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mmalik
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 01/13/12

Loc: USA

Re: IC 434, Barnard 33 - Horsehead Nebula new

[Re: mmalik]
#5539878 - 11/26/12 07:17 AM Attachment (22 downloads)

A softer/brighter rendering; this one without Star Size & High Pass steps, and with 'Block' Saturation:

Processing Workflow: (Instructions here...)
•RAW file conversion in ImagesPlus 5.0
•Align TSR/Combine/Crop in ImagesPlus 5.0
•Digital Development in ImagesPlus 5.0
•Multi Point Planar Flatten Background in ImagesPlus 5.0
•Multiresolution Smooth-Sharpen + Inverse Luminance Mask in ImagesPlus 5.0
•Geometric Transform/Scale in ImagesPlus 5.0
•Adaptive Richardson-Lucy Restoration + Luminance Mask in ImagesPlus 5.0
•Smoothing in ImagesPlus 5.0
•Curves, Contrast/Brightness, Saturation (Block Method), 'Noise Reduction' and Sharpen in Photoshop Extended CS6

•Full frame
•Larger file...

Note: That streak in upper left corner is in just one sub; seems like an earthly object.

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mmalik
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 01/13/12

Loc: USA

Re: IC 434, Barnard 33 - Horsehead Nebula new

[Re: mmalik]
#5540529 - 11/26/12 03:34 PM

I have uploaded 603 KB JPG of this new rendering here... for those intersted in a high-res JPG download.

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kowspot2000
professor emeritus

Reged: 07/23/11

Loc: Corvallis, OR

Re: IC 434, Barnard 33 - Horsehead Nebula new

[Re: mmalik]
#5540716 - 11/26/12 05:44 PM

Beautiful! I love the horse head

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mmalik
Carpal Tunnel

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Re: IC 434, Barnard 33 - Horsehead Nebula new

[Re: kowspot2000]
#5541560 - 11/27/12 06:28 AM

Thanks kowspot2000!

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carlo rocchi
scholastic sledgehammer

Reged: 12/02/09

Loc: Milan, Italy

Re: IC 434, Barnard 33 - Horsehead Nebula new

[Re: mmalik]
#5541583 - 11/27/12 07:16 AM

That's great Mike, congrats!!

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fco_star
Pooh-Bah

Reged: 12/13/10

Loc: Texas, Midland

Re: IC 434, Barnard 33 - Horsehead Nebula new

[Re: carlo rocchi]
#5541598 - 11/27/12 07:25 AM

like always your pictures are really good...

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Ivo Jager
Vendor ( Star Tools )

Reged: 03/19/11

Loc: Melbourne, Australia

Re: IC 434, Barnard 33 - Horsehead Nebula new

[Re: fco_star]
#5543244 - 11/28/12 02:46 AM

That's a cracker of an image!

I find one thing puzzling/intriguing though in your (really good and thorough) processing document. You seem to perform deconvolution on data that is already stretched globally, modified locally, as well as smoothed.
Mathematically applying deconvolution at that point does not make a whole lot of sense, as the point spread function that needs to be recovered will now be varying all over the place. Wouldn't you get much better (and mathematically correct) results by applying deconvolution prior to stretching as soon as you load the data?

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mmalik
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 01/13/12

Loc: USA

Re: IC 434, Barnard 33 - Horsehead Nebula new

[Re: Ivo Jager]
#5543256 - 11/28/12 03:07 AM

Thanks Carlo/Francisco/Ivo.

Ivo, I'll defer the complete answer for Mike Unsold (writer of ImagesPlus) to respond; in the meantime here... is one example where Mike U. is using similar chronology. Not sure if you have read this... thread through its entirety, I came up with this routine as an end result of that dialogue. Let’s wait for Mike U. to chime in. Your feedback is always welcome and greatly appreciated; keep it coming. Regards

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Mike Unsold
Vendor, MLUnsold - ImagesPlus

Reged: 05/21/09

Re: IC 434, Barnard 33 - Horsehead Nebula new

[Re: Ivo Jager]
#5543358 - 11/28/12 07:39 AM

Quote:

That's a cracker of an image!

