Two hours on the Crescent, bortle 8

[Ags]

This was an accidental target as I was planning on doing M27 but plate solving wasn't working in that part of the sky. I really should have used my Duo filter for this target, but I shot this as plain RGB. RC6, 110 1 minute subs, ASI485MC binned 2x, DSS, Graxpert, Siril, Gimp. I was hoping to shoot another hour, but clouds.

Starnet did not work on this image - too many stars I guess.

Edited May 26 by Ags

[Vroobel]

The Crescent and it's surrounding are beautiful target(s). I also work on it now, but after two nights I have less than 4h in total while I aim at 20h of SHO plus RGB stars. 😐

Edited May 26 by Vroobel

[Ags]

I added another hour on Sunday night and it looks like I might able to add maybe 3 hours tomorrow. I'll see how far that takes me as I want to switch to my duo filter after that.

[Ags]

Here is my effort at getting more out of the 3 hours of data. Starnet was used by the Siril DSA star reduction script, so clearly that's working.

[Ags]

That last one was a bit grey... tried a brightening with the Microsoft tools.

[Ags]

Since using the 485 MC with the AsiAir, I am getting blocks/bands of colors in low light regions... 

[Ags]

On 31/05/2024 at 13:33, Ags said:

Since using the 485 MC with the AsiAir, I am getting blocks/bands of colors in low light regions... 

Solved, I think, by upping the gain from 100 to 200. Also my new battery delivers a more reliable current, so hopefully no color blocks from now on.

[Martthebass]

This is a target I keep coming back to. Due to the lousy weather I only got about 5 hours on the Redcat51. I could see improvement with each hour added and thought I needed another few hours before I would get clear visibility of the soap bubble. Waiting for August and the return of astronomical darkness.