quote
  #12  
Old 19-10-2018, 07:43 PM
Gavin1234
Registered User

Gavin1234 is offline
 
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Sydney
Posts: 227
Wow, thanks for the kind feedback guys.

I’ve been reading and watching a lot of video tutorials. Learnt a fair bit about noise reduction which has helped also colour saturation and masking. I still used darks, bias and flats Jimmy. 50 dark, 250 bias and I think 50 flats at that stage but I use 70 now. It was over a few nights and at that point it was only visible from 2am at my place so early morning starts.

I think I am going to have this printed on canvas or acrylic and hang it in a panorama format on my lounge room wall. I’m pretty happy with it although I know it could be a lot better.

Thankfully the clouds have rolled away tonight but I think it’s only for tonight so I’m going to make the most of it and get some more data on ngc253.
Reply With Quote
  #13  
Old 19-10-2018, 07:51 PM
silv's Avatar
silv (Annette)
Registered User

silv is offline
 
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Germany 54°N
Posts: 1,110
Quote:
I think I am going to have this printed on canvas or acrylic and hang it in a panorama format on my lounge room wall. I’m pretty happy with it
Reply With Quote
  #14  
Old 07-11-2018, 10:28 AM
Neil
Registered User

Neil is offline
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Thornton,N S W
Posts: 253
Hallo Gavin,
I'm wondering did you use any filter with this great image of the Horsehead? or just the camera(ASI071MC) thanks.
Reply With Quote
  #15  
Old 07-11-2018, 06:30 PM
Nikolas's Avatar
Nikolas (Nik)
Dazed and confused

Nikolas is offline
 
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 3,253
Love it, it's my next assignment
Reply With Quote
  #16  
Old 07-11-2018, 07:11 PM
RyanJones
Registered User

RyanJones is offline
 
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: Melbourne,Australia
Posts: 1,439
Quote:
Originally Posted by Nikolas View Post
Love it, it's my next assignment
I'll second that. I'm hoping this Saturday night. Fingers crossed.

I'll be happy if mine is half as good as yours. Well done Gavin !
Reply With Quote
  #17  
Old 08-11-2018, 08:33 PM
Gavin1234
Registered User

Gavin1234 is offline
 
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Sydney
Posts: 227
Thanks guys, no filter Neil just the camera.

Sorry jimmyh1555 I forgot to list the modules I used earlier;

After stacking I used;
Dynamic crop
Auto background extraction
Atrouswavelets transformation (there a newer version of this but I’ve stuck with this because I’ve got other things to learn and this does the job).
Histogram transformation
SCNR
Curves transformation
Color saturation
Tgvdenoise
Unsharp mask

I think that was all them. I spent a lot of time adjusting color saturation and curves with different masks over it.

Hope that helps.
Reply With Quote
  #18  
Old 09-11-2018, 12:46 PM
Filippo
Registered User

Filippo is offline
 
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 11
Wow, what an image! Well done!
Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools
Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT +10. The time is now 04:22 AM.

Powered by vBulletin Version 3.8.7 | Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Advertisement
Bintel
Advertisement
Testar
Advertisement