BEHIND THE IMAGE
Notes from the session
Image:
22x 4 minute Red bin2x2 + 12x Flats + 40x Dark + 120x Bias
17x 4 minute Green bin2x2 + 12x Flats + 40x Dark + 120x Bias
16x 4 minute Blue bin2x2 + 12x Flats + 40x Dark + 120x Bias
27x 8 minute Luminance bin1x1 + 16x Flats + 40x Dark + 120x Bias
Total integration: 7h 16m over two nights
Hardware:
Celestron EdgeHD 1100 with CGEM DX mount
Celestron 0.7x EdgeHD focal reducer
QSI 683-wsg Camera @ -15°C
Orion StarShoot Autoguider
Location:
Orange zone near Brisbane, Australia.
Good seeing + last quarter moon phase.
Software:
Captured with AstroArt 5
Guiding with PHD2 + PHD_Dither
CCDStack 2+: Calibrate, align, stack, upscale & combine RGB, levels on Luminance.
Photoshop CC: levels, combine RGB+luminance, selective noise reduction, shrink stars, shadows/highlights/high pass filter/contrast
CCDStack 2+: Remove gradient
22x 4 minute Red bin2x2 + 12x Flats + 40x Dark + 120x Bias
17x 4 minute Green bin2x2 + 12x Flats + 40x Dark + 120x Bias
16x 4 minute Blue bin2x2 + 12x Flats + 40x Dark + 120x Bias
27x 8 minute Luminance bin1x1 + 16x Flats + 40x Dark + 120x Bias
Total integration: 7h 16m over two nights
Hardware:
Celestron EdgeHD 1100 with CGEM DX mount
Celestron 0.7x EdgeHD focal reducer
QSI 683-wsg Camera @ -15°C
Orion StarShoot Autoguider
Location:
Orange zone near Brisbane, Australia.
Good seeing + last quarter moon phase.
Software:
Captured with AstroArt 5
Guiding with PHD2 + PHD_Dither
CCDStack 2+: Calibrate, align, stack, upscale & combine RGB, levels on Luminance.
Photoshop CC: levels, combine RGB+luminance, selective noise reduction, shrink stars, shadows/highlights/high pass filter/contrast
CCDStack 2+: Remove gradient