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Title: M33 from High Halden
Post by: RobertM on Oct 21, 2011, 21:44:19

This was the image I took before being distracted by M42. I've tried to bring out some of the core detail which usually gets saturated in processing. Stars are a little squiffy and there's a red gradient top right but they aren't too bad.

Hyperstar 11 with Canon 1000D@ISO 400 and IDAS LPS-P2 filter

11 * 300s stacked and calibrated in MaximDL and processed in Pixinsight. Got distracted by M42 so stopped at 11 subs.

(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6240/6267011015_213f33f213_b.jpg)

Link to full size image: http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6240/6267011015_e912880bdc_o.jpg (http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6240/6267011015_e912880bdc_o.jpg)

Robert

Title: Re: M33 from High Halden
Post by: MarkS on Oct 21, 2011, 22:05:02

Wow!
That is scarily good for less than 1 hour of data.

F2 is awesome for collecting photons.

Mark

Title: Re: M33 from High Halden
Post by: JohnP on Oct 22, 2011, 21:10:26

Agree with Mark - Looks very good for time.... How you getting on with Pixinsight? Often looked at getting this myself but never really justified the expense...

John

Title: Re: M33 from High Halden
Post by: RobertM on Oct 22, 2011, 21:40:49

John, PI has transformed the way I process images and I've only just scratched the surface. I have a copy of the legit free version (1.1) if you wish to give it a try.

Robert

Title: Re: M33 from High Halden
Post by: JohnP on Oct 22, 2011, 21:48:26

Thks Robert - yep that would be good - will send pm.. cheers, John

Title: Re: M33 from High Halden
Post by: mickw on Oct 23, 2011, 11:54:40

Good result very nice

Title: Re: M33 from High Halden
Post by: julian on Oct 23, 2011, 22:16:51

Very nice Robert

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Astronomy => Astrophotography => Topic started by: RobertM on Oct 21, 2011, 21:44:19