IC 434 and NGC 2024 with Stock DSLR (Pixinsight Trial)

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14 X 360 sec, 640 iso subs

darks, flats, bias - DSS

WO Zenithstar 80ED

Orion shor tube 80 - Guidescope

Cannon 60D - Main imager

DMK21 - Guide camera (works pretty well w/Shoestring astronomy GPUSB in PHD)

Beginner to Pixinsight. I used STF for linear viewing did the following in the linear state: DBE, background neutralization, color calibration (star method with detect structure), atrous wavlets for noise (overcooked i think, used all 4 layers). Finnaly stretched with Histogram transfer Function, and saturated the red.

Still saving up for a dedicated mono ccd, but am very happy with my beat up, overused DSLR.

Thanks for looking, commenrts welcome, bad or good

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Stectched a little more awith a different batch of flats and heavy on the saturation