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I am so in! Am just working on data from the eagle nebula where I have a number of different sets of flats (and I think I used the wrong ones when stacking originally). I'm going to get it "properly" stacked in DSS, but I would love to also see if ST can do a better job

This was taken over two nights, again there is not much data, but it's taken with Gain set to 400 (which should be close to "unity gain"). It's not binned from the camera, but I was able to bin 25% in StarTools -- it seems to me that StarTools is basically doing the same as camera binning, but is mo...

Is this dataset any cleaner? Ha: https://www.dropbox.com/s/b908pmkkkqg0ued/final_ha.fits?dl=1 Oiii: https://www.dropbox.com/s/i69nl2apbw790s8/final_oiii.fits?dl=1 I need to reprocess it but this is what I did quickly last night: https://scontent-lht6-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/66655899_1015738861298453...

The Eagle Nebula (M16), featuring the "Pillars of Creation". First quick bicolour process before bed (StarTools is really good at getting good results fast if you have good data!). I only have a narrow window before M16 goes behind a tree, so I am limited in the amount of imaging time. This data was...

Ahh forgot to mention my scope is a lot slower than yours, an 80ED at f/7.5. That will also likely increase necessary sub length. NGC6960, the Witch's Broom Nebula, also known as the Western Veil Exposure: • Total Lights 2 hours 15 minutes • 3 x 900 seconds each of Ha, Oiii, Sii • 20 Flats individua...

I live in London, England, known fondly to those of us who astroimage as “LPLondon”. The light pollution is basically at the levels of Victorian Smog. My back garden is Bortle 8. I do not have Dark Skies. That said, this is why I have 7/6.5nm narrowband filters, so that I can ignore the light pollut...

Those are wonderful results -- especially the last one! I don't suppose you have a beta program for people to test the latest latest bleeding edge v5? Happy to send my qualifications if you're interested, I believe I could provide useful input and am happy to keep pulling in updates and won't compla...

Another competitive rendering of just the Ha/Oii data: https://scontent-lht6-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/67291847_10156706324222746_5856609390416625664_o.jpg?_nc_cat=101&_nc_eui2=AeHX9v2hqB0kq8zXHwDVRttAapiCHgMmDC_LTEz6LgVnw0okQ74fbbaWskYEjSeLiRXE7IWIjfRuln3n-vU79nG6K8HGRC5eeGEOrPqXVlPEow&_nc_oc=AQlB508...

This is what "the competition" does with the Ha/Oiii data: https://scontent-lht6-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/66481004_10156706308057746_7419099818183622656_o.jpg?_nc_cat=109&_nc_eui2=AeHIsMwfk8UKoIpTs5rLr7xTaDyTyqduaDRC3o1RS2dMizJN-fLBZYcGuOWhSnTJ2BnFiAhk31hAThjk6CskBKon0UCS7oP4bLCP9h4-Z4YYeA&_nc_oc=AQk...

Doh! I mispasted the link, apologies! It's https://www.dropbox.com/s/zbqva3r3turj91j/Sii.fits?dl=1 (have also edited the first post).