Deep Sky Astrophotography
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Yes I expect to see all of those cool tips for taking better astrophotos along with image processing techniques. Hell maybe even a store front for pixinsight services. We take the shots and pay for you to process for us. 
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Hah, interesting idea about the PixInsight "storefront". I don't know that I'd ever have that much free time. It takes a lot of time to process an image. Also, processing is where each photographer's personal style comes out, and I wouldn't want to take that away from people.
I guess one thing I could offer is an integration service...just take their RAW files, darks, biases and flats, and integrate the data into .fits and .tiff files, then send em back. That's mostly just CPU time, and maybe an hour or two of my own time.
I guess one thing I could offer is an integration service...just take their RAW files, darks, biases and flats, and integrate the data into .fits and .tiff files, then send em back. That's mostly just CPU time, and maybe an hour or two of my own time.
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So, I FINALLY got a full clear night two nights ago. Well, clear until about 3:30 am, when the waning half moon became a problem. Anyway...I haven't imaged in about two months, maybe longer. I gathered 25 7-minute subs at ISO 400 with the 5D III and 600mm.
The data was so good, this...is a SINGLE SUB (I am currently taking dark frames as my sensor temps are about 6-10 degrees higher than they were the last time I imaged, so no final image yet):
The data was so good, this...is a SINGLE SUB (I am currently taking dark frames as my sensor temps are about 6-10 degrees higher than they were the last time I imaged, so no final image yet):
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jrista said:So, I FINALLY got a full clear night two nights ago. Well, clear until about 3:30 am, when the waning half moon became a problem. Anyway...I haven't imaged in about two months, maybe longer. I gathered 25 7-minute subs at ISO 400 with the 5D III and 600mm.
The data was so good, this...is a SINGLE SUB (I am currently taking dark frames as my sensor temps are about 6-10 degrees higher than they were the last time I imaged, so no final image yet):
Man that's amazing, very beautiful capture, just to be on the same page, when you say single sub you mean a single frame?
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Yes, single frame. In astro, a sub means "sub exposure", since you usually take many individual exposures and stack them together (integrate them) to produce a higher SNR final image.
I have 25 subs just like this one, so once I integrate, the image should be pretty amazing with quite a lot of detail at full size (this is maybe 1/3rd size).
I have 25 subs just like this one, so once I integrate, the image should be pretty amazing with quite a lot of detail at full size (this is maybe 1/3rd size).
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Thanks, guys!
Hopefully tonight, I'll be able to produce the proper integrated version. Had a tough time getting darks matched well enough in temperature. I am finally integrating now, though, and I should be able to produce a much better, full resolution version tonight. Hoping it will help me pull out more of the faint nebulosity in the outer parts of Lagoon.
Hopefully tonight, I'll be able to produce the proper integrated version. Had a tough time getting darks matched well enough in temperature. I am finally integrating now, though, and I should be able to produce a much better, full resolution version tonight. Hoping it will help me pull out more of the faint nebulosity in the outer parts of Lagoon.
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Click said:
On a serious note.... it takes ten years to get there, is perfectly on target, everything works after ten years in space, fantastic images captured, and beamed back to earth...... NASA should be proud... this is a major accomplishment that means far more than just the images... Congratulations!
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