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[peter_4059]

Captured this data over 11 nights in April. All up just over 21 hours total LRGB integration using the Meade SN10, QSI683 and EQ8.

I quite like the part in the top left. I reminds me of Jar Jar Binks (with head tilted left).

Big version is here:
https://astrob.in/full/xjp4ev/0/

As always, comments and advice welcome. Thanks for looking

[multiweb]

Top shelf Peter. Great colours. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[peter_4059]

Thanks Marc. I'm quite pleased with how this one worked out. I've been experimenting with some new PI scripts ;)

[ozstronomer]

Great Image Peter,

must have been a few nights capturing 21 hours with limited sky view

Well done :thumbsup:

Geoff

[peter_4059]

Cheers Geoff. I've had it running all night most clear nights over the past few months and collecting loads of data. I can get about 2 hours on a target each night between the trees. Automation has made a huge difference to my capture productivity.

[vlazg]

Great prawn,
21 hours @ 2 hours per target per night……. I admire your patience, it would be a total pain in the butt.

[Retrograde]

Excellent depth and colour. Great stuff.

[peter_4059]

Thanks George. I actually didn't have to do much once I got the script set up and slept through a lot of the actual imaging time. My strategy going forward is to keep imaging a target while it is visible (over many nights) and then wait until it is no longer available before I start trying to process. In many cases my limited horizon means there is often only one target to choose from at any particular time so I'm likely going to accumulate a lot of data on a target in that instance. If there is more than one thing worth imaging I will set a target number of subs for each target and move on to the next object when I'm done with the first.



Cheers Pete. I had 14 hours of LUM and 2.5 hours each of RGB. It is amazing how much easier it is to process when there is plenty of raw data. I didn't do any noise reduction and the rejection/stacking algorithm took care of any dodgy subs without me going through each one. I did take onboard some advice from IIS members on some additional processing steps (Decon and HDRMultiscaleTransform with a bit of S-Curve tweak at the end) and I think these really made a difference.

[Ryderscope]

You’ve put some hard work into this one Peter with great results.

[strongmanmike]

Great colourful image there Pete!

Mike

[DavidTrap]

Very impressive - how are you going tweaking the Voyager Drag Script?

DT

[peter_4059]

Thanks Rodney. Appreciate the feedback.

Thanks Mike....no worms?

Dragscript is working well but I still find a reason to tweak here and there. The python script is working well but I'm sure could be better. I've been trying to learn sql to move a lot of data out of csv files. It has been good to dabble with python and I've taken a side track playing with Orange AI.