
As there seems to exist some interest in my image processing workflow for the recent IC 1848 image, here we go …
Continue readingAs there seems to exist some interest in my image processing workflow for the recent IC 1848 image, here we go …
Continue readingBW only processing of IC 1848 (red channel = ~10 nm Ha).
Backyard astrophotography in light-polluted Cologne-Dellbrück (19.6 mag/”2)
Skywatcher Esprit 100/550 ED, Skywatcher Flattener, Optolong L-enhance, ASI 294MC Pro
OAG with Lodestar X2
Mount AZ EQ6 GT
Image acquisition: CdC, APT, PHD2, dithering
46 x 900s, gain 120, -10C, 30 flats, 30 darkflats, 16 darks
Data calibration/integration: PixInsight
Image processing: PixInsight, Starnet++, Photoshop, Lightroom
More details at Astrobin.
First light (Dec 2019/Jan 2020) with the Optolong L-eNhance filter.
Continue readingOnly a quick try in May, should’ve taken many more frames for a proper image. Too focussed on Jupiter at that time. ;-)
Internationale Amateursternwarte e.V.
IAS Observatory Hakos, Namibia
Celestron C14 14″ 3910mm f/11 on Kraska horseshoe mount
ASI178MC with Televue Powermate 2,5x
Gain 359, 60ms, 20% out of 1000 frames
Image acquisition in cooperation with Michael Mushardt: Sharpcap
Image processing: AutoStakkert! 3, PixInsight, PIPP, Lightroom
One of the better single Jupiter images, taken back in May at Hakos, Namibia. Conditions for planetary imaging were relatively poor, tried over the course of 5 nights. All new single Jupiter images can be found in the Planets album.
Internationale Amateursternwarte e.V.
IAS Observatory Hakos, Namibia
Celestron C14 14″ 3910mm f/11 on Kraska horseshoe mount
ASI178MC with Televue Powermate 2,5x
Gain 240, 60ms, 10% out of 1000 frames
Image acquisition in cooperation with Michael Mushardt: Sharpcap
Image processing: AutoStakkert! 3, PixInsight, PIPP, Lightroom
All details at Astrobin, Image of the Day 15 Aug 2019!
NGC 6334 aka Cat’s Paw Nebula, an emission nebula and star-forming region in Scorpius.
(Updated version with improved colors, albeit a far cry from proper color calibration.)
All details at Astrobin.