M27 - First go with APP

[neurosis3000]

First attempt using the trial version of Astro Pixel Professor and Photoshop CC.

Very low in the sky and a nearly full moon.

25 x 120s lights using ZWO Duo Band filter 1.25”.
Darks and Flats. No bias frames.

[PKay]

Not bad at all, well done.

I find this attempt interesting for a few reasons.

1: The Dumbbell nebula is my next target, just waiting for that big bright thing to go away.

2: You have used a duo band filter.

It allows OIII (35 nm Bandwidth) and H-Alpha (15 nm Bandwidth) wavelengths whilst blocking all other wavelengths
thus reducing the effects of light pollution, natural skyglow and moon light.

3: I have taken the liberty of analysing your image to see how well the filter worked.

Firstly I zoomed in on the nebula.

There is still considerable noise to be found,
so that suggests the filter with it's relatively wide bandwidth is still affected by moonlight.

I guess careful processing to remove (subtract) background gradients would help a lot.

Just for fun, removed some noise (after masking the neb), and then pushed the saturation a bit!

And remember I am new to this as well, we are all learning in this forum.

So keep em coming!

[Craig_]

Nice effort! I've started using APP in the last month and I've been pretty impressed with it.

[neurosis3000]

Wow! I like it! I must learn how that’s done! Thanks for the tip😃

[neurosis3000]

Yes I’ve actually got the trial of both APP and PI which was a mistake. Should have done one at a time Hahaha

Now the trials will probably expire before I get a chance to learn both. I found APP the less daunting of the two so tried it first 🤪

[Nikolas]

APP is a very good kit as your results show

[Sunfish]

A lot of detail and colour in the dumbbell. I expect to see more of those.

[LostInSp_ce]

Very nice looking dumbbell. Well done! :thumbsup: