Thank You, photophile!

Thank You! Glad you enjoyed.

Thank You, Jack.

Thank You, Longshadow.

Touched up with GraXpert to remove gradients.

Happy Thanksgiving!

The Wizard Nebula, reprocessed with GraXpert to remove gradients.

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Trying out a program on a stacked set of images.
The program, GraXpert, does removal of imbalances and gradients in an image, which can really help with astrophotography.

Wanted to share. Image taken with my telescope and monaural astro camera. Light AI processing in GraXpert.

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Now I can see it.

Beautiful!

I'm afraid to move. I cannot see it.
Maybe I went blind.

I think I like the Winter skies best.
I got some of Orion the other night.

Pretty much anytime an update comes through, I have trouble with my cameras. And usually updating my drivers for the brand fixes it.
I checked and sure enough, a Windows 11 update rolled in on 11-02-23. I got it fixed yesterday, so been having the problems about 5 days.
7 - 5 = 2. Um huh.
Near as I can figure, Windows doesn't like my ASI cameras. But I'm learning to live with it.
I removed the software for ASI Studio, and removed and reinstalled ASCOM. Then downloaded and ran The Trio for my ASI cameras.
And Suddenly...it was working for me! I did some daytime test runs and it worked fine again. And it ran fine last night.
Typical of Winduhs updates. But not my first rodeo. Windows update are hit and miss with their updates.
Ever notice how they release some "Critical update, then release a bunch of updates to fix their update? If the over stressed code bangers could get it right, they wouldn't need fixes for their fixes.

Windows doesn't like anything that doesn't come from the Windows App Store, in my experience.
But it isn't just me, acquaintance's on Cloudy Nights seem to like shutting down the updates for a more reliable experience, too. Some of them still run Windows 7.
I'm usually near the cutting edge. But the price is some hair and bone along with the blood.

Actually, been living with Windows since Win 3.10 in the early mid-1990s. Pretty much since before Al Gore claimed he invented the Internet.
I worked at a very progressive facility and we were encouraged to learn computers. The Admins wanted the Internet so they worked towards that end.

OK, as usual, we are way away from Jupiter now. Suffices to say Windows messed it up, and Sonny had to fix his again. Never a dull moment in space.

Sorry Ballard for cluttering up your post.

I managed to shut off the updates on my desk top computer.
But when I began trying it with the laptop, I backed out of it last night.
It was busy running the mount and after a week of head scratching to fix what yet another poorly done Windoze update did I wanted to get some run time in.
But I plan on going through the video again on my laptop.
Even if it does make me talk like some geek from India.
🤯

Got to be better than Windows messing up my computer.

Well, I think the second image is sharper, at least on my display.

That giant light bucket is really struttin it's stuff with these planetary's.

So here again, more exposures does give more to the outcome.

I've upped my exposure numbers recently. The added darkness has helped.
(Now that I fixed the latest Windoze update. Windoze can't just update, it seems it has to chop the legs off some of my drivers, every time. So fickle and jealous is Windoze!)

I've been wondering about stacking stacks of stacked pictures.
I see a marked difference between the two images.
I think the multi stacked is clearer, sharper and better defined.
Did you use PixInsight to remove the stars?
Quite impressive seeing how the stacked stacks stacked up.

Ok, my tongue is tied for today.
Love seeing the results your big telescope brings.

Well, I'm having better luck than you are.
I had some clouds the other night, so I decided to make some Flats and Dark Master Files. Normally I've made the darks as a part of the series for that night. I have a black filter in Position 8 of my filter wheel, (I'm always trying to reinvent the wheel.) for DARKS and BIAS files. But trying to try using Master Files of late.
So I didn't waste the evening like I usually do.

Wish I lived closer, your outlets would have only cost parts only.
No clue about your stereo. Hope they don't screw you over.
I was wonderin if you were still using the Bat Cave. You got heat down there?

No worries, Chance.
That's the nature of the internet, email, and texting. Answers come when available.
A beautiful image as presented.

This bowl is mine.
There are many like it, but this one is mine.



(I stole it and it is mine!. )