#1  
Old 07-07-2015, 07:29 PM
hobbit
Registered User

hobbit is offline
 
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: sutherland shire
Posts: 377
veil nebula

A quick attempt at veil.
i notice there's a lot of hot pixels and there were plenty of stacking artifacts as well.
Attached Thumbnails
Click for full-size image (veils.JPG)
150.2 KB90 views
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 07-07-2015, 07:37 PM
hobbit
Registered User

hobbit is offline
 
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: sutherland shire
Posts: 377
and a more traditional one
Attached Thumbnails
Click for full-size image (veil2s.JPG)
138.9 KB62 views
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 07-07-2015, 07:47 PM
RickS's Avatar
RickS (Rick)
PI cult recruiter

RickS is offline
 
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 10,584
I like the non traditional
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 07-07-2015, 07:56 PM
raymo
Registered User

raymo is offline
 
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: margaret river, western australia
Posts: 6,070
I like 'em both.
raymo
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 07-07-2015, 08:01 PM
BruceG's Avatar
BruceG (Bruce)
Registered User

BruceG is offline
 
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Blue Mountains, Australia
Posts: 367
Love the first one!
Bruce.
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 07-07-2015, 08:02 PM
hobbit
Registered User

hobbit is offline
 
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: sutherland shire
Posts: 377
thanks guys.
any ideas on how to improve the hot pixels and stacking? The subs are supposedly already pre calibrated.
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 07-07-2015, 09:32 PM
RickS's Avatar
RickS (Rick)
PI cult recruiter

RickS is offline
 
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 10,584
Hard to see the hot pixels and stacking artifacts at that size so just some general thoughts... are you dithering? If not, that should give you a big improvement in quality. Other things to look at are whether your calibration process needs tweaking, whether you have enough subs and experiment with rejection algorithms and parameters to get a cleaner result.

Cheers,
Rick.
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 07-07-2015, 09:47 PM
hobbit
Registered User

hobbit is offline
 
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: sutherland shire
Posts: 377
well i'm assuming they're hot pixels. bright coloured dots.
I am dithering.
could probably use more subs, this one was only 110 minutes.
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 07-07-2015, 11:34 PM
BruceG's Avatar
BruceG (Bruce)
Registered User

BruceG is offline
 
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Blue Mountains, Australia
Posts: 367
I'm certainly no expert but a close inspection of these so called hot pixels reveals they are stacking artifacts. You will see a repeating pattern of 2 red dots above 2 closer green dots. Almost as though some stars did not get aligned properly. Strange that it is not global. I agree with Rick, go back to the stacking phase and change some attributes and settings.
You should also try to remove the gradient bright area on the right side of the image if you can. Great colour though.
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 12-07-2015, 12:56 PM
hobbit
Registered User

hobbit is offline
 
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: sutherland shire
Posts: 377
I tried using the median stacking mode which seems to have cleared it up a bit. Still need a bit more exposure time to get the noise down though.
Reply With Quote
  #11  
Old 12-07-2015, 03:49 PM
RickS's Avatar
RickS (Rick)
PI cult recruiter

RickS is offline
 
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 10,584
Median combine will give you lower SNR than average combine by about 20% so it may be worth persisting with average and tuning the rejection algorithm and parameters.

Cheers,
Rick.
Reply With Quote
  #12  
Old 13-07-2015, 09:52 AM
hobbit
Registered User

hobbit is offline
 
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: sutherland shire
Posts: 377
Hi Rick, Can you advise which settings i should try changing?
Attached Thumbnails
Click for full-size image (1.jpg)
43.9 KB9 views
Click for full-size image (2.jpg)
27.3 KB9 views
Click for full-size image (3.jpg)
33.1 KB9 views
Click for full-size image (4.jpg)
18.4 KB7 views
Reply With Quote
  #13  
Old 13-07-2015, 11:01 PM
dylan_odonnell (Dylan)
Registered User

dylan_odonnell is offline
 
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Byron Bay, Australia
Posts: 384
If all else fails, zoom in and pick them off manually in photoshop. Despite all the best calibration these things happen and it's no big deal to spend 10 minutes and clean up the stragglers Really great images!
Reply With Quote
  #14  
Old 14-07-2015, 10:02 AM
Camelopardalis's Avatar
Camelopardalis (Dunk)
Drifting from the pole

Camelopardalis is offline
 
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 5,429
Yeah I like both too loads of detail, 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 03:02 AM.

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