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RC6 f/6.8 1032 FL IDAS D1

 

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SharpCap Live Stack

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RC6 f/9 1370 FL IDAS D1

 

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TimeStamp=2019-05-29T08:48:22.7866301Z

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SCP 880 flashed to 900 on a skymax 127, video taken with sharpcap and stacked in registax.

TS Photoline 72mm F/6

ZWO AM5n

DayStar Quark Chromosphere

ZWO ASI 174MM

Seeing = 3/5

SharpCap Pro

Pixinsight & SolarToolBox

DaVinci Resolve

SharpCap Live Stack No Edit

RC6 f/6.7 1027 FL IDAS D1

Eng - Venus 48 hours before lower conjunction

 

VERY IMPORTANT !!!

skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/spot-venuss-creeping-c...

 

I have been doing photography since 1973, but this was definitely the most dangerous shooting for my eyes and camera so far !!!

 

Time: 11 August 2023, 10:23 UT

Telescope: SW Maksutov 150/1800mm @ f/24

Mount: CG-5 AS-GT

Barlow: SW APO 2x

Camera: ZWO ASI 120MC-S, 30 fps

Filter: ZWO UV-IR cut (factory installed filter - cannot be removed if necessary) + Baader Green 500nm Bandpass Filter

Stack: 4% of total 6782 frames

SharpCap, Autostakkert!3.1, Registax6, GIMP

SharpCap Live Stack

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Stellarvue 70mm f/4.8 336 FL

 

[ZWO ASI183MC Pro]

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SharpCap Live Stack

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RC6 f/9 1370mm FL

IDAS D1 Filter

 

[ZWO ASI294MC Pro]

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Moonlite DRO Focuser Driver=4281

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iOptron CEM60,iEQ45Pro/30Pro,CEM25,SmartEQ Pro+,AZ Mount Pro,Cube II Mount=RA=11:21:30,Dec=+13:28:57 (JNOW)

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--- Technical info ---

Target: Mars - 63.000.000km from Earth

Focal Length: 5600 mm

Imaging telescope: Celestron EdgeHD 11 @f20

Imaging camera: Celestron NexImage 5MP

Mount: iOptron CEM60EC

Accessories: PoleMaster

Software: Sharpcap, PIPP, Registax, PixInsight

Dates: Oct 15 2020

Frames: 500

 

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|Object| --> M31 Andromeda Galaxy

 

|Equipment|

 

Scope: Skywatcher Evostar 72ED w/ Ovl fieldflattner (non reducer)

Mount: Heq5 pro w/ beltmod

Guidescope: Orion 50mm guidescope

Guiding camera: Zwo Asi 120mm mini

Imaging camera: ZWO ASI 1600MM PRO

Filters: Zwo LRGB + Ha (7nm)

 

|Software|

 

NINA

PHD2

PixInsight

Sharpcap PRO for polaraligning

 

|Acquisition|

 

Location: Skövde, Sweden (Bortle 5-6)

Dates: 2020-08-16, 2020-08-15 , 2020-08-14

Gain: 139 Offset: 50

Camera temp: -10C

Ha: 50 x 300sec

L: 108 x 120sec

RGB: 15 x 120sec

Darks: 50

Flats: 30

DarkFlats: 50

Total integration time: 9.2h

 

This is my first "successful" LRGB+Ha combination

I still have much to learn on how to process mono data, but im getting there!

 

SharpCap Live Stack

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RC6 f/6.8 1032 FL IDAS D1

 

[ZWO ASI294MC Pro]

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SharpCap Live Stack

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RC6 f/6.98 1062 FL

 

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SharpCap Live Stack

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RC6 f/9 1370 FL IDAS D1

Mosaic Panel

 

[ZWO ASI294MC Pro]

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SharpCap Live Stack

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Stellarvue 70mm f/4.8 336 FL IDAS D2

 

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I embarked on a mammoth lunar imaging session on 10th February so I could produce an animation showing the sunrise over some prominent craters. I've already shared the video I created with the data but am now sharing the still images. If you didn't see the animation you can watch it here:

flic.kr/p/2n38rfm

 

I was imaging from15:45 UT until 22:30 UT and during that time the Moon changed its illumination from 69% to 72%.

