BEHIND THE IMAGE
Notes from the session
Image:
34x 1200s H-alpha bin1x1 + 20 flat + 50x dark + 120x bias
33x 1200s SII bin1x1 + 12 flat + 50x dark + 120x bias
17x 1200s OIII bin1x1 + 12 flat + 50x dark + 120x bias
Total exposure 28 hours.
Hardware:
Skywatcher Black Diamond ED120
SkyWatcher EQ8 Pro Mount
QSI 683-ws8 Camera @ -15°C
Astronomik 6nm Ha, 6nm OIII, 6nm SII 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.
Software:
Planning & camera alignment with Aladin 9
Captured with AstroArt 6
Guiding with PHD2 + PHD_Dither
FocusLock live focusing
CCDInspector: Image analysis & rejection
CCDStack 2+: Calibrate, align, stack.
Photoshop CC: Noise reduction, shadows/highlights, high pass filter, levels, curves, combine as HSO, color balance, saturation, rotation.
34x 1200s H-alpha bin1x1 + 20 flat + 50x dark + 120x bias
33x 1200s SII bin1x1 + 12 flat + 50x dark + 120x bias
17x 1200s OIII bin1x1 + 12 flat + 50x dark + 120x bias
Total exposure 28 hours.
Hardware:
Skywatcher Black Diamond ED120
SkyWatcher EQ8 Pro Mount
QSI 683-ws8 Camera @ -15°C
Astronomik 6nm Ha, 6nm OIII, 6nm SII 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.
Software:
Planning & camera alignment with Aladin 9
Captured with AstroArt 6
Guiding with PHD2 + PHD_Dither
FocusLock live focusing
CCDInspector: Image analysis & rejection
CCDStack 2+: Calibrate, align, stack.
Photoshop CC: Noise reduction, shadows/highlights, high pass filter, levels, curves, combine as HSO, color balance, saturation, rotation.