IC 1795 in Star Tools and PixInsight

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gminder
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IC 1795 in Star Tools and PixInsight

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Caught a rare near perfect night last night and got about three hours of data for IC 1795 (part of the Heart Nebula, IC 1805). I processed my data in Star Tools and PixInsight. For whatever reason I usually clearly do better in one program or the other, but in this case I am happy with both versions, though I prefer what I got from Star Tools.

Ivo, the color module just gets better and better!

Capture Details:

C8/ Adv VX
6.3 reducer
Baader modded 450D
60 subs @ 180s

Here's the Star Tools version...
IC 1795 Neb PreProc_ST_Reduced for ST.jpg
IC 1795 Neb PreProc_ST_Reduced for ST.jpg (106.78 KiB) Viewed 3083 times
And the PixInsight version...
IC_1795_Neb_PreProc_PI_Reduced for ST.jpg
IC_1795_Neb_PreProc_PI_Reduced for ST.jpg (127.58 KiB) Viewed 3083 times
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Re: IC 1795 in Star Tools and PixInsight

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Both lovely images Gary! I do definitely prefer the better star colors in the ST image.

I just updated the Denoise module with an improvement to the read noise (background noise) removal algorithm. You may be able to get more from the background now (no guarantees - but I'm keen to see what other people can dig out :) )
Ivo Jager
StarTools creator and astronomy enthusiast
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