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Originally Posted by glend
I seem to be hopeless with image processing. I have Photoshop and Nebulosity, and DSS. I stack with DSS, always with dark frames and offset/bias frames (rarely use flats). I shoot exclusively at ISO800, with a Canon 450D DSLR. My scope is a 10" light weight imaging newt with guidescope. I use Metaguide to manage my ASI120MM guidecamera. It sits on a NEQ6 on a pier in my observatory. My sub times are usually between three and five minutes, and they always look great on the camera screen or on BYEOS.
My problem emerges when I move into Photoshop or Nebulosity.
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Glen I can't emphasise enough the importance of taking flats.
You really need to apply them to get the best results out of your gear.
I don't bother with offset/bias frames because they're not needed IMO.
When I image I guide using PHD and stack my frames using DSS.
I don't adjust anything in DSS once it spits out the image, I move it straight through to Photoshop and do all my adjusting there.
All the Deep Space images I've taken (see some my signature) have been taken with a DSLR and processed as above.
I had a quick go at your image but it's difficult to get anything worthy out of a jpg, this is the best I could do (crop) just quickly.
RB