BEHIND THE IMAGE
Notes from the session
Image:
43x 360s 6nm S-II
68x 360s 6nm H-α
77x 360s 6nm O-III
Total integration 18.8 hours.
Hardware:
Skywatcher Esprit ED120
Skywatcher EQ8 Pro mount
QSI 683-ws8 Camera @ -15°C
Astronomik 6nm narrowband filters
Starlight Xpress Lodestar X2 Autoguider
Location:
Imaged over 5 nights between 21st June and 20th August 2019.
Orange zone in Brisbane, Australia. (Bortle 7)
Software:
Planning & camera alignment with Aladin 10
Captured with TheSkyX Professional
Guiding with PHD2
FocusLock live focusing
PixInsight: Calibrate, align, stack, deconvolution, pixelmath SHO combination, histogram stretch, curves, HDR multiscale transform, reduction of magenta star halos.
Photoshop CC: Saturation, high pass filter, annotation.
43x 360s 6nm S-II
68x 360s 6nm H-α
77x 360s 6nm O-III
Total integration 18.8 hours.
Hardware:
Skywatcher Esprit ED120
Skywatcher EQ8 Pro mount
QSI 683-ws8 Camera @ -15°C
Astronomik 6nm narrowband filters
Starlight Xpress Lodestar X2 Autoguider
Location:
Imaged over 5 nights between 21st June and 20th August 2019.
Orange zone in Brisbane, Australia. (Bortle 7)
Software:
Planning & camera alignment with Aladin 10
Captured with TheSkyX Professional
Guiding with PHD2
FocusLock live focusing
PixInsight: Calibrate, align, stack, deconvolution, pixelmath SHO combination, histogram stretch, curves, HDR multiscale transform, reduction of magenta star halos.
Photoshop CC: Saturation, high pass filter, annotation.