

Astrophotography techniques and other tidbits
Other Albums by Craigar

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

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

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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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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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Jupiter 20221010 0706.4 C8 Tv2x Ds10c AS P60 lapl5 ap238 RxD130
Good example of horizontal smear I'm getting from some vibration in...

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Coral Canyon Malibu, CA 2022-11-21 bortle 5
found a "balanced compromise" of a sight where the unanticipated wi...

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Flow Frames screenshot "Flowframes - Fast Video Interpolation for any GPU"
Works well for planetary IMHO
https://nmkd.itch.io/flowframes/down...

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QHY III 485C USB3.0-B female port solder points (Crop 20231011 005420~3)
I drew a blue lasso around most of the solder points and have an ar...

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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