Virgo Galaxy Cluster (M86)
May 16, 2018 01:36:21 #
ATIK Color Horizon (OSC) camera and Hutech HEUIB-II filter with a Sky-Watcher 190 Mak-Newt on a Celestron CGEM DX mount, unguided.
Processed in PixInsight, Photoshop and Lightroom.
Image was processed from Infinity Live Stacked image.
Enjoy!
bwa
Processed in PixInsight, Photoshop and Lightroom.
Image was processed from Infinity Live Stacked image.
Enjoy!
bwa
May 16, 2018 13:28:33 #
May 16, 2018 20:21:34 #
bwana wrote:
ATIK Color Horizon (OSC) camera and Hutech HEUIB-II filter with a Sky-Watcher 190 Mak-Newt on a Celestron CGEM DX mount, unguided.
Processed in PixInsight, Photoshop and Lightroom.
Image was processed from Infinity Live Stacked image.
Enjoy!
bwa
Processed in PixInsight, Photoshop and Lightroom.
Image was processed from Infinity Live Stacked image.
Enjoy!
bwa
Great job Brian, I am impressed. How many Galaxies do you count???
Craig
May 16, 2018 21:37:48 #
bwana wrote:
ATIK Color Horizon (OSC) camera and Hutech HEUIB-II filter with a Sky-Watcher 190 Mak-Newt on a Celestron CGEM DX mount, unguided.
Processed in PixInsight, Photoshop and Lightroom.
Image was processed from Infinity Live Stacked image.
Enjoy!
bwa
Processed in PixInsight, Photoshop and Lightroom.
Image was processed from Infinity Live Stacked image.
Enjoy!
bwa
Really nice.
I count 12 but then I am pretty blind.
Well done.
What was your focal point? Not that I can pull this much detail.
Jim
May 17, 2018 02:05:48 #
CraigFair wrote:
Great job Brian, I am impressed. How many Galaxies do you count???
Craig
Craig
On the full sized image at least 20...
bwa
May 17, 2018 02:07:03 #
Albuqshutterbug wrote:
Really nice.
I count 12 but then I am pretty blind.
Well done.
What was your focal point? Not that I can pull this much detail.
Jim
I count 12 but then I am pretty blind.
Well done.
What was your focal point? Not that I can pull this much detail.
Jim
Focal point was M86+/- but I slewed around to get the most obviously visible galaxies in the area.
bwa
May 17, 2018 12:33:02 #
Great work there Brian!
I tried this the other night and all I got was faint fuzzies.
I've been playing with shorter images, and smaller to bigger stacks; trying to get smaller, less blown out stars.
Making progress in that endevour.
Am I correct that (57x30sec_1x1binned_LowGain), is 57 images at 30s exposure, 1x binning, and low gain?
If so, why 57 and not 55 or 60? What was your deciding factor? (May be a moot point, I did a 9 image stack because 10 did not look right.)
The LowGain was throwing me off. But I figured that out after opening the Infinity Program. I've hardly ever dabbled in that. For me, it seems Auto Range checked, and Max Peak selected has worked the best
But now I'm curious about the gain.
Curses! More to worry about!
More to read up on. Drat!
I tried this the other night and all I got was faint fuzzies.
I've been playing with shorter images, and smaller to bigger stacks; trying to get smaller, less blown out stars.
Making progress in that endevour.
Am I correct that (57x30sec_1x1binned_LowGain), is 57 images at 30s exposure, 1x binning, and low gain?
If so, why 57 and not 55 or 60? What was your deciding factor? (May be a moot point, I did a 9 image stack because 10 did not look right.)
The LowGain was throwing me off. But I figured that out after opening the Infinity Program. I've hardly ever dabbled in that. For me, it seems Auto Range checked, and Max Peak selected has worked the best
But now I'm curious about the gain.
Curses! More to worry about!More to read up on. Drat!
May 17, 2018 19:50:40 #
SonnyE wrote:
Great work there Brian! br I tried this the other ... (show quote)
I went for 55 subs but was slow on the draw to stop the session.
Low Gain: lowest noise, best resolution but also lower sensitivity
Med Gain: more noise (and banding), touch lower resolution, better sensitivity
High Gain: most noise, poorer resolution, great sensitivity
You do the optimization!
If I'm going to select a full Auto Range, it is MeanSD but I still prefer FullRange or FullRangeMinus with manual adjustment of the Median (red) bar.
Clear skies! 2nd day of rain here!!
bwa
May 17, 2018 20:14:42 #
CraigFair wrote:
Great job Brian, I am impressed. How many Galaxies do you count???
Craig
Craig
I count 22 just on my phone. I'll have to see what I get on my computer monitor.
Craig
May 17, 2018 22:02:27 #
bwana wrote:
I went for 55 subs but was slow on the draw to sto... (show quote)
Ba Ha! Yes, there are a couple of revamps I would like to see. Auto Stop.
Auto Stop: To get a set amount of exposures in a stack, then stop the collection.
I'm anal, I like repeatable amounts and adjust the time. Like 30 exposures, but different lengths of exposure. So they can be compared.
Because sometimes I will let the rig run and wind up with something insane like > M-12 7.5s 416 (3120s) <
7.5 second exposures, doze off, and wake up to 416 images stacked, for a total amount of time of 3120 seconds.
Of course, a programmable shock collar could work, too. In lieu of programming in a stop feature....
May 18, 2018 02:03:02 #
SonnyE wrote:
Ba Ha! Yes, there are a couple of revamps I would ... (show quote)
You can do all that good stuff in ATIK's Artemis software; came with the Core Installation package.
bwa
May 18, 2018 10:33:45 #
bwana wrote:
You can do all that good stuff in ATIK's Artemis software; came with the Core Installation package.
bwa
bwa
I don't understand, is there a way to limit the number of exposures in the ATIK software or not???
Craig
May 18, 2018 12:38:48 #
CraigFair wrote:
I don't understand, is there a way to limit the number of exposures in the ATIK software or not???
Craig
Craig
Like I said, use ATIK's Artemis software. It allows complete hands-off image capture...
bwa
Artemis Capture - Sequencer
Feb 12, 2019 09:13:32 #
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