M51 reworked

Shotdate: March 6 2011

Camera: D3x

Optics: Celestron 9,25 EdgeHD

 

DeepSkyStacker

 

16 frames of 300 seconds (ISO: 800) - total exposure: 1 hr 20 mn 11 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: 8 frames exposure: 5 mn

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

 

Flat: 40 frames exposure: 1/4 s

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

 

PixInsight 1.7

 

DynamicCrop

DynamicBackgroundExtraction

 

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ChannelExtraction

ATrousWaveletTransform: Processing view: Autosave_DBE_L

HistogramTransformation: Processing view: Autosave_DBE

Autosave_DBE_L: Masking from swap files...

 

 

ColorSaturation: Processing view: Autosave_DBE

 

ACDNR: Processing view: Autosave_DBE

 

HDRMultiscaleTransform: Processing view: Autosave_DBE

 

ChannelExtraction: Processing view: Autosave

HistogramTransformation: Processing view: Autosave_L

ATrousWaveletTransform: Processing view: Autosave_L

CloneStamp: Processing view: Autosave_L to cover the bright cores

 

HistogramTransformation: Processing view: Autosave_DBE

Autosave_L: Masking from swap files...

 

 

Done