BEHIND THE IMAGE
Notes from the session
Image:
54x 600s Luminance bin1x1 + 20 flat + 50x dark + 120x bias
25x 300s Red bin2x2 + 20 flat + 50x dark + 120x bias
24x 300s Green bin2x2 + 20 flat + 50x dark + 120x bias
24x 300s Blue bin2x2 + 20 flat + 50x dark + 120x bias
Total exposure 15 hours 5 minutes.
Hardware:
Celestron EdgeHD 1100
SkyWatcher EQ8 Pro Mount
Celestron 0.7x EdgeHD focal reducer
QSI 683-ws Camera @ -15°C
Astronomik Typ 2c LRGB filters
Starlight Xpress Lodestar X2 Autoguider
Innovations Foresight On Axis Guider
Starlight Xpress Adaptive Optics
Starlight Instruments Focus Boss II
Location:
Orange zone in Brisbane, Australia. (Bortle 7)
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, deconvolution, combine RGB.
Photoshop CC: Reduce noise, high pass filter, minimum filter, curves, combine L+RGB, color balance.
54x 600s Luminance bin1x1 + 20 flat + 50x dark + 120x bias
25x 300s Red bin2x2 + 20 flat + 50x dark + 120x bias
24x 300s Green bin2x2 + 20 flat + 50x dark + 120x bias
24x 300s Blue bin2x2 + 20 flat + 50x dark + 120x bias
Total exposure 15 hours 5 minutes.
Hardware:
Celestron EdgeHD 1100
SkyWatcher EQ8 Pro Mount
Celestron 0.7x EdgeHD focal reducer
QSI 683-ws Camera @ -15°C
Astronomik Typ 2c LRGB filters
Starlight Xpress Lodestar X2 Autoguider
Innovations Foresight On Axis Guider
Starlight Xpress Adaptive Optics
Starlight Instruments Focus Boss II
Location:
Orange zone in Brisbane, Australia. (Bortle 7)
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, deconvolution, combine RGB.
Photoshop CC: Reduce noise, high pass filter, minimum filter, curves, combine L+RGB, color balance.