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Thanks Che, I will definitely check out the new release. Nowhere in Sirilic can I find where you would add a light frame from a different stack, uncheck it but use it as the reference frame like in DSS; I know Sirilic is the front-end GUI that simplifies the back-end Siril scripts which still run on...

Good feedback Mike, appreciate it. I think I saw the same post on CN which prompted me to bring up this post. With my L-Extreme, may get decent results by adding the Optolong SII filter you mention; have to check how much these are selling for to see if it makes sense. Any images of the testing you'...

Yes, I downloaded that same doc and use multi-session stacking successfully but can't find the specific process I'm talking about with reference files from different sessions being included but unchecked to ensure identical alignment across separate narrow and visual stacks. Have to dig deeper I gue...

Thanks for replying, that's what I figured as well; the RGGB Bayer matrix certainly does not help.

More things to peruse in the future!

Cheers.

Anybody dabble/do SHO using a OSC camera (I have QHY168C) by using narrowband filter like the L-Extreme and buying/using an SII filter to integrate? Fully get the mono camera/filter wheel/Ha, OIII, SII filter combo but no budget to jump into Mono any time soon. Any success with this and is it worth ...

Hi team, I am increasingly integrating L-Extreme narrowband with L-Pro/UV-IR broadband to add RGB star colors to HOO/H(H+O)O composites with good results. So far, I use DSS in Standard mode for this combo to register/align/stack, using a reference frame from the L-Extreme image session in the L-Pro/...

Thanks Ivo for adding your valued insight into this astro "art form" medium we are all obsessed with. Great topic of conversation which I'm sure can be endlessly debated.

Good comments indeed and I agree with your "hue manipulation (rather than balancing) or creating a phony SII channel in order to achieve a SHO-appearing image when you really don't have S, H, and O." In the end, how much you decide to stretch your data, how much Contrast, HDR, Sharpen, De-Convolve, ...

Great topic of discussion (or 'contention'!) depending on how you look at it. Your post made me smile as I have been thinking the exact same thing this week and mulling asking the team here on ST for their thoughts. This can certainly open a Pandora's Box of viewpoints and I fully agree with you; th...

Echo what Stefan said; don't know why but took the eastern veil with 6h40m integration (L-Extreme), stacked in DSS (ST settings) and Siril, identical process flow in ST and got a better result with Siril (less noise, brighter color, sharper detail). Of course, getting more nitpicky as I advance into...