BEHIND THE IMAGE
Notes from the session
Image:
40x 360s Hα bin2x2
42x 360s SII bin2x2
44x 360s OIII bin2x2
Total exposure 12 hours 36 minutes.
Hardware:
Skywatcher Black Diamond ED80
SkyWatcher EQ8 Pro Mount
QSI 683-ws8 Camera @ -15°C
Astronomik 6nm Hα, 6nm SII, 6nm OIII filters
Starlight Xpress Lodestar X2 Autoguider
Innovations Foresight On Axis Guider
Location:
Orange zone in Brisbane, Australia. (Bortle 7)
Software:
Planning & camera alignment with The SkyX Pro
Captured with AstroArt 6
Guiding with PHD2 + PHD_Dither
CCDInspector: Image analysis & rejection
CCDStack 2+: Calibrate, align, stack.
PixInsight: Denoise, pixelmath combine (Hα as red, SII & OIII as green, OIII as blue), MT star reduction, histogram & curves.
40x 360s Hα bin2x2
42x 360s SII bin2x2
44x 360s OIII bin2x2
Total exposure 12 hours 36 minutes.
Hardware:
Skywatcher Black Diamond ED80
SkyWatcher EQ8 Pro Mount
QSI 683-ws8 Camera @ -15°C
Astronomik 6nm Hα, 6nm SII, 6nm OIII filters
Starlight Xpress Lodestar X2 Autoguider
Innovations Foresight On Axis Guider
Location:
Orange zone in Brisbane, Australia. (Bortle 7)
Software:
Planning & camera alignment with The SkyX Pro
Captured with AstroArt 6
Guiding with PHD2 + PHD_Dither
CCDInspector: Image analysis & rejection
CCDStack 2+: Calibrate, align, stack.
PixInsight: Denoise, pixelmath combine (Hα as red, SII & OIII as green, OIII as blue), MT star reduction, histogram & curves.