I find one thing puzzling/intriguing though in your (really good and thorough) processing document. You seem to perform deconvolution on data that is already stretched globally, modified locally, as well as smoothed.
Mathematically applying deconvolution at that point does not make a whole lot of sense, as the point spread function that needs to be recovered will now be varying all over the place. Wouldn't you get much better (and mathematically correct) results by applying deconvolution prior to stretching as soon as you load the data?

You can applying deconvolution to a well calibrated stacked image before the initial stretch. If you are working with a color camera I would suggest creating a luminance frame from the stacked color image and applying deconvolution to it rather than the color image. Use the deconvolved and stretched luminance image as the the luminance layer for the stacked color image.

Also use a feathered luminance range perhaps with a mask to target just the background, brighter areas with detail, stars, or hue range when using smooth, sharpen, or color adjustment tools. Not much reason to smooth an area only to sharpen it later.

Mike M has posted a very nice Horse Head image that has received many very positive comments. People should experiment with different images and decide what works best for them.

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mmalik
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 01/13/12

Loc: USA

Re: IC 434, Barnard 33 - Horsehead Nebula new

[Re: Mike Unsold]
#5546546 - 11/30/12 01:10 AM

Thanks Mike U/Ivo for the feedback.

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mrturtle
sage

Reged: 08/06/10

Re: IC 434, Barnard 33 - Horsehead Nebula [Re: mmalik]
#5546830 - 11/30/12 09:09 AM

wow......

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bigdeal
sage

Reged: 02/26/12

Loc: Waxhaw, NC

Re: IC 434, Barnard 33 - Horsehead Nebula new

[Re: Bachus]
#5548522 - 12/01/12 10:14 AM

Quote:

The contrast and details around "The Head" are remarkable. Excellent job on the processing and thanks for posting. That's a wall hanger for sure...

+1

Really amazing...

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mmalik
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 01/13/12

Loc: USA

Re: IC 434, Barnard 33 - Horsehead Nebula new

[Re: bigdeal]
#5549046 - 12/01/12 04:19 PM

Thanks mrturtle/Curt.

Direct link... to high res. 602KB JPG download.

Feel free to create/share your own renditions with unprocessed FIT provided in the first post.

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Mike7Mak
Pooh-Bah

Reged: 12/07/11

Loc: New York

Re: IC 434, Barnard 33 - Horsehead Nebula new

[Re: mmalik]
#5549769 - 12/02/12 02:54 AM Attachment (10 downloads)

I played with the jpeg a bit in StarTools. Cropped off the left edge a bit, tightened the stars, removed the streak with 'Heal' and got a little more definition in the foreground dust with the 'Filter>nudge' tool.

Nice image, thanks for the processing practice. I plan to try for the HH soon myself.

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mmalik
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 01/13/12

Loc: USA

Re: IC 434, Barnard 33 - Horsehead Nebula new

[Re: Mike7Mak]
#5551524 - 12/03/12 04:58 AM

Welcome Mike; I think you would get much better results if you processed the FIT... instead of the JPG. Regards

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fco_star
Pooh-Bah

Reged: 12/13/10

Loc: Texas, Midland

Re: IC 434, Barnard 33 - Horsehead Nebula new

[Re: mmalik]
#5552029 - 12/03/12 01:06 PM Attachment (7 downloads)

mmalik, Here is my rendition on your excellent data, thank you for letting me practice with it. Do this data was taken in a dark site?
I use a software I found called NASA FITS LIBERATOR 3 to change from .FIT to .TIFF I almost pass 3 hours trying to learn how to use the action and script with photoshop because it works with 3 different layers in gray scale RGB, first time I do something like this but I really enjoy it at the end. I try to make it look smooth like yours but I couldn't, any tip I can get from you ...thank you
Hope you like it

Edited by fco_star (12/03/12 01:09 PM)

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mmalik
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 01/13/12

Loc: USA

Re: IC 434, Barnard 33 - Horsehead Nebula new

[Re: fco_star]
#5552422 - 12/03/12 05:06 PM

Francisco, image was taken from suburban red zone, but on a clear/cold night with high ISO; IDAS LPS probably is the biggest secret. Smoothing steps for this particular image in terms of IP/PS are Multiresolution Smooth-Sharpen [IP], Smoothing (Standard Smoothing and Noise Reduction) [IP], and Noise Reduction [PS]. Details in this... doc. Other alternative is lesser use of sharpening; sharpening introduces some granularity to the image. I'll let experts chime in as well. Thanks for trying. Regards

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