BEHIND THE IMAGE
Notes from the session
Image:
23x 480s Luminance bin1x1 + 43 flat + 37x dark + 120x bias
11x 480s Red bin1x1 + 28 flat + 37x dark + 120x bias
7x 480s Green bin1x1 + 21 flat + 37x dark + 120x bias
7x 480s Blue bin1x1 + 21 flat + 37x dark + 120x bias
Total integration 6 hours 24 minutes over 3 nights.
Hardware:
Celestron EdgeHD 1100 with CGEM DX mount
QSI 683-wsg Camera @ -15°C
Astronomik LRGB Type 2c filters
Orion StarShoot Autoguider
Starlight Xpress Adaptive Optics
Location:
Orange zone in Brisbane, Australia. (Bortle 7)
Average seeing + 1st quarter moon phase.
Software:
Captured with AstroArt 5
Guiding with PHD2 + PHD_Dither
CCDInspector: Image analysis & rejection
CCDStack 2+: Calibrate, align, stack, combine RGB, levels & curves on luminance
Photoshop CC: Denoise, high pass filter, combine L+RGB, color balance, unsharp mask, contrast
Other items of interest:
Asteroids observed while blinking data:
2002 UY1
1993 FR9
23x 480s Luminance bin1x1 + 43 flat + 37x dark + 120x bias
11x 480s Red bin1x1 + 28 flat + 37x dark + 120x bias
7x 480s Green bin1x1 + 21 flat + 37x dark + 120x bias
7x 480s Blue bin1x1 + 21 flat + 37x dark + 120x bias
Total integration 6 hours 24 minutes over 3 nights.
Hardware:
Celestron EdgeHD 1100 with CGEM DX mount
QSI 683-wsg Camera @ -15°C
Astronomik LRGB Type 2c filters
Orion StarShoot Autoguider
Starlight Xpress Adaptive Optics
Location:
Orange zone in Brisbane, Australia. (Bortle 7)
Average seeing + 1st quarter moon phase.
Software:
Captured with AstroArt 5
Guiding with PHD2 + PHD_Dither
CCDInspector: Image analysis & rejection
CCDStack 2+: Calibrate, align, stack, combine RGB, levels & curves on luminance
Photoshop CC: Denoise, high pass filter, combine L+RGB, color balance, unsharp mask, contrast
Other items of interest:
Asteroids observed while blinking data:
2002 UY1
1993 FR9