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My latest M42 - this time with an alt-az mount.

http://starrydave.com/?p=493

You are the man Ivo :bow-yellow: I am sitting here looking at your version against mine above (which I thought was pretty good) but it's chalk and cheese. There is just so much more detail and things to look at. Amazing. The fits file was a composite of 4 separate imaging runs over the same evening....

Good call Ivo - turning off the per channel calibration made a huge difference. Here is my latest render which looks a lot better, imho.

Dave

admin wrote:Any chance you could stack with Per Channel background calibration also 'no'? If left 'yes' it meddles with the colors and noise levels...

No problem Ivo - it is here

http://starrydave.com/images/m42b.zip

I need to pop out but will gaudify it when I get back.

Dave

Hi Ivo, My face is burning - I just found out I had loaded the bias frames as flats - my bad. I reworked the stack in DSS using 90% of the lights. The stacking tab settings were default (I think) as: Result: Standard mode Light: Average Dark: Median with hot pixels removal checked Bias/Offset: Media...

Hi all, I just uploaded my latest M42 to my blog here http://starrydave.com/?p=453 I am very pleased with the way ST teased out the hidden detail and I think I can see some Pillars of Creation type structures as well. Or maybe I am imagining things. Anyway, I am well pleased considering my budget eq...

admin wrote:There should be a setting along the lines of "don't save any settings made in DSS". Be sure to use that setting!

Yep, I always use that setting. I will ask a question on the DSS group.

Hmmmm.... seems like something is meddling with the colors in the highlights (DSS or dcraw?). Any idea what might be the culprit here? I don't think it is DSS - here is a DSS screenshot of the stacked image and you can see the stars seem to be white. The cursor is over the Trapezium and you can see...

Hmmmm.... seems like something is meddling with the colors in the highlights (DSS or dcraw?). Any idea what might be the culprit here? I don't think it is DSS - here is a DSS screenshot of the stacked image and you can see the stars seem to be white. The cursor is over the Trapezium and you can see...

I reworked this using all 114 good lights I captured that night. http://zoom.it/Ajr1#full The extra frames seem to help with the fainter details. Great results! Color are very good, except maybe for the brighter stars - any idea on why they are yellow? Not sure about the yellow stars. I managed a s...