M45 Pleiades

Shotdate: 15 nov 2012

Camera: Nikon D3x

Optics: Celestron 9,25" Edge HD

Mount: SkyWatcher HEQ6 Pro

Guiding: f500mm F90mm LVI SmartGuider2

 

Somewhere in my optical train I have some reflection.

Time to find what it is.

 

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DeepSkyStacker 3.3.2

 

17 frames (ISO: 800) - total exposure: 1 hr 19 mn 20 s

 

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: 40 frames exposure: 4 mn 40 s

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

 

Flat: 17 frames exposure: 3 s

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

 

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PixInsight Core 01.07.06.0793 Starbuck (x86_64)

 

DynamicCrop

 

Next action done twice (until the extraction L is too light or the stars are getting too big).

 

ChannelExtraction

ATrousWaveletTransform on L with layer R scale 16 enabled.

HistogramTransformation: Masking from swap file with Midtones value of 0.4.

 

Next action done eight times, until the image gets nearly saturated.

 

ChannelExtraction

HistogramTransformation on L if L is getting too bright.

ATrousWaveletTransform on L with layer R and 4, scale 8 and 16 enabled.

HistogramTransformation: Masking from swap file with Midtones value of 0.4.

 

HDRMultiscaleTransform with six layers.

 

ChannelExtraction

HistogramTransformation on L to dim the too bright area's.

CurvesTransformation: Masking from swap file

 

Deconvolution

Done