Ic2944 - Now in COLOUR!!!

[DavidTrap (David)]

The results of the last couple of nights of fiddling in the backyard.

13 x 15min Ha subs, stacked in Maxim, DDP, sharpened and curve adjustment - just a quick process to check on quality, nothing fancy.

Really need to learn how to use PixInsight...

Was very sad when I found out I have to work late on Friday night - hopefully the weather holds for Saturday night and I can collect some LRGB under dark skies. Might try and collect some L at least when I get home tomorrow.

C&C welcome

DT

[RickS (Rick)]

Looks pretty sharp, David. Hope you get some clear skies on Saturday.

Cheers,
Rick.

[DavidTrap (David)]

Thanks Rick - hope your trip is productive too!

DT

[RobF (Rob)]

Nice work David.
Fingers crossed for weather and time on Sat.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Very nice David.

[TrevorW]

Yes agree nice image

[allan gould]

Great image David. Doing Ha from the suburbs really brings out some details.

[DavidTrap (David)]

Thanks Rob, JJJ, Trevor & Allan.

Very happy to be gathering some photons again. The weather has been delightful the last week or so. Just a pain to have to work to support this habit!

Must look at getting some more filters and doing some NB images, rather than just Ha blends into LRGB.

DT

[ozstronomer (Geoff)]

Looks great David lots of detail there, well done.

Tonight is not promising, lets hope tomorrow clears.

[CoolhandJo (Paul)]

Very nice depth to the image

[stevous67 (Steve M)]

Very nice 3D effect David. Well placed in FOV too.

Steve

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

Great result David. Looking forward to seeing how it evolves with the extra data.

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

Nice shooting David. Lovely detail.

[Ross G]

Great detail David and so sharp.


Ross.

[DavidTrap (David)]

Thanks Geoff, Paul, Steve, Ross & Paul.

As for sharpness, the guiding graph was very stable, and the FWHM were in the 3-4 range. Seeing hasn't been all that great lately - still lots of moisture about.

DT

[multiweb (Marc)]

Wow! You're on a roll David. Superb result.

[DavidTrap (David)]

High praise coming from you Marc - thanks!

DT

[PeterM]

Wow David how sharp is that. Such detail a fabulous image.
Peter

[DavidTrap (David)]

Hi all,

I've finally had a bit of time (stuck at home on call this weekend) in which to attempt to tackle PixInsight.

Here is my first effort. I followed a tutorial on the PI website about processing a Ha image.

I calibrated the individual subs in Maxim and then stacked them in PI. It seems to give a better result, although the image is mirror flipped??

I then applied a histogram transfer, created masks and applied ATrosWavelets, then selective ACDNR.

Link to full size JPEG

Comments welcome,

DT

[RickS (Rick)]

David,

Looks like a nice improvement!

According to the PI guys, they are right about the coordinate origin of FITS files and just about everybody else is wrong. You can change the behaviour of PI, however, by going to Edit Preferences for FITS files in the Format Explorer. Change the Coordinate Origin option.

Cheers,
Rick.