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Originally Posted by JA
WOW Rodney - you got it all. Well done 
Best
JA |
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Originally Posted by ChrisD
That's an extraordinary image Rodney!
Great colour matching for a mosaic.
To see my favourite, Rho Ophiuchi, sitting on top there. A while back I used a 72mm refractor and needed a 6 six panel mosaic to fit it all in, really gives me a sense of the vast scale you're dealing with here.
Please tell me how you did this?
Chris |
Many thanks for the kind words.
An overview of the method used to compose this image:
Hardware:- Canon 60Da
- Samyang f2.8 manual lens (set at f5.6)
- Skywatcher Star Adventurer Mount
Software:- Backyard EOS (image capture)
- Pixinsight (pre and post processing
- PTGui (stitching the panels)
Process steps:- Data was captured over three panels with approximately 50% overlap between the panels.
- Each panel was comprised of 10 subs at 180 seconds per sub.
- 30 dark frames
- Pre processing in Pixinsight for calibration, integration and registration.
- Output from preprocessing was three masters (Panels 1,2 &3)
- Preliminary processing in Pixinsight to normalise the three panels
- Save as TIFF files and transfer to PTGui
- Stitch panels in PTGui to create panorama
- Save and open in Pixinsight
- Post processing in Pixinsight
CS,
Rodney