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  1. Same data as my HOO capture, but processed to SHO palette using Bill Blanshan’s tools in PI. Stars remerged after finishing touches in Photoshop CC SW80ED (gold) l-eNhance ASI294mc pro EQ6-R & ASIair pro Tony
  2. This is a combination of three sessions, including just over an hours worth from last night. I culled the subs down to around 3 hours worth in Astro Pixel Processor and stacked and integrated as HOO Colour. A little bit of light-pollution adjustment in APP before handing over to PI for the processing. NoiseX at 14% then BlurX with stars at 10% and process first as yes. NoiseX at default Stretched using Bill Blanshan's scripts before passing the saved Tiff file over to Photoshop for finishing touches. StarX first Create starlayer Starless layer - match colour to bring up the saturation without introducing too much noise Minor adjustments to Contrast, Brightness Clean up strayer and reduce star size before merging back using screen blend mode Address remaining flatness and edge issues using Astro Flat Pro plugin Final reduction of stars before saving SW80ED Pro (gold) ASI294 mc pro Optolong l-eNhance filter EQ6-R Pro mount ASIair Pro - capture and guiding Tony
  3. First time trying to use the Pixelmath/SPCC approach to merging RGB and Ha data. In this case only an hours worth of Ha so I've been a bit cautious on pushing the saturation. Not as good as some of the versions on here but this is the first time I have felt happy with the process as something controllable and repeatable. Pity I never had good flats for this set of data but I'm definitely going to add more Ha to it, now that I know how to add it to the whole. Stacked and registered in AstroPixel Processor for both RGB and Ha images (both treated for Light Pollution too). NoiseX and BlurX for the RGB in PI SPCC for RGB image Pixelmath Ha merge (at $T* 0.3 + Ha* 0.7) SPCC again Super Hyperbolic Stretch using Bill Blanshan script. Saved as Tiff then artificial flattening using Astro Flat Pro in Photoshop CC. Final saturation and Sharpening using APF-R (at 50% transparency). SW 80ED Pro (gold) ASI294mc pro Optolong l-pro & l-enhance EQ6-R Pro & ASIair Pro Tony
  4. It would make sense to do that but I didn’t bother tbh. 😊
  5. Thanks! I used my old Skywatcher 80ED (gold) with ASI294mc pro and L-Pro filter, running on an EQ6-R Pro with ASIair Pro.
  6. Reprocessed without the last session's capture (muddying things up a bit). This was stretched entirely in Photoshop using curves only (in small increments), then a teeny bit of sharpening and NoiseX. Tony
  7. Thanks Olly, That was something that was worrying me if I’m honest. I did try to use the core as the guideline in the stretch but only visually, didn’t really look at it properly it seems. I’m planning on doing it again anyway (with some better flats) so will approach it a bit more carefully next time. Thanks for the advice 😊👍 Tony
  8. Added another 1.5 Hrs to this on Wednesday night in windy and mediocre seeing. Bringing total capture over 4 sessions to approx 9 Hours. This was stacked and brutally culled down to 7 hours in Astro Pixel Processor, using its excellent Analysis Graphs. Then used APP to reduce Light Pollution before passing honours to Pixinsight. Ran a SPCC against the image and then a minor NoiseX before a 'restrained' BlurX deconvolution followed by a full NoiseX. Then ran a Super Hyperbolic Stretch using the BB stretch tools before saving the resulting Tiff file and passing final duties to Photoshop. First a push on Colour Saturation using Image/Adjustments/Match Colour. Finally, used AstroFlat Pro Plugin to sort out the problems caused by rubbish flats over 4 separate sessions. Tony
  9. Finally got round to having a proper go at this combo of 80ED and Redcat 51 data. Approx 3.5 hours worth given the BlurX deconvolution and Bill Blanshan Stretch to bring out the finer details and dust. Final processing in Photoshop CC. Tony
  10. Revisited this data from last year using a mix of tools and techniques. stacked and registered both narrowband and broadband data for nebulosity and star layers. SPCC, BlurX, NoiseX and Bill Blanshan stretch in Pixinsight. Curves, saturation, sharpen and remerge star layer in Photoshop CC Data captured using SW 80ED, ASI294mc pro and Optolong l-pro and l-enhance filters Tony
  11. This is a rework of the original capture from last year with my WO Redcat 51 and ASI294mc pro. Reprocessed the stacked linear fits in PI using BlurXterminator and Bill Blanshan’s stretching tools before processing the HOO file as SHO using Lukomatico’s techniques. Then used my own preferred techniques for finishing touches and remerge with stars using Photoshop CC. Tony
