BEHIND THE IMAGE
Notes from the session
Image:
59x 300s Luminance bin2x2 + 35 flat + 50x dark + 120x bias
50x 150s Red bin3x3 + 15 flat + 50x dark + 120x bias
50x 150s Green bin3x3 + 15 flat + 50x dark + 120x bias
28x 150s Blue bin3x3 + 15 flat + 50x dark + 120x bias
Total integration 10 hours 15 minutes.
Hardware:
Celestron EdgeHD 1100
SkyWatcher EQ8 Pro Mount
Celestron 0.7x EdgeHD focal reducer
QSI 683-wsg Camera @ -15°C
Astronomik Typ 2c RGB filters
Orion StarShoot Autoguider
Foresight Innovations On Axis Guider
Starlight Xpress Adaptive Optics
Location:
Orange zone in Brisbane, Australia. (Bortle 7)
Imaged over 5 nights.
Average seeing + new moon.
Software:
Planning & camera alignment with Aladin 9
Captured with AstroArt 6
Guiding with PHD2 + PHD_Dither
CCDInspector: Image analysis & rejection
CCDStack 2+: Calibrate, align, stack, combine RGB.
Photoshop CC: shadows/highlights, high pass filter, merge L+RGB, color balance, saturation, minimum filter, reduce noise.
59x 300s Luminance bin2x2 + 35 flat + 50x dark + 120x bias
50x 150s Red bin3x3 + 15 flat + 50x dark + 120x bias
50x 150s Green bin3x3 + 15 flat + 50x dark + 120x bias
28x 150s Blue bin3x3 + 15 flat + 50x dark + 120x bias
Total integration 10 hours 15 minutes.
Hardware:
Celestron EdgeHD 1100
SkyWatcher EQ8 Pro Mount
Celestron 0.7x EdgeHD focal reducer
QSI 683-wsg Camera @ -15°C
Astronomik Typ 2c RGB filters
Orion StarShoot Autoguider
Foresight Innovations On Axis Guider
Starlight Xpress Adaptive Optics
Location:
Orange zone in Brisbane, Australia. (Bortle 7)
Imaged over 5 nights.
Average seeing + new moon.
Software:
Planning & camera alignment with Aladin 9
Captured with AstroArt 6
Guiding with PHD2 + PHD_Dither
CCDInspector: Image analysis & rejection
CCDStack 2+: Calibrate, align, stack, combine RGB.
Photoshop CC: shadows/highlights, high pass filter, merge L+RGB, color balance, saturation, minimum filter, reduce noise.