M111
scholastic sledgehammer
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Loc: Western MA
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NGC 7000 - North American Nebula
122 X 60sec. unguided
WO ZS80FD w/ 0.8X F/F
LXD-75
Stock Canon 350D iso 800
Dogfish Head 90 min. IPA
Processed with DeepSkyStacker, PixInsight & Photoshop.
Larger.
Thanks for looking! 
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Brendan
WO ZS80FD 10th-Anniversary
Meade SN-6
Meade 2080 F/6.3 SCT
Meade LXD-75
Vixen Polaris
Nikon AE 10X50
A bunch of cameras and lenses
Burnham's Celestial Handbook
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RStar
scholastic sledgehammer
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Loc: New Jersey
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Great image Brendan, pinpoint stars 
Bob
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Orion 190mm Maksutov Newtonian
Celestron CGE with Gary Bennett cable mod (self modified)
QSI683wsg CCD camera
AstroDon Gen 2 LRGB 5nm Ha filters
SX Lodestar guide camera
Aurora flatfield panel
http://www.pbase.com/bobstarzynski/astro_imaging
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HendyPhoto
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Posts: 1502
Loc: Bountiful, Utah
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VERY nice! I cant belive the color you got with an un-modded camera, WOW!
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~jon
SparkCast
CGE1400XLT w/HyperStar
90FD 66SD C6-R SN-8
CPC1100XLT Hutech 20D
Manny-Mod Vixen Porta
Mallincam MCHP
SPC900NC
CG-5 GT
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity;
and I'm not sure about the universe." --Albert Einstein
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lawrie
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Brendan, great image but how do you take 2 hours of images without guiding?
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Clear Skies
Lawrie
9.25 Edge/Hyperstar
NP 101is
WO 80fd
G-11/Atlas
ST 8300
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Galaxy001
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Beautifully done, looks very natural.
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Zach
Remember to Keep Looking Up!
My observatory:
 Meade LX90 GPS 8" UHTC
With a (Meade) 18 mm UWA ep and a 3x telextender
Other cool stuff:
Meade ETX-60
DSI Pro
60 mm Solar Filter
Celestron dew shield
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novbabies
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Brendan, nice job on color and detail, difficult object.
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Good Seeing!
Mark
Orion 12" XTi f/4.9
VERY old Edmund 6" f/8 reflector
Assorted binoculars
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mark47
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Very vibrant colour, like this a lot!
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Celestron C6-NGT.
Equinox 80mmED on a Porta Mount.
William optics 2" Dielectric Diagonal.
Baader Hyperion 24,13 & 8mm EPs
Celestron 1.25" EP Kit.
Antares 25,15,10mm Plossl.
Orion 12.5mm Illuminated Reticule Plossl.
Baader Neodymium, OIII, UHC-S Filters.
Antares ALP Filter.
Canon EOS 350D.
Dark Skies Everyone.
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Joel
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Stunning picture Brendan! I need to get me a field flattener, those stars are nice and round.
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Joel
AT106LE
Orion XT12g
MI-250
Vixen 80EDsf
SBIG ST-2000XM/CFW-9
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M111
scholastic sledgehammer
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Thanks everyone!
Lawrie - Each exposure is only 60 seconds. I can go up to about 2 minutes without guiding with this mount at this focal length and get decent results as long as my alignment is good(but am usually limited to under 90 seconds due to local LP).
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Brendan
WO ZS80FD 10th-Anniversary
Meade SN-6
Meade 2080 F/6.3 SCT
Meade LXD-75
Vixen Polaris
Nikon AE 10X50
A bunch of cameras and lenses
Burnham's Celestial Handbook
Gallery
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VLT
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Really nice image !
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DaveD
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Very nice! You sure got alot of HA for an unmodded camera.
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Dave
WO ZS 110, Celestron Classic C8,
Orion Skyview Deluxe 8, AT-66
Losmandy GM8
Canon 350D(modded), Minolta 5D, Celestron Neximage
Dave's Astrophoto Page
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M111
scholastic sledgehammer
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Thanks, Dave. I've been working on my processing to coax out as much HA color as possible without affecting the star colors.
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Brendan
WO ZS80FD 10th-Anniversary
Meade SN-6
Meade 2080 F/6.3 SCT
Meade LXD-75
Vixen Polaris
Nikon AE 10X50
A bunch of cameras and lenses
Burnham's Celestial Handbook
Gallery
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lawrie
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Oh, I see then Deepsky Stacker takes care of the registering the images together to remove any accumulated field rotation.
