Popular Post Perkil8r Posted October 6, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted October 6, 2017 (edited) So after a quick go at Kelling I have decided to start a M27 project. So far 1hr40 in Ha all 5 min subs. ED80, Atik 314/L+ withe Atik filter wheel and Baader 1.25" NB filters (7nm) Captured in Maxim, stacked in DSS and polished with PS5cs Bias frames x 5 No cropping. Edited October 6, 2017 by Perkil8r Alec, +Graham, Tweedledee and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 Very nice. Looks like you are going to pull out the extremely faint outer regions with more data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 Thats a great start. Puzzled as to why you don't stack in Maxim though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perkil8r Posted October 6, 2017 Author Share Posted October 6, 2017 3 minutes ago, Graham said: Thats a great start. Puzzled as to why you don't stack in Maxim though. Thanks. That's mainly as I've never tried it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 (edited) you have to try it Mike. so much easier and better than DSS. Steve told me how to do it ages ago and I have never looked back Edited October 6, 2017 by Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 18 hours ago, Perkil8r said: Thanks. That's mainly as I've never tried it its easier than DSS and better for CCD subs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perkil8r Posted October 7, 2017 Author Share Posted October 7, 2017 Steve has kindly offered to go through it with me in a couple of weeks so I might be converted yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perkil8r Posted October 8, 2017 Author Share Posted October 8, 2017 Added 2hrs 40 of 10 minute subs: +Graham and BAZ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Thats coming along nicely Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perkil8r Posted October 12, 2017 Author Share Posted October 12, 2017 After struggling with guiding the other night I have swapped to PHD2 and had a quick 30mins of O3 data tonight. Stacked those badly on Maxim, then spun them all through photoshop with a 5 min sub in S2 from the other week just to see what I've got so far. Cropped a lot to avoid the bad bits due to incorrect alignment and lack of calibration. It's just a quick test to see how it's coming along. philjay and Tweedledee 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 It's getting there Mike, looks a nice shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Beautiful. That's a proper apple core now it's in colour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Looking good there Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perkil8r Posted October 15, 2017 Author Share Posted October 15, 2017 A bad process but now 2hrs 40 of both Ha and O3. Also now rotated to correct orientation. philjay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 I think it has lost a bit of fine detail from the previous version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perkil8r Posted October 15, 2017 Author Share Posted October 15, 2017 1 minute ago, Tweedledee said: I think it has lost a bit of fine detail from the previous version. Yes I agree. I need to have a good look at the processing. I think I need to look at both the alignment and levels of each channel. I am hoping for a couple of hours tonight so I can do the last channel which is a little different to the norm. It's a technique I saw the ESO using and it has a very nice hue to it. I've not seen it done here before so I'm keen to give it a bash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perkil8r Posted October 23, 2017 Author Share Posted October 23, 2017 Will see if this will upload correctly.... I'm backing away from this target now for a while, I have bigger fish to fry. Combination of Ha, OIII and SII all with Atik 314L+ and ED80 some calibration frames and stacked in Maxim apart from the SII which would only stack in DSS. +Graham and philjay 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Good one Mike. I like the colours you've got in that. Was it stacked RGB using the narrow band files? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perkil8r Posted October 24, 2017 Author Share Posted October 24, 2017 It was yes. I did have another plan but that went south due to incompetence on my part. I may well re visit the processing but for this year I am going to leave data gathering alone and go for something else now I have figured how to use the rig reliably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 That's a cracking image. Strange that the sii would not stack in maxim. What issue did you have with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 It just goes to demonstrate what I've always thought: Getting really REALLY good deep sky images is more than just having expensive equipment. I'm really impressed with these images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 nice image Mike, lots of detail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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