BEHIND THE IMAGE
Notes from the session
Image:
5x 3 minute + 5x 6 minute Red bin3x3 + 16x flat + 20x dark + 50x bias
5x 3 minute + 5x 6 minute Green bin3x3 + 25x flat + 20x dark + 50x bias
5x 3 minute + 5x 6 minute Blue bin3x3 + 25x flat + 20x dark + 50x bias
11x 30 second + 9x 5 minute + 9x 10 minute Luminance bin2x2 + 20x flat + 40x dark + 120x bias
Total integration 3 hours 5 minutes
Hardware:
Celestron EdgeHD 1100 with CGEM DX mount
Celestron 0.7x EdgeHD focal reducer
QSI 683-wsg Camera @ -15°C
Astronomik LRGB filters Type 2c
Orion StarShoot Autoguider
Location:
Grey zone west of Brisbane, Australia. (Bortle 2)
Good seeing + new moon phase.
Software:
Captured with AstroArt 5
Guiding with PHD2 + PHD_Dither
CCDInspector: Image analysis & rejection
CCDStack 2+: Calibrate, align, stack, upscale & combine RGB, levels & deconvolution on Luminance.
Photoshop CC: levels, combine RGB+luminance, selective noise reduction, high pass filter, shadows/highlights, contrast
5x 3 minute + 5x 6 minute Red bin3x3 + 16x flat + 20x dark + 50x bias
5x 3 minute + 5x 6 minute Green bin3x3 + 25x flat + 20x dark + 50x bias
5x 3 minute + 5x 6 minute Blue bin3x3 + 25x flat + 20x dark + 50x bias
11x 30 second + 9x 5 minute + 9x 10 minute Luminance bin2x2 + 20x flat + 40x dark + 120x bias
Total integration 3 hours 5 minutes
Hardware:
Celestron EdgeHD 1100 with CGEM DX mount
Celestron 0.7x EdgeHD focal reducer
QSI 683-wsg Camera @ -15°C
Astronomik LRGB filters Type 2c
Orion StarShoot Autoguider
Location:
Grey zone west of Brisbane, Australia. (Bortle 2)
Good seeing + new moon phase.
Software:
Captured with AstroArt 5
Guiding with PHD2 + PHD_Dither
CCDInspector: Image analysis & rejection
CCDStack 2+: Calibrate, align, stack, upscale & combine RGB, levels & deconvolution on Luminance.
Photoshop CC: levels, combine RGB+luminance, selective noise reduction, high pass filter, shadows/highlights, contrast