I am asking because I just came over to the Dark Side. ( I just purchased a DSLR- 350D I think the same as your camera) and any hints or tips would be appreciated.
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Clear Skies
Lawrie
9.25 Edge/Hyperstar
NP 101is
WO 80fd
G-11/Atlas
ST 8300
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ned_l
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Loc: north carolina
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Great picture, but why did you nurse the IPA for 90 minutes? 
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8" Orion Newtonian w/ Sky View Pro mount
Feather Touch focuser
Stellarvue 102 ED
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M111
scholastic sledgehammer
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Loc: Western MA
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Lawrie - yes, DeepSkyStacker does a fantastic job combining frames. I can't recommend that freeware enough.
Ned - I was going to go for the 60-Minute IPA but I figured the 90 would reveal more HA. 
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Brendan
WO ZS80FD 10th-Anniversary
Meade SN-6
Meade 2080 F/6.3 SCT
Meade LXD-75
Vixen Polaris
Nikon AE 10X50
A bunch of cameras and lenses
Burnham's Celestial Handbook
Gallery
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wrather1
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Loc: Dallas, Texas
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Fab-U-lous!
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"And there, within the black inviting vacuum, shine the beacon jewels and diamond dusts of future passed." - D. L. Lundelius
Meade RCX400-12 "Ursa Major"
TMB 130SS + EQ6-PRO "Ursus Polaris"
Orion ED80 "Ursa Minor", WO ZS66ED "grab-'n'-go"
Canon EOS 60Da, Philips ToUcam Pro, Orion StarShoot Autoguider
North Texas Clear Sky Chart
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HendyPhoto
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Loc: Bountiful, Utah
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What kind of processing does pixinsight have that photoshop doesnt have? I want to try pixinsight, but it looks VERY complicated! What kinds of tools do you guys mostly use with pixinsight?
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~jon
SparkCast
CGE1400XLT w/HyperStar
90FD 66SD C6-R SN-8
CPC1100XLT Hutech 20D
Manny-Mod Vixen Porta
Mallincam MCHP
SPC900NC
CG-5 GT
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity;
and I'm not sure about the universe." --Albert Einstein
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M111
scholastic sledgehammer
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Loc: Western MA
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Yeah, when I first installed PixInsight I didn't know where to begin. There is so much, and still I have only scraped the surface and have so much to learn. What I am using PI for most is the initial stretch using the histogram transform and curves tools which I think are a bit more powerful than Photoshop's. I also use the dynamic background extraction tool/pixel math which works very well at taming gradients. I also like the noise reduction. The HDR wavelet transform is great for pulling detail out of galaxies though it requires some experimentation. Being a long-time Photoshop user, I still prefer it for working with layer masks and final curves/color tweaks.
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Brendan
WO ZS80FD 10th-Anniversary
Meade SN-6
Meade 2080 F/6.3 SCT
Meade LXD-75
Vixen Polaris
Nikon AE 10X50
A bunch of cameras and lenses
Burnham's Celestial Handbook
Gallery
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HendyPhoto
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VERY cool! Next time I have an image worthy of alot of post-processing, I will experiment! (hopefully tonight) I downloaded the free pixinsight LE, but is that good enough? Should I get the paid version? I am a LONG time photoshop user myself, I use it pretty much every day for daylight images at work, BUT astrophotography makes photoshop a completely different program! Whatever you are doing, you are doing it right!!
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~jon
SparkCast
CGE1400XLT w/HyperStar
90FD 66SD C6-R SN-8
CPC1100XLT Hutech 20D
Manny-Mod Vixen Porta
Mallincam MCHP
SPC900NC
CG-5 GT
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity;
and I'm not sure about the universe." --Albert Einstein
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M111
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 06/28/06
Posts: 851
Loc: Western MA
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Thanks, Jon.
I have never tried the LE version, but it may be a good way to get your feet wet. The 'paid' full version is still free AFAIK, and is updated about every 3 weeks. Yes, while PI can IMO do some things better than PS, I am very comfortable using PS(also use it in day job) and am not likely to ever exclude using it. I tend to think in layers.
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Brendan
WO ZS80FD 10th-Anniversary
Meade SN-6
Meade 2080 F/6.3 SCT
Meade LXD-75
Vixen Polaris
Nikon AE 10X50
A bunch of cameras and lenses
Burnham's Celestial Handbook
Gallery
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