Equipment: 550mm FL Set-up: Sky-Watcher Esprit 100ED Sky-Watcher EQ6R-Pro ZWO ASI2600mm Pro Imaging Camera ZWO 7 position 36mm Electronic Filter Wheel ZWO 36mm L, R, G, B filters Optolong 36mm 3nm S, H, O filters Orion 60mm Guide Scope ZWO ASI290mm-mini Guide Scope Pegasus Astro Ultimate Power Box Pegasus Astro Focuser Pegasus Astro Falcon Rotator Acquisition: Ha – 48 x 300s (-10° C, Gain 100) Oiii – 48 x 300s (-10° C, Gain 100) R – 57 x 60s (-10° C, Gain 0) G – 60 x 60s (-10° C, Gain 0) B – 55 x 60s (-10° C, Gain 0) Total integration time: 10hr52min All filter groups: Calibrate all images with 100 darks, 20 flats, 1000 bias WeightedBatchPreprocessing Script with Drizzle x2 Processing in Pixinsight: Each Filter: GraXpert BlurXTerminator RGB Filters: ChannelComination RGB SpectrophotometricColorCalibration BlurXTerminator NoiseXTerminator Histogram transformation StarXTerminator to extract RGB Stars NB Filters: BlurXTerminator NoiseXTerminator Histogram Transformation PixelMath RGB=Foraxx HOO Palette StarXTerminator to remove stars Curves BlurXTerminator Histogram Transformation Curves Create Super Luminance: ChannelExtraction on Luminance BlurXTerminator NoiseXTerminator Histogram Transformation StarXTerminator to remove stars Curves Histogram Transformation Curves HDRMultiscaleTransform RGB Stars: Histogram Transformation Curves BlurXTerminator HOO w/ RGB stars: LRGBCombine to add detail from Super Luminance onto HOO Pixelmath to combine RGB stars onto HOO nebulosity Curves Histogram Transformation DarkStructureEnhance BlurXTerminator NoiseXTerminator Dynamic Crop for composition Resample Transfer to Affinity Photo: Place Watermark Flatten Export as JPEG for posting
Equipment:
550mm FL Set-up:
Sky-Watcher Esprit 100ED
Sky-Watcher EQ6R-Pro
ZWO ASI2600mm Pro Imaging Camera
ZWO 7 position 36mm Electronic Filter Wheel
ZWO 36mm L, R, G, B filters
Optolong 36mm 3nm S, H, O filters
Orion 60mm Guide Scope
ZWO ASI290mm-mini Guide Scope
Pegasus Astro Ultimate Power Box
Pegasus Astro Focuser
Pegasus Astro Falcon Rotator
Acquisition:
Ha – 48 x 300s (-10° C, Gain 100)
Oiii – 48 x 300s (-10° C, Gain 100)
R – 57 x 60s (-10° C, Gain 0)
G – 60 x 60s (-10° C, Gain 0)
B – 55 x 60s (-10° C, Gain 0)
Total integration time: 10hr52min
All filter groups:
Calibrate all images with 100 darks, 20 flats, 1000 bias
WeightedBatchPreprocessing Script with Drizzle x2
Processing in Pixinsight:
Each Filter:
GraXpert
BlurXTerminator
RGB Filters:
ChannelComination RGB
SpectrophotometricColorCalibration
BlurXTerminator
NoiseXTerminator
Histogram transformation
StarXTerminator to extract RGB Stars
NB Filters:
BlurXTerminator
NoiseXTerminator
Histogram Transformation
PixelMath RGB=Foraxx HOO Palette
StarXTerminator to remove stars
Curves
BlurXTerminator
Histogram Transformation
Curves
Create Super Luminance:
ChannelExtraction on Luminance
BlurXTerminator
NoiseXTerminator
Histogram Transformation
StarXTerminator to remove stars
Curves
Histogram Transformation
Curves
HDRMultiscaleTransform
RGB Stars:
Histogram Transformation
Curves
BlurXTerminator
HOO w/ RGB stars:
LRGBCombine to add detail from Super Luminance onto HOO
Pixelmath to combine RGB stars onto HOO nebulosity
Curves
Histogram Transformation
DarkStructureEnhance
BlurXTerminator
NoiseXTerminator
Dynamic Crop for composition
Resample
Transfer to Affinity Photo:
Place Watermark
Flatten
Export as JPEG for posting