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Thanks Mike, I’m sure SV Decon since inception has been a works in progress and can only improve for the next version 1.10 ( if Ivo has the time and motivation) In regard to coalesced white star cores , I've tried everything in 1.8 to alleviate them including adjusting dynamic range, can’t really so...

Hi Mike, Thanks for your comment Much appreciated After struggling for a long time with HDR and SV Decon in v1.8 , I thought to myself why not give 1.7 a whirl and see how it performs with Mono data sets. Whilst painfully slow compared to 1.8 , 1.7 did a great job on this image. My images are usuall...

Last week we had 2 consecutive clear moonless nights which is extremely rare in Summer. Captured NGC 3324 Gabriela Mistral Nebula which is located on one of the outer arms of Carina Location : Sydney , Australia Skies : Bortle 8 heavy light polluted skies Conditions : Average to Good Seeing New Moon...

Dietmar , Absolutely brilliant !!! I must be showing my age The closest thing I got to electronics and computers as a young fella in my last year of high school was using punch cards in a mechanical encoder and building a Wheatstone bridge in the engineering class ( early 70’s) I didn’t get into com...

I saw an old YouTube clip on Startools ( Astronomy and Sailing UK about 4 years ago) where the chap used a final colour touch up in Canon DPP4 which seemed to improve the final image. So I decided to try DPP4 on my IC 2944 to see if I could tidy up some minor colour issues As the colour adjustments ...

Hi Dietmar, Thanks for commenting Yes the Oiii and Sii signals were very weak , in hindsight I should have compensated for that in my sub count , however I only get a small window of opportunity to image this object due to my house and trees etc… blocking its traverse The large star artifact was cau...

Captured IC 2944 Running Chicken Nebula over 2 clear nights last week using my Mono set up for the first time on this target. I've imaged this object many times before but using a 2600MC OSC and Antlia Dualband filter. Unfortunately at my City Suburban location I have a limited view to the South Eas...

After nearly 3 months of cloudy nights on the east coast of Australia , the 23rd January provided about 6 hours of clear skies to image, but you guessed it, a near full moon was lighting up the sky. As the ongoing forecast to at least late February early March was more cloudy nights , I decided to p...

Mike, I noticed in Astrobin , your imaging under B8 skies, which makes this image and your processing skills top notch 👍 Yes I’ve imaged quite a few galaxies under our southern skies but only with my 2600MC over 3 years.However, since purchasing the 2600MM in late August , the new moon period has be...

Mike, I’m not familiar with M33 as we southerners don’t see it , but I must say you’ve captured and processed a wonderful image for only 6 hours worth of data. Also I had no idea you’ve only been involved with Astrophotography for only 3 or so years , your knowledge and understanding of the hobby es...