I'll do more images but good to know there is some data there. I honestly was expecting CA as it's very much a starting telescope, but beats the Tamron500 f/8 mirror lens I'd previously been using and lets me get into imaging with a telescope (so it looks better on the AZEQ6 too!). Scope is the StarTravel102 (purchased off SGL and this is the first imaging session it's had with me). I've assumed DSS had got the bayer mask correct, and reading around, it looks like the regular RGGB is correct - any reason you say this? Just sanity thanks for your posts on the image processing. Just browsing Siril atm as this works natively on OS-X so might be attractive alternative to DSS. Repeated using the clipping "intersection" mode. I used DSS via OS-X and Parallels to run Windows. Would anyone recommend different settings with focal length of guide scope at half that of the imaging (pixel sizes similar)?Ĭleaning sensor, on the list to do at some point, but wanting to do more with setup and post than worry about this just atm. Thanks again for the advice you suggest.įlats are obviously sensible to avoid/compensate for vignettes and dust spotsĭithering, check, was using in the guiding. This is with StarTools 1.8.512Įnter the correct bayer pattern of your camera So how to plate-solve the image? Can you help there please! Then 'goto' NGC7000 and plate solved position (synced the mount position into KStars and it was just off slightly, so did another go-to and after the small motion, a final plate solve showed it centred on the nebula. I followed the routine and ended up with both Alt & Az being green (both < 1'). So using the polar alignment routine in KStars/EKOS, it reported some 30'. This was ROUGH - didn't open the app to see where Polaris should have been, just that it was within the clock on the polarscope - the plan was always to use EKOS to plate-solve the alignment and get polar aligned better this way. Wow, at least for what I think I've done with it, it is VERY simple and such a good idea! So, the session consisted of: setup scope, camera, etc, balanced everything then did rough polar alignment via polar scope.
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This imaging set is the first time I used plate solving ever - heard good things about it, but was a little nervous about it being an advanced and therefore complicated process. Have you plate solved your nope in short! Thought plate solving was about telescope alignment (polar alignment routine in KStars, and then done again after 'going to' target to make sure image is seeing the right thing. It might be a bit of a cop-out by asking for how others would edit this specifically, but truthfully any help is appreciated on this! I'm really keen on getting into the edits, but there are clearly many filter/layer options I am unaware of, and how they work with the images.
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I'd love folks to have a go at editing the raw in APP/Photoshop and summarise layer settings used - I've gone mainly with levels, curves, brightness and contrast and used about 15 adjustment layers all in all, which I think is going down the wrong route (especially as they're all the same type of adjustments!)Įg my first 5 layers are Brite&Contr, 100/0 100/0 50/0 0/100 0/80, then a contrast curve and astrostretch curve (arcsinh), then more of the same. Here's what I came up with and nebulosity is nicely visible but not a very impressive punchy image.Īffinity obviously gave something completely different, where I concentrated a little more on the nebula but I'm sure most would agree that I haven't got a clue where to start! Other panels not really touched or more that I didn't either know what I was doing or didn't like the result My workflow obviously needs addressing, but I've used the following edits:ĪutoDev, selecting ROI less couple of hundred pixels on each edgeįilmDev => digital 97%,Gamma0.75, RGB_L 100% each, WB UseStars (dark anomolies didn't appear to change much at this point)Ĭontrast => BASIC preset, Locality 75%, other settings left I've had a go with Startools and followed the suggested workflow on the website and was pleased with the output Image was of NorthAmerica Nebula, NGC7000, 120x1min lights, 60x1min darks. Not really looking for this to be a thread on how good/bad my images taken are as that's for another forum and how to use the hardware (camera, telescope, polar aligning, guiding, etc), but more how to get an image from DSLR to impressive image. So another muppet that hasn't a clue really! Sorry in advance.