Search found 3367 matches
- Mon Feb 03, 2014 1:58 am
- Forum: Image Processing Troubleshooting
- Topic: Process Help for M81, M82
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9407
Re: Process Help for M81, M82
Mike, I tried your data in Star Tools and PixInsight. I usually do a lot better in Star Tools, but in this case, PI did a better job of taming the noise. There's definitely some detail in the image. But I think with just four subs, it's tough to dig it out. Here's the Star Tools version with the lo...
- Mon Feb 03, 2014 1:53 am
- Forum: Image Processing Troubleshooting
- Topic: Process Help for M81, M82
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9407
Re: Process Help for M81, M82
I know this is not the DSS forum, but any suggestions on those DSS settings to make the result better for StarTools are welcome. Also, with those settings, on loading the image in StarTools, should I select Bayered or Not Bayered? Don't use AHD but something that's not as 'sophisticated'. Use bilin...
- Mon Feb 03, 2014 12:14 am
- Forum: Image Processing Troubleshooting
- Topic: New to AP seek advice
- Replies: 26
- Views: 23827
Re: New to AP seek advice
That looks much better indeed! I have given a try to CCDStack and it remained on my pc for about 2minutes.. It did not want to load my Olympus RAW files... If you don't mind using the command line, you could use dcraw to convert your RAW frames first, so that CCDStack can then use them. PixInsight I...
- Sat Feb 01, 2014 10:41 pm
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: IC342 - second image with Star Tools
- Replies: 10
- Views: 19482
Re: IC342 - second image with Star Tools
Thanks Mark, Your processing flow seems unnecessarily long (as well as detrimental to your signal fidelity and colors). Here are some suggestions to get more out of your data (and StarTools). Before I leave Nebulosity I do a color balance (my camera is a full spectrum T1i with a UV/Ir filter in plac...
- Fri Jan 31, 2014 11:56 pm
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: IC342 - second image with Star Tools
- Replies: 10
- Views: 19482
Re: IC342 - second image with Star Tools
Hi Mark, You got some excellent detail In the galaxy, however it seems you have lost all color in the process? Could you tell me more about the 'Block Method'? If you're interested SMI (as well as PIP) can be performed in StarTools as well, so that StarTools' Tracking module can take into account th...
- Fri Jan 31, 2014 11:49 pm
- Forum: Image Processing Troubleshooting
- Topic: star mask extra information
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6535
Re: star mask extra information
No problem Tom, Happy to help where I can! Here's what I came up with using the data you provided; M-77 Stacked 1600 C-8 2.5 min.jpg Processed as follows. File loaded [/media/WD/home/irwjager/Downloads/M-77 Stacked 1600 C-8 2.5 min..fit]. --- Auto Develop As always, I do an AutoDev (default settings...
- Thu Jan 30, 2014 10:56 pm
- Forum: Image Processing Troubleshooting
- Topic: New to AP seek advice
- Replies: 26
- Views: 23827
Re: New to AP seek advice
Hi Ivo, Thanks for the advice! Yes I'm realizing that data acquisition is not easy, and here the weather conditions do not help neither.... The frames were RAW stacked and converted in DSS, and I had dark, flats, and bias to go with them. Could it be that the chromatic aberration was caused by the ...
- Thu Jan 30, 2014 10:20 pm
- Forum: Image Processing Troubleshooting
- Topic: star mask extra information
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6535
Re: star mask extra information
Hi Tom, OK, yes I'm very new at this... With this ST's attempt, toward the end,I wanted to work on the stars a bit. So I did a star mask, and it ended up masking scads of little specs also, (is this noise I did not get rid of?) and when I subsequently rounded my stars the little specs remained in th...
- Wed Jan 29, 2014 11:09 pm
- Forum: Image Processing Troubleshooting
- Topic: New to AP seek advice
- Replies: 26
- Views: 23827
Re: New to AP seek advice
Hi Marco, Welcome to the wonderful world of AP! Your are not doing anything wrong perse - data acquistion is tough! Actually you have done quite well considering you are imaging afocally, with a smaller 1/1.6" sensor, and at a significant magnification. Were the subframes RAW files? If so, did you c...
- Wed Jan 29, 2014 10:33 pm
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: Crab nebula
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6006
Re: Crab nebula
Thanks Ivo. I used the 'heal' function to remove all the bright overstretched stars, then layered a lightly stretched version back in. Very easy to do with StarTools! Very, very nicely done - it looks totally natural! If you ever have the time (and feel like doing it), it would absolutely love to s...