Leo Triplet.. Atik 314

[Coco]

Hi, wow ive had more data in a week than the last year!

Here is my take of the famous Triplet..

Thanks to a top stacking tip from Olly and Rob Ince..

28 Lum 600 second 1x1

20 Red 300 second 2x2

20 Green 300 second 2x2

20 Blue 300 second 2x2

Stacked in Astroart , tweaked in Pixinsight & Photoshop..

[JamesF]

Very nice. Love the colours.

James

[Stargazer Jack]

Lovely image, well done!

[ian_j_kirk]

Thats an amazing image, well done. i love the colours too, of the stars as well as the galaxies!

ian

[Velvet]

I like this one

Velvet

[Hitesh]

That's amazing!

[nightvision]

Very nice, what's the tip (it obviously works!)

[Coco]

Very nice, what's the tip (it obviously works!)

I was using Astroart V5 wrongly

In the end I stacked the bias + flats to make a 'master flat' for each filter, then stacked the filter images + master flat (for each filter)+ darks ( Coming from a OSC back ground I didnt use darks before ) and pored the lot into deep sky stacker.. I always got noisier images than with AstroArt.. although Nebulosity I am told does what AstroArt V5can do..

I lost at least 30minutes of images per filter due to the flip and using the Artemis software to flip the image, it didn't match the flats properly so I ditched them.. lesson learned... again thanks Olly..

.

[tferrari]

Nice. Some stars look a little triangular? Pinched optics?

[Coco]

Nice. Some stars look a little triangular? Pinched optics?

Nah... my processing.. and guiding..

Heres a couple of crops of the Lum... to satisfy your pixel peeping..

[cloudbuster]

nice one guy....that apm has certainly paid off! want one myself but cant afford it!

[kingboya]

I was using Astroart V5 wrongly

In the end I stacked the bias + flats to make a 'master flat' for each filter, then stacked the filter images + master flat (for each filter)+ darks ( Coming from a OSC back ground I didnt use darks before ) and pored the lot into deep sky stacker.. I always got noisier images than with AstroArt.. although Nebulosity I am told does what AstroArt V5can do..

I lost at least 30minutes of images per filter due to the flip and using the Artemis software to flip the image, it didn't match the flats properly so I ditched them.. lesson learned... again thanks Olly..

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Lovely image with some gorgeous details. What do you mean when you say 'flip the image' using artemis? What is this?

[Coco]

Lovely image with some gorgeous details. What do you mean when you say 'flip the image' using artemis? What is this?

Hi..

In Artemis capture ( Atik capture software) you can rotate the image capture 180 degrees, usually you do this when the EQ mount flips after the meridian which would then turn the camera upside down, you counter this by capturing the next set of images by 'flipping the image over' the problem is your flat files will not match pre/post meridian, thanks to good advice I wont do this in future but will rotate the images in the software prior to stacking..

One caveat:

Flip the image 180 degrees once to align the camera field of view to match the pre meridian imaging run, then flip back (so the image looks upside down) and continue the capture..

[kingboya]

Thanks for that. I will look into it.

[stem1989]

Awesome! this is why I want the 314. I am saving my pennies to get one by winter.

[Wailin]

That is a superb image, well done!

[Jessun]

That's a really brilliant image!

/Jesper

[dmahon]

Looks good to me!

[Scott]

superb job mate. them stars look pretty round to me

[kirkster501]

Excellent - congrats on such a super image!

[JohnC64]

top notch detail and colour

[andyo]

Fantastic image Guy with great colour

Hi..

In Artemis capture ( Atik capture software) you can rotate the image capture 180 degrees, usually you do this when the EQ mount flips after the meridian which would then turn the camera upside down, you counter this by capturing the next set of images by 'flipping the image over' the problem is your flat files will not match pre/post meridian, thanks to good advice I wont do this in future but will rotate the images in the software prior to stacking..

One caveat:

Flip the image 180 degrees once to align the camera field of view to match the pre meridian imaging run, then flip back (so the image looks upside down) and continue the capture..

I have just imaged this last saturday but not processed it yet.Guess what had the meridian flip at some point and I flipped the image in Artemis capture so may have to process without flats now.Guy I callibrate my images in nebulosity (on the fly) and align and stack in AA5

[Boren]

Round stars, round galaxies, to round it up - a nice and round image

cheers,

Harel

[sologuitarist61]

Lovely image!

[Gina]

Wonderful image - lovely colours and detail