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[hornjs]

Had some rare clear weather today so set up all the parts.  Ran out of time for the Ha before clouds rolled up, but at least made a disk.  

Transparency good, seeing average

WL:  Esprit120, Altair wedge, 2.5x barlow, zwo 462.  

CaK:  Celestron Omni120xlt, CaK wedge, Zwo 462

Ha:  WO GT71, quark chromosphere, baader uv/ir, Zwo 432

Sharpcap, Autostakkert, Imppg, Pixinsight

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

[rigel123]

Nice session despite the clouds, love the shots of the spots near the limb.

[MVoltae]

Jeff, great set of images. 

 

Am considering trying out Pixinsight as a processing step after IMPPG.  Exactly what features of Pixinsight do you normally apply after IMPPG?

 

Jordan  

[hornjs]

Thanks Warren!

Nice session despite the clouds, love the shots of the spots near the limb.

 

 

Jeff, great set of images. 

 

Am considering trying out Pixinsight as a processing step after IMPPG.  Exactly what features of Pixinsight do you normally apply after IMPPG?

 

Jordan  

For the Ha disc:  I stitch the stacked frames in Affinity first.  Then I sharpen disc in IMPPG, then use SolarToolbox as next step.  I adjust levels, contrast, color all in one place.  I have been experimenting also with using light applications of blur exterminator and noise exterminator with some success.  Blur exterminator needs a range mask so you are just working on the disk as it can do weird things to the background.   

On CaK, i follow same roadmap, but the color default in solar toolbox you can load a CaK palette.  I also use a bit less contrast on these

On WL, same pathway, but no color in the toolbox.  

If I do my sharpening in Imppg, I generally don't do more in toolbox.  

I am finding that noise exterminator does a good job of a final touch on some of these (not the CaK).  I have the amount set pretty low at 0.25 and detail down to 0.10.  I have not had good luck using the denoise function in toolbox.  

I also liberally use clone stamp as I get some stitching artifacts from Affinity

Hope that helps.