

Astrophotography techniques and other tidbits
Other Albums by Craigar
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Radian Tri-band under bortle 9 skies - many OTA's
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Last upload: 20 Jun 2025 - 05:55

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M27 220605 "Autosave" via DSS Stools andGIMPlayerMildSharpLuminance1600x PnetMoreStretchAndSat YELLOWcircleTriadOfInnerStars
June 6 2022 55minutes total from 15 Second Frames
2300 High conv...

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M27 25and35hcg5sec 2x2Bin 1hr6min25secDSS 2022-07-04 Autosave002 SirilPhotometricColorCalib Asnih GIMP DarkContrast Scaled .66 crop 1600x1600
July 4 2022 55 minutes total from 5 Second Frames 2x2 additive b...

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Mallincam Ds10c "possible Fan Vibration" attenuated with Vice Grip Dampner 20220815 033848
11/9/22 update - it turns out that the camera's sensor "protection...

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ZWO uncooled OSC Cameras under 350 dollars https://astroforumspace.com/zwo/
zwo cameras comparison table
https://astroforumspace.com/zwo/
a...

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The NEW WinJUPOS - Version 12.2.2 (64-bit) - MARS is now easier to measure and position using the "with additional Graphic" choice in the "Outline Frame" section of the measurements window! Oh Yea!
If your time stamps are UTC this "additional Graphic outline" of th...

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Ncg1977 living room carpet - C8.63 7secHcg15gain LPS D22023 03 04 24min12s Autosave001 SIril R3 GImp 1600x
My new living room carpet!
Picked a pretty faint reflection nebula...

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Jupiter C8>2xBarlow> Ds10c Autostakkert Registax MsPhotos Gimp
My first and only (and probably worst) Jupiter through the C8 in a...

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M43 C6> QHYIII485 3m24s 20frames 10hcg before and after AstroDenoisePy AI tweaked to STFstretch -3.0 strength.8 Tiling4
set Astro Denoise Py less aggressive (STFstretch -3.0 strength.8 T...

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Jupiter-C8-2xBarlow-Dsc10cAstrocam 62fps-2023-09-18 055211585 pipp
I half scaled "PiPP.gif animation" of the poor conditions
ES Exosgt...

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Jupiter-C8-2xBarlow-Dsc10cAstrocam- 2023-09-18055 pipp
"PiPP.gif animation" of the poor conditions
ES Exosgt-2 pmc-8 moun...

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Paint.NET using color Curves Example (beware Paint.NET app is ONLY 8-bit)
one of the stock adjustment features I've found very useful - espec...

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Flat Sub ASIFitsView PC monitor > C8
ASIFitsView
Using my PC's 22" ( BenQ Gw2280 "VA Backlight Technolo...

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Bahtinov mask - good focus - IC4282 bright star by M51
C8 SCT > f6.3 reducer > IMX294 DSC10 astrocam

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Registax Screenshot of CTerry's "Jupiter1.tif" Gaussian, with medium sharpening, high Contrast
processed .tif from
https://www.cloudyni...2#entry13102441

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CTerry's jupiter1.tif processed with Registax - Gaussian, with medium sharpening, high Contrast
screenshot of Registax settings

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Mars C8 Tv2x Ds10c AS P20 lapl5 ap7120221123005806745
My first (kind of OK) mars - really poor seeing - couldn't even col...

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QHY III 485C broken USB cable port
I'm not sure how it happened but I went to use the camera last nigh...

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Bortle 9 + Half Moon M101 2023-04-02 C8 LPS-D2 Ds10c 2x2Averged BIN 45min46s Hcg20gain=10sec AND 1hr2min4s Hcg20gain=20sec 1600xScale
1hr 47 mintotal
noise level was so high with EAA could only see ver...

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AutoStakkert! 3.1.4 (x64) undesired effect caused by inadvertently pressing CTRL + V which turns on "Column Noise Correction (vertical lines)"
I inadvertently made a mistake in AutoStakkert!3 - I pressed CTRL +...

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M51 Es6Qhy 6hrs NoDecon then StarTools Decon
PiPP .Gif sequence of two frames repeating, original conventional a...

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M51 Es6Qhy 6hrs then Astrosleuth Nex algorithm with Mild settings
PiPP .Gif sequence of two frames repeating, original conventional a...

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DeepSkyStacker .Fits Options - bayer pattern selection
To de-bayer a FITS image first make sure to check the box "Monochro...

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M27 DSS 1h55m44s 91frms 60and90sKappa Autosave003 30hcgDSS60 90hgDarks 1600x
DSS stack, histo stretch - no other processing except convert from...

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AutoStakkert!3 stacked frame without the unexpected effect error I caused by pressing CTRL + V which turns on "Column Noise Correction (vertical lines)"
I inadvertently made a mistake in AutoStakkert!3 - I pressed CTRL +...

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Vertical Flipped View From MallincamSky C8>DS10c camera 20220427
"Flipped vertical" shows a RACI image, that's what I wanted (I just...