BEHIND THE IMAGE
Notes from the session
Image:
57x 300s Lum bin1x1
16x 150s Red bin2x2
16x 150s Green bin2x2
16x 150s Blue bin2x2
Total exposure 6 hours 45 minutes.
Hardware:
Skywatcher Black Diamond ED120
SkyWatcher EQ8 Pro Mount
QSI 683-ws Camera @ -15°C
Astronomik typ 2c LRGB filters
Starlight Xpress Lodestar X2 Autoguider
Innovations Foresight On Axis Guider
Starlight Instruments Focus Boss II
Location:
Orange zone in Brisbane, Australia. (Bortle 7)
Imaged over 4 nights. High humidity and 50%-full moon.
Software:
Planning & camera alignment with Aladin 9
Captured with AstroArt 6
Guiding with PHD2 + PHD_Dither
Live focusing with FocusLock
CCDInspector: Image analysis & rejection
CCDStack 2+: Calibrate, align, stack, deconvolution, combine RGB.
Photoshop CC: Curves, high pass filter, combine L+RGB, color balance, saturation.
57x 300s Lum bin1x1
16x 150s Red bin2x2
16x 150s Green bin2x2
16x 150s Blue bin2x2
Total exposure 6 hours 45 minutes.
Hardware:
Skywatcher Black Diamond ED120
SkyWatcher EQ8 Pro Mount
QSI 683-ws Camera @ -15°C
Astronomik typ 2c LRGB filters
Starlight Xpress Lodestar X2 Autoguider
Innovations Foresight On Axis Guider
Starlight Instruments Focus Boss II
Location:
Orange zone in Brisbane, Australia. (Bortle 7)
Imaged over 4 nights. High humidity and 50%-full moon.
Software:
Planning & camera alignment with Aladin 9
Captured with AstroArt 6
Guiding with PHD2 + PHD_Dither
Live focusing with FocusLock
CCDInspector: Image analysis & rejection
CCDStack 2+: Calibrate, align, stack, deconvolution, combine RGB.
Photoshop CC: Curves, high pass filter, combine L+RGB, color balance, saturation.