Flame Nebula

It's a bit grainy, but what do you expect with just 3 frames :)

The halo in the image is reflection from my roof, I just have to do this over soon.

 

Shot date: 28st November 2011

Location: Home, Teuge, NL

Camera: Nikon D3x

Optics: Celestron Edge HD 9,25"

Mount: Skywatcher NEQ6Pro

Guiding: LVI Smartguider 2

 

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Stacking in DeepskyStacker 3.3.2

 

DeepSkyStacker settings:

Stacking mode: Standard

Alignment method: Bicubic

Stacking 3 frames (ISO: 800) - total exposure: 15 mn

 

RGB Channels Background Calibration: Yes

Per Channel Background Calibration: No

Method: Kappa-Sigma (Kappa = 2.00, Iterations = 5)

 

Offset: 120 frames exposure: 1/8000 s

Method: Kappa-Sigma (Kappa = 2.00, Iterations = 5)

 

Dark: 14 frames exposure: 5 mn

Method: Kappa-Sigma (Kappa = 2.00, Iterations = 5)

 

Flat: 47 frames exposure: 1/2 s

Method: Kappa-Sigma (Kappa = 2.00, Iterations = 5)

 

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Postprocessing in PixInsight Core 1.7 Starbuck

 

DynamicBackgroundExtraction

ColorCalibration

HistogramTransformation

ChannelExtraction: L

HistogramTransformation: L

ATrousWaveletTransform: L

CurvesTransformation: L: Masking

CurvesTransformation

ACDNR

HistogramTransformation

Done