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mikewayne3
professor emeritus

Reged: 02/02/09

Loc: San Diego CA

M57
#5305305 - 07/06/12 12:25 PM Attachment (36 downloads)

This is my latest attempt at DSLR imaging
I still can't seem to shoot flats correctly and I not happy with how red my stars turned out but I do like the way that the Ring Nebula turned out
I lost about my subs do to an on going guiding issue but still I'm liking it
it's 20 2 min subs
I'm using a Mod 350D
Mike

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bigdeal
sage

Reged: 02/26/12

Loc: Waxhaw, NC

Re: M57 new

[Re: mikewayne3]
#5305319 - 07/06/12 12:34 PM

Nice!

nebula looks good, did you try to adjust the red in processing?

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terry59
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 07/18/11

Loc: Colorado, USA

Re: M57 new

[Re: mikewayne3]
#5305327 - 07/06/12 12:38 PM Attachment (23 downloads)

I was curious so I did a simple color calibration in PI and this is what I got.

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Hilmi
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 03/07/10

Loc: Muscat, Sultanate of Oman

Re: M57 new

[Re: bigdeal]
#5305329 - 07/06/12 12:40 PM

Somebody once recommended that I try a program called excalibrate, it does the color balance by looking for reference stars in your image then telling you the ratios of red, green and blue to set up in your software. It works great, its free and it is extremely confusing to use

You will also need to be able to plate solve your images to use the software

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mikewayne3
professor emeritus

Reged: 02/02/09

Loc: San Diego CA

Re: M57 new

[Re: bigdeal]
#5305364 - 07/06/12 12:59 PM

I did try but it didn't look this bad on my laptop
(I guess need to calibrate my laptop)

oh well back to the drawing board
Mike

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mikewayne3
professor emeritus

Reged: 02/02/09

Loc: San Diego CA

Re: M57 new

[Re: terry59]
#5305369 - 07/06/12 01:01 PM

Terry I love what you did to the stars

Mike

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terry59
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 07/18/11

Loc: Colorado, USA

Re: M57 new

[Re: mikewayne3]
#5305397 - 07/06/12 01:18 PM

Thanks Mike but PI gets the credit. It literally was 30 sec of "effort".

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mikewayne3
professor emeritus

Reged: 02/02/09

Loc: San Diego CA

Re: M57 new

[Re: terry59]
#5305469 - 07/06/12 02:02 PM

not to sound like a complet dummy but what is PI?

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mikewayne3
professor emeritus

Reged: 02/02/09

Loc: San Diego CA

Re: M57 new

[Re: mikewayne3]
#5305487 - 07/06/12 02:15 PM Attachment (9 downloads)

I went back and re-worked on the stars
it's looking better
Mike

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terry59
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 07/18/11

Loc: Colorado, USA

Re: M57 new

[Re: mikewayne3]
#5305496 - 07/06/12 02:21 PM

Quote:

not to sound like a complet dummy but what is PI?

PI = PixInsight. The more I'm using it the better I like it. If I'd continued processing I would have restored color to the nebula or adjusted my color calibration parameters.

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mikewayne3
professor emeritus

Reged: 02/02/09

Loc: San Diego CA

Re: M57 new

[Re: terry59]
#5305521 - 07/06/12 02:34 PM

Thanks

Mike

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oldstargazer
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 08/03/11

Loc: Western Oklahoma

Re: M57 new

[Re: mikewayne3]
#5305951 - 07/06/12 07:45 PM

Looking real good Mike! Those modded cameras sure do capture those colors well. Your second post has great looking stars!

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mikewayne3
professor emeritus

Reged: 02/02/09

Loc: San Diego CA

Re: M57 new

[Re: oldstargazer]
#5306070 - 07/06/12 09:46 PM

Thanks

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johne
sage

Reged: 11/10/06

Loc: Prescott, AZ.

Re: M57 new

[Re: Hilmi]
#5306442 - 07/07/12 09:05 AM

Quote:

Somebody once recommended that I try a program called excalibrate, it does the color balance by looking for reference stars in your image then telling you the ratios of red, green and blue to set up in your software. It works great, its free and it is extremely confusing to use

Found it. Its eXcalibrator.

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