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NGC 5128 rework

Since the weather is so crappy, and the moon being so prominant and no good for collecting data on my current project, I have had a play with some older data.
NGC 5128 (Centaurus A), taken back in May 2016, roughly 4.5 hrs integration time.
The last one is my original go at processing in Maxim DL4, with the other 4 being done in PixInsight, I'm not sure which one I actually prefer. It was fun seeing what the results of different attempts with small changes to different things made.

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Old 13-02-2017, 10:48 AM
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Take at look at Gerards great PI vids and Light Vortex tutes. There is much more in your data that you havent yet pulled out in PixInsight, you might be still using a simple workflow. Eg your background is too dark so you're losing dust lanes, there is more definition to bring out too plus star colours to bring back.

I'm wrestling with improving my own workflow and finding so much I can pull out without killing other parts of the image and those links above have some great information and techniques to help me understand and optimise PI processes. Something I've learnt is not every step will do something you can see in the images, its more about maximising signal and minimising noise so later steps can be really pushed.

I recommend you take your image through Gerard's tutorial for enhancing nebulosity. I'd bet you get something that will exceed all your PI attempts so far. its a very robust process that works well on most images. Some steps you might not need depending on image content , just think "structure/deep space object" instead of nebulosity, the process is just works great on faint fuzzies. The LVA tutorials have great gems of individual steps within the tutorials plus some real dogs of steps, so disregard the tutorial titles and just run through them with your own images to get a better understanding of what each step does and you take the parts you want and make your own workflow better as a result.

The links above are the only two resources I've found helpful in my PI processing, apologies to Warren's book and Harry's vids.
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Old 13-02-2017, 11:20 AM
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Thanks Sil for the feedback,
I am yet to go completely through the Light Vortex tutes in depth,I have had them for a while but not made the time to go through them thoroughly. I will check out Gerards vids and add them to my arsenel of tutes.

You are correct in saying I am still using very basic workflow, there is so much to learn to sufficient degree, that I go through a workflow via my personal cribsheet. Ever so slowly, as I work through different tutes, I may try adding something to my workflow, but this imaging and processing game, although fun and hugely rewarding is a immensely steep learning curve.

Thanks again for taking the time to look and comment.

Clear skies

Shane

EDIT: I have had a quick look at the link you provided to the vids, and discovered I had found them and added to bookmarks but not yet had a chance to watch them.
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