Tingting44 Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Howdy folks... This is my 1st real go at stacking and processing an image completely with PI, ive had it must be about 2 weeks now, i think im improving with my processing side of things This is only a re-process of the 4 hours worth of subs grabbed on the 29th of September would you believe it! that was the last time i had clear skies with no moon Pixinsight process M31 (Pixinsight) by tingting44, on Flickr Photoshop process M31 - WIP by tingting44, on Flickr Single 10min sub M31 (single 10min sub) by tingting44, on Flickr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tingting44 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 latest attempt from my little 130-pds im quite out of my comfort zone with comets lol as this is my 1st time imaging one and 1st time creating a GIF...... still need to stack my comet data to give me a nice picture, i will get around to it once i finish processing my M31 data,,,,,, only been processing it for about 3 months lol not sure if this silly video or GIF is going to upload properly....its one thing making the gif, its another thing trying to upload it....giving me right head aches Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tingting44 Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Hi all, this is my 1st process of M81 & M82, i cant ever seem to get to a place where i am happy with my images, im way too fussy, i know what i want to do, just my Pixinsight skills are not up to what i need to do, and i try to over think things in processing which really seems to bog me down, any way this is my 1st process of this target......This was taken at Turf Hill on Saturday 21st Feb, it was a good night collecting the photons, how ever i had quite a few problems lol, but hey ho it would not be astro imaging if there were no problems lol I ended up with... 16 x 10min light subs @ ISO80050 flats ISO80050 darks ISO800 (taken from darks library to match light temps)140 bias ISO800? M81 & M82 by tingting44, on Flickr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24jas77 Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Pics look amazing what camera were they taken with?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tingting44 Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Pics look amazing what camera were they taken with?? Thanks for your kind words mate, all my images are taken with my Canon 7D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24jas77 Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Thanks for your kind words mate, all my images are taken with my Canon 7D Reading through all the posts in this thread has got me wanting to brush the dust off my old Meade etx90 and kick start the hobby again!! I do have an old spc900 web cam but it's not modified other than to fit in the view finder but I did recall getting some good shots of Jupiter with it using the registax software. Not sure how far the tech has come on since I last used the telescope but I guess it would be a good starter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tingting44 Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 (edited) Reading through all the posts in this thread has got me wanting to brush the dust off my old Meade etx90 and kick start the hobby again!! I do have an old spc900 web cam but it's not modified other than to fit in the view finder but I did recall getting some good shots of Jupiter with it using the registax software. Not sure how far the tech has come on since I last used the telescope but I guess it would be a good starter. Do it! dust off the cobwebs and get back in to it hahaha mate the SPC900 is a worthy camera i tell you for the price and if you all ready have it your be well pleased with it! you can not beat it for its price range. Here is one of my images of Jupiter when i had the trusty SPC900 Jupiter - 06/02/13 - 9:45pm by tingting44, on Flickr i have now upgraded to the QHY5L-ii (only as i needed a very sensitive mono guide camera which also doubles as a planetary camera) but i did love my SPC900 yes registax is still my preferred program for planetary.....not that i hardly do any planets any more, im too addicted to imaging deep space now, would be great if you got back into it, at least i wouldnt be the only one left in this topic lol let me know how you get on or if you need any help with anything Edited March 2, 2015 by Tingting44 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tingting44 Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 i got my Andromeda image published lol My M31 has been published!!! by tingting44, on Flickr http://www.ltecigs.larsentilbrook.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&path=61_94&product_id=1358 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24jas77 Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 (edited) Love that pic....you don't fancy sending me a copy so that I can use it as my screen saver Edited March 4, 2015 by 24jas77 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tingting44 Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Thanks mate! yes I don't mind, what picture do you want me to send? im at work at the moment, but when I get in ill send you over the full res version Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24jas77 Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 (edited) Thanks mate! yes I don't mind, what picture do you want me to send? im at work at the moment, but when I get in ill send you over the full res version Thanks would like the andromeda one please. Shouldn't be to long now before I can get my telescope out and start taking my own pics!!! Just need to buy a T2 adapter for a canon eos. Edited March 5, 2015 by 24jas77 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tingting44 Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Thanks would like the andromeda one please. Shouldn't be to long now before I can get my telescope out and start taking my own pics!!! Just need to buy a T2 adapter for a canon eos. no probs.... do you use dropbox? as its a big file? if so send me your dropbox email nice one on getting your setup up and going! i get a lot of stuff from FLO, excellent customer service http://www.firstlightoptics.com/adapters.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tingting44 Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 these are a couple great sites for bargains! http://www.astrobuysell.com/uk/search.php http://www.astroboot.co.uk/AstroBoot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tingting44 Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 (edited) Comet Lovejoy Q2 This was taken on 16th January 2015 at my local dark spot Turf Hill Guided on the stars for 2 min subs, i grabbed 36 mins worth, really think i should have guided on the actual comet tho to grab a more dramatic tail. Not sure when ill try another comet, not really my cup of tea....they are buggers to process I used my usual gear to capture this.... SW 130-pds HEQ5 Canon 7D Stacked in DSS and process in Pixinsight & Photoshop Comet Lovejoy Q2 by tingting44, on Flickr Edited March 28, 2015 by Tingting44 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24jas77 Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Another great pic Still waiting to get my scope out!!! All work and no play for me at the moment though !!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tingting44 Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Thanks buddy i know that feeling best of luck to you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tingting44 Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 (edited) Hi, think ive just about got to the end of this image, its been one of the hardest images to process to date, it was also my 1st time imaging an object over 1 night I 1st captured night 1 data on the 21'st September 2014 which consisted of 25 subs giving me 4.16 hours on M31 here is what 1 ten min subs looks like with no processing done at all M31 (single RAW 10min sub - NO PROCESSING) by tingting44, on Flickr and here are a few versions from night 1 data...(these were processed last year) M31 - WIP by tingting44, on Flickr M31 - Negative B&W - WIP by tingting44, on Flickr M31 (Pixinsight) by tingting44, on Flickr Then the next chance i got to grab night 2 data was 16'th Jan 2015! due to weather/work...... i managed to grab 19 more 10 min subs giving me another 3.16 hours of data, so in total of night 1 & 2 i now have a total of 7.32 hours on M31 i have been over and over this combined night 1 and 2 stack so many times lol, think im going to now file it away as "finished" for now, till i get more data later on in the year......maybe Well here is the final image consisting of 7.32 hours of 10 min subs (44 subs), all images have dark/flat/bias calibration frames M31 - Finished by tingting44, on Flickr The equipment used... SW 130-pds HEQ5 Baader LP filter SW Coma corrector Canon 7D also thought id show a quick process of trying to get a decent mask in Pixinsight to protect the background and stars, it was a right pig, lol jobs a goodun by tingting44, on Flickr Edited April 5, 2015 by Tingting44 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish6634 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Some superb pics on this thread, oh no you might have started a new hobby for me. The poor wife............... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tingting44 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 (edited) Some superb pics on this thread, oh no you might have started a new hobby for me. The poor wife............... i know how you feel lol, my wife hates my telescope, it does live in the living room tho lol ive just figured out how to use Pixinsights solve and annotation scripts, i got to say its an awesome script, here are a few of my images ive annotated https://www.flickr.com/photos/tingting44/sets/72157652063243722/ Edited April 23, 2015 by Tingting44 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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