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Thanks Scotty. Nothing that I believe to be out of the ordinary, just pretty much followed the tutorials described by Light Vortex Astronomy and Trapped Photons: - calibrated, registered and stacked the individual panels for each filter (during registration stage registered the Oiii to the best Ha sub so Oiii and Ha are already aligned) - dynamic crop to cut out the stacking artefacts (same crop applied to Ha and Oiii stack per panel) - DBE on each stack - build rough mosaic using star alignment (settings 2d surface splines, distortion correction and register/union-mosaic) - register each panel to the rough mosaic (settings 2d surface splines, distortion correction, and register/match images) - dynamic crop on the rough mosaic to remove any dark edges or uneven edges. Apply tye same crop to all registered panels - DNAlinear fit script to match intensities - Gradient Merge Mosaic to create the final mosaic https://www.lightvortexastronomy.com/tutorial-preparing-a-mosaic.html http://trappedphotons.com/blog/?p=994
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I've now got pane 2 of what is to be a 4 pane mosaic of the Heart Nebula IC 1805. As it's moving down towards the West more each day, the current weather dictates that I'm probably not going to finish it this side of the year, so here's the progress so far. 5hrs each of Ha and Oiii. With Ha also used as luminance (HaHOO).
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Exactly what Stuart said. Dark flats make a huge difference in the effectiveness of flat frames. Make sure the same exact same settings (gain, temperature, exposure) are used for the dark flats. If you struggle to get dim your light source enough to get longer flats, I increase the number of layers between the source and lens (i use sheets of white paper) to control the exposure time. Hope that helps
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Cracking image
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Stacking images from future nights in dss
Adam1234 replied to Chefgage's topic in Getting Started With Imaging
Unsure if there would be an issue stacking stacks or not. I would probably recommend just re -stacking all of the original files plus the new ones. If you re-use the same darks and flats across the sessions (provided the set temperature on your camera is the same across sessions and you keep tye camera attached to the scope) you can just put everything in the same group in DSS. Just out of interest, is there any reason why you don't do your calibration/registering/stacking in PixInsight? -
One thing you could do with the flats is to use image statistics in pixinsight to check that the flat is exposed well and you have not black clipped or white clipped any data (i.e. no pixels with value 0 or 1).
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2600MC Pro and Flats - Better without?
Adam1234 replied to smr's topic in Getting Started With Imaging
I've found short flats less than 1s don't work so well with my asi1600mm, they tend to overcorrect (or undercorrect, can't remember which) I get longer flats by increasing the number of layers between the light source and the scope if I can't dim the light source enough. I use a similar method to the t-shirt method, but I use sheets of white paper instead, reduces the risk of creases and loose fibres falling onto the lens. My flats are generally around 5 - 7s. The advantage of longer flats is it averages out any flickering of the light source that you can't see with the eye but that can be captured using short exposures -
Great image
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Thanks for the comments! If I go for a third attempt (which I'm sure I will, I'll maybe go a bit easy on the ACDNR on the Ha, or skip it altogether- I had already used Mure Denoise and EZ Denoise Script and it already rather clean before I done ACDNR after stretching. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Yeah they are from starnet, from the Oiii data. The Ha starless was really clean, no artefacts at all. I always have trouble with halos on the Oiii filter (ZWO 7nm)
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Clouds are allowed sometimes!
Adam1234 replied to Rustang's topic in Imaging - Widefield, Special Events and Comets
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Putting M51 to bed at last............for a nap
Adam1234 replied to Rodd's topic in Imaging - Deep Sky
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IC1848 the Soul Nebula in SHO and HaR_OiiiG_OiiiB
Adam1234 replied to Laurin Dave's topic in Imaging - Deep Sky
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Thanks!! I got it over 3 nights (could have done it in 2 nights but my power tank ran out of battery on one of the nights).
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Thanks! Yeah it is cropped a little - a bit more than would be desired, but not by a significant amount. I think the sensor on the 294 is slightly larger on the long side and slightly smaller on the short side, than the 1600
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My first pass at the Fish Head nebula (IC 1795), part of the much larger Heart Nebula in Cassiopeia. My intention is to undertake my biggest astro project so far and do a 4 pane mosaic to capture the whole of the Heart. It may take a while for me to get panes 2 - 4, so here is pane 1. Ha = 60 x 300s (5hr) Oiii = 62 x 300s (5.2hr) c&c welcome! Thanks Adam
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Rosette - added and extra hour and a new process formula
Adam1234 replied to mightymonoped's topic in Imaging - Deep Sky
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Would like opinions on choosing a mono camera
Adam1234 replied to AndrewRrrrrr's topic in Getting Started With Imaging
I won't make any suggestions on actual cameras as I don't have any experience with the C8 and have only used the ASI1600mm, however, as has been pointed out you want to make sure you don't choose a camera that will result in you significantly over or under sampling. Astronomy tools ccd suitability calculator here https://astronomy.tools/calculators/ccd_suitability will help you determine if you will be hitting the right mark with a telescope camera combo. Adam -
Quick and Dirty Rosette From Earlier Tonight
Adam1234 replied to mightymonoped's topic in Imaging - Deep Sky
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Thank you very much!
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Thank you!!
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WOW, excellent image
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A quick and dirty Horsehead Nebula - 90 mins
Adam1234 replied to Catanonia's topic in Imaging - Deep Sky
Nice capture