BEHIND THE IMAGE
Notes from the session
Image:
8x 5 minute Red bin3x3 + 15x Flats + 20x Dark + 50x Bias
7x 5 minute Green bin3x3 + 15x Flats + 20x Dark + 50x Bias
7x 5 minute Blue bin3x3 + 15x Flats + 20x Dark + 50x Bias
11x 7 minute Luminance bin2x2 + 18x Flats + 40x Dark + 120x Bias
Total integration: 3 hours 7 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:
Orange zone near Brisbane, Australia.
Average-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 on Luminance.
Astra Image 5.0: Deblur, Deconvolve.
Photoshop CC: levels, combine RGB+luminance, selective noise reduction, shadows/highlights, high pass filter, contrast
8x 5 minute Red bin3x3 + 15x Flats + 20x Dark + 50x Bias
7x 5 minute Green bin3x3 + 15x Flats + 20x Dark + 50x Bias
7x 5 minute Blue bin3x3 + 15x Flats + 20x Dark + 50x Bias
11x 7 minute Luminance bin2x2 + 18x Flats + 40x Dark + 120x Bias
Total integration: 3 hours 7 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:
Orange zone near Brisbane, Australia.
Average-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 on Luminance.
Astra Image 5.0: Deblur, Deconvolve.
Photoshop CC: levels, combine RGB+luminance, selective noise reduction, shadows/highlights, high pass filter, contrast