I imaged this using a Orion 8" Astrograph, Celestron CgemDX, Baader MPCC, SSAG (PHD2), and a Canon 60Da.
PixInsight: This image was very difficult to get the MT working right, and it took me 2 months of sitting on data and re-editing to get the stars looking less like the dog's breakfast. I'd love to sound technical and smart - but here I found the simple, straight forward Erosion MT function (varying Amounts and iterations) yielded a better result. Truth: Editing / re-editing / overcomplicating things for 2 months. In the end I started from scratch and finished it within 2 hours. Possibly due to being fed up, but also spending the time learning on what DIDN'T look right.
Every time I edit I learn more and more about PI. There is no better software that compares - but damn..... it's a steep learning curve! But more rewarding when successful.
Thanks all for producing such great software.
FYI: this is generally the tutorial I refer to when doing a Morphological Transformation in PI. by Rogelio Bernal Andreo: Star size reduction via Morphological Transformations
http://www.deepskycolors.com/archive...ological-.html
Details:
40x 300sec iso800
3,3hrs
Acquired: Nebulosity
Processing
ix Insight & PhotoShop
100 bias
30 flats
30 darks
Full resolution:
http://www.astrobin.com/full/102682/0/
I Blogged about it here:
http://www.astrotanja.com/chasing-the-chicken-ic2944/