Had a lot of fun processing this Broadband and Narrowband data on and off over the last month or so, with variable results. I find I’m more and more determined to get better LRGB images, which I find challenging from Bortle 6/7 skies. Initially the plan was just to see if I could use an ASI2600MM-Pro with my rather unstable f4 8” Carbon Fibre Newtonian (the camera is weightier than my previous ASI1600 and the APS-C sensor really shows collimation errors). In the end I was okay with the slightly wonky results, given the portable setup and the time I had (or didn’t have) to deal with the issues. Broadband luminance was the real challenge but in the end this was better than it had been previously with the ASI1600. The narrowband clearly provided a lot more detail but had the challenge of attempting to make it look convincing as a deep space object. The golden HOO foraxx combo was a bit of a stretch :-/ Then, it almost goes without saying, one is always keen to make the comparison with the iconic Hubble (and now JWST) image. Not sure I’ve achieved much with the images per se but it’s been a fascinating time mucking around with the various possibilities in PixInsight. Comments/criticisms/suggestions always welcome.
Details here:
Broadband -
https://www.astrobin.com/full/6b42bp/J/
Narrowband -
https://www.astrobin.com/full/444y8c/C/
Narrowband starless -
https://www.astrobin.com/full/ee4dr7/0/