BEHIND THE IMAGE
Notes from the session
Image:
18x 360s Hα 6nm bin2x2 + 7 flat + 40x dark + 120x bias
Total integration 1 hour 48 minutes.
Hardware:
Celestron EdgeHD 1100 with CGEM DX mount
Celestron 0.7x EdgeHD focal reducer
QSI 683-wsg Camera @ -15°C
Astronomik Hα 6nm filter
Orion StarShoot Autoguider
Starlight Xpress Adaptive Optics
Location:
Orange zone in Brisbane, Australia. (Bortle 7)
Average-good seeing + new moon phase.
Software:
Captured with AstroArt 5
Guiding with PHD2 + PHD_Dither
CCDInspector: Image analysis & rejection
CCDStack 2+: Calibrate, align, stack.
Astra Image 4.0: Deconvolution
Photoshop CC: Levels, selective noise reduction, shrink stars, high pass filter, hue/saturation, shadows/highlights, contrast
18x 360s Hα 6nm bin2x2 + 7 flat + 40x dark + 120x bias
Total integration 1 hour 48 minutes.
Hardware:
Celestron EdgeHD 1100 with CGEM DX mount
Celestron 0.7x EdgeHD focal reducer
QSI 683-wsg Camera @ -15°C
Astronomik Hα 6nm filter
Orion StarShoot Autoguider
Starlight Xpress Adaptive Optics
Location:
Orange zone in Brisbane, Australia. (Bortle 7)
Average-good seeing + new moon phase.
Software:
Captured with AstroArt 5
Guiding with PHD2 + PHD_Dither
CCDInspector: Image analysis & rejection
CCDStack 2+: Calibrate, align, stack.
Astra Image 4.0: Deconvolution
Photoshop CC: Levels, selective noise reduction, shrink stars, high pass filter, hue/saturation, shadows/highlights, contrast