  12. This is a revisit to a capture from last year. I have never been happy with the end results when trying to merge Ha data with RGB but this one has been the first time I've actually felt positive about the results. Processed the linear Ha and RGB files with the RC 'X' suite and Bill Blanshan's Stretch and Ha-RGB Merge toolset. Then finished the image in Photoshop and Astro Flat Pro for a final cleanup. original capture using SW 80ED Pro, ASI294mc pro and Optolong l-Pro and l-eNhance filters. Tony
  13. Have been busy playing with BlurXterminator and SPCC in Pixinsight. Then using Photoshop CC for final touches. Here are my latest efforts… M16 - The Eagle Nebula The Cone Nebula and Christmas Tree Cluster Elephant Trunk Nebula - Wide Field. Auriga Nebulae - Wide Field NGC1499 California Nebula M8 Lagoon and M20 Triffid Nebula Tony
  14. This is a complete rework of a previous capture (last year), this time using Spectro Photometric Colour Calibration and BlurXterminator in PI. Recombined as SHO using Lukomatico’s method. Final details and remerging of star later done in Photoshop CC. Original capture using my 80ED Pro, l-eNhance filter and ASI294mc pro (-10C unity gain). Tony
  15. Reprocessed this old capture tonight as I was fogged out by 9:00pm. Recombined as HOO in Astro Pixel Processor then processed as SHO (false) in Pixinsight (after doing the RC "X Suite" things). Then finished things off in Photoshop. Quite pleased with this one to be honest. *original capture was with 80ED Pro and l-eNhance using ASI294mc pro. Tony
  16. Thanks Jim, started that one today! Had to crop it considerably as it was a very messy capture. Two separate sessions withe camera at completely different angles and no useful flats. Dust bunnies everywhere had to be dealt with. Tony
  17. Trying a few reworks to get some practice in with various aspects of PI and BlurX. Not spending too much time on these, more about getting familiar with the interface and experimenting as I like to play as well as follow tutorials. Currently mixing and matching, using the tools I know when I’m stuck. Tony
  18. Thanks for the advice all 🙂 Looking forward to configuring and using this stuff with a bit more sophistication ongoing. Have only managed to grab a few hours in between everything else recently but will put some serious time into all of the above ongoing. FWIW - I currently use Astro Pixel Processor for integration and cleanup (light pollution and star calibration). I'm happy with the integration side of things for now but may look more closely at the colour calibration in PI. Hardware wise, I use an M1 Mac Mini with 16Gb and it is never noticeably slow so no complaints there. Tony
  19. After sorting the background/colour calibration but before making image non- Linear seemed to be fine. Tony
  20. Finally succumbed to integrating PI into my toolset. Already use the sublime StarXterminator and NoiseXterminator too, but finally get to add BlurXterminator to the fold. Started things off with a few reprocesses of old HOO captures, converting to SHO, following Lukomatico’s excellent tutorials. First steps in a long journey I think but looking forward to using this excellent set of tools alongside APP and PS Tony
  21. Barely two hours worth of capture in both broadband (for stars) and narrowband (for nebulosity). A New Moon under Bortle 4 skies does a lot of the heavy lifting but this could still use a couple of hours more capture. Processed both images separately before registering against each other and merging the starless RGB at 50% with the starless HaOiii, then merging in the RGB stars to the composite nebulosity. All processing done in Astro Pixel Processor and Photoshop CC William Optics Redcat 51 Optolong L-Pro filter Optolong l-eNhance filter Zwo ASI294mc pro OSC camera Skywatcher EQ6-R mount Zwo ASIair pro guiding and capture Tony
  22. Having a playday, so thought I'd have another go at this one. Have thrown everything but the kitchen sink at this one. A combination of two separate processed images. One I liked the colour balance in, the other I liked the stretch and contrast. Ended up registering both, then stripping the stars out of both, merging the 'luminosity' image at 50%, then merging the stars back in to the new combined image. A bit of colour match saturation, slight adjustment of Red in the mix and cropped to finish. All captures done with Skywatcher 80ED & ASI294mc pro using L-Pro filter. Tony
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