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by ChrisLX200
Wed Jul 22, 2015 10:27 pm
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Two recent images; a Tulip and a Pelican
Replies: 2
Views: 3239

Two recent images; a Tulip and a Pelican

First up: Sh2-101 (Tulip Nebula). I like this one because I managed to pull out the Shock front from Cygnus X-1 black hole (that faint blue arc at the top edge just left of centre). I didn't aim to get it, just happened to be there :-) http://i970.photobucket.com/albums/ae183/ChrisLX200/Astro%20-%20...
by ChrisLX200
Thu Jul 16, 2015 10:21 pm
Forum: Gallery
Topic: ngc6888 (crescent neb) bi-colour
Replies: 5
Views: 5715

Re: ngc6888 (crescent neb) bi-colour

Thanks all!

ChrisH
by ChrisLX200
Thu Jul 16, 2015 2:33 am
Forum: Gallery
Topic: ngc6888 (crescent neb) bi-colour
Replies: 5
Views: 5715

ngc6888 (crescent neb) bi-colour

This image is a bi-colour (HO) consisting of 12 x 1200s subs each Ha and OIII (Astrodon 3nM). I also collected 6 x 1200s SII subs tonight but there isn't much on them so have yet to try for an HST palette. Data stacked in DSS and processed in StarTools v1.4. Bi-colour image produced using the LRGB t...
by ChrisLX200
Thu Jun 18, 2015 11:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Processing Challenge!
Replies: 1
Views: 3123

Processing Challenge!

Anyone up for the challenge of processing data for the Astro Imaging Channel? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1XP2VknLwg There's a link to the files in the comments, and so far I've just tried the M81 and Markarians Chain images (results available via links in my comment). These were done almost en...
by ChrisLX200
Thu Jun 18, 2015 11:16 pm
Forum: Image Processing Troubleshooting
Topic: A bit of guidance please
Replies: 3
Views: 3909

Re: A bit of guidance please

Difficult to draw any conclusions without access to the raw data but from what I can see the jpg seems to profoundly clipped to black (could be this monitor I'm using but the background looks flat black). So the faint structures are completely lost. Perhaps that was the result of an attempt to suppr...
by ChrisLX200
Sat May 09, 2015 7:14 pm
Forum: Image Processing Troubleshooting
Topic: Help with Wipe, Develop
Replies: 13
Views: 14222

Re: Help with Wipe, Develop

Hi, it seems that my flats were not checked in DSS :oops: . Wipe did a much better job if flats were taken into consideration. Using both flats and darks and averaging stacking leaves unfortunately traces of the hot pixels in the final image. Switching to kappa-sigma improves the outliers rejection...
by ChrisLX200
Wed May 06, 2015 5:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 1.3 and 1.4 on PC at same time?
Replies: 2
Views: 3651

Re: 1.3 and 1.4 on PC at same time?

The StarTools executables don't appear to have version numbers, so is it possible to have 1.3 and 1.4 on a PC at the same time. I don't mean running them at the same time, just have them there so that I can try the alpha out without having to remove the stable version. Thanks Robin Yes no problem, ...
by ChrisLX200
Sat May 02, 2015 3:22 pm
Forum: Bug Reports
Topic: Using lassoo tool in mask creation.
Replies: 1
Views: 3381

Using lassoo tool in mask creation.

I'm using v1.4.295 and I find when creating a rough mask to outline a nebula using the lassoo tool that instead of being able to follow the upwards curve at the bottom the line is drawn straight across to join the starting point. Easier to show than describe... so I've included a screen grab. This i...
by ChrisLX200
Thu Apr 09, 2015 9:13 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Would like to get started but ...
Replies: 4
Views: 5590

Re: Would like to get started but ...

I have read good things about StarTools and have downloaded a trial version. But I seem to be behind the eight ball from the start in that I do not seem to be able to properly open my calibrated files for processing. My 64 bit PC runs Windows 7. I use an Atik mono camera which creates 16,572KB fits...
by ChrisLX200
Fri Mar 27, 2015 11:00 am
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Lower's Nebula-SH2-261
Replies: 1
Views: 2853

Re: Lower's Nebula-SH2-261

Very nice capture Che, that's a new one on me :-)

ChrisH