 

Taken from Oxfordshire with a William Optics 70mm refractor and ASI120MC camera through a Celestron 3x Barlow. A 2,000 frame video was shot with SharpCap and depending on the quality graph I stacked either 50 or 25% of the frames using Autostakkert! 3. Processing with Lightroom and Fast Stone Image Viewer.

 

Taken from Oxfordshire, UK with a Coronado PST H-alpha solar telescope + Celestron 3x Barlow and ASI120MC camera. The telescope was on an EQ5 Pro mount, tracking at solar rate.

2,000 frame video captured with SharpCap, the best 75% stacked using Autostakkert! 3, then processing was done using Lightroom, Photoshop CS2, Fast Stone Image Viewer and Focus Magic.

 

This was an impressive region of prominence activity on the south eastern limb, and it was amazing to see how the area had changed in the space of an hour. There were several filaments visible on the disc as well.

SharpCap Live Stack

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SharpCap Live Stack

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Stellarvue 70mm f/4.8 336 FL IDAS D1

 

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This is an uncalibrated image composed of 15 three-minute stacked images. I was using SharpCap for my imaging software and I made a number of dumb mistakes while using it. It's a very good astrophotography software, but there are too many bells and whistles for me. I feel like I would need to compose checklists to use it competently. I think I will stick with NINA. It has an internal logic that forces one to follow a specific workflow so dumb mistakes are harder to make. I do like SharpCap for lunar, solar, and planetary imaging.

 

Regardless, I'm glad I got any type of an image of the Hickson 44 galaxy group, located in the Constellation Leo, from my Bortle 7 suburban location. Light pollution makes galaxy photography difficult, even with filters. This image reminds me of what I would see while visual observing with my old 10” Dob under a dark sky.

 

I used a TMB80 f5.6 APO refractor and a ZWO ASI585MC (the non-Pro version). These galaxies are roughly 70 million light years away, so the light that made this image was emitted before the extinction of the dinosaurs. Blows my mind!

 

Here's a link to a Cloudynight article by Phil Harrington that gives a good summary of the galaxies' characteristics.

 

www.cloudynights.com/articles/cat/column/phil-harrington-...

  

250417_HICKSON_44_01_LABEL

Captured 25 Jun 2021, 01:01 hrs ET, Springfield, VA, USA. Bortle 8 skies, Mallincam DS10C camera, Celestron 8 inch SCT f/10, exposure 7 sec, gain 20, bin 2, stack of 52 light frames, dark and flat frames subtracted, no filter.

 

Clouds: partly cloudy

Seeing: ok

Transparency: ok

Moon phase: 100%

 

From Astrometry.net:

FOV: 17 x 19 arcmin after crop

Resolution: 0.5 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: Up is East

 

From NED:

Cross-identifications: WISE J195959.83+650854.7

Distance: 649 million light years

Redshift: z=0.047

Type: BL Lac

Apparent magnitude: +11.2

Apparent size: 45 arcsec

 

Appearance: very small dim galaxy near limit of visibility under these conditions. Target area plate solved in Sharpcap; visual ID via Stellarium. Could not match to higher resolution finder images in NED.

SharpCap Live Stack

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RC6 f/9 1370 FL IDAS D1

 

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#Black Point

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Display MidTone Point=0.375542842965956

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TimeStamp=2019-06-01T09:46:34.5795863Z

SharpCapVersion=3.2.6028.0

SCP 880 flashed to 900 on a skymax 127, video taken with sharpcap and stacked in registax.

Skywatcher 200P on NEQ6, 4x Televue Powermate and ZWO ASI120MC. Best 4000 of 6000 frames captured with Sharpcap 2 and stacked in AS!2. Waveles in Registax 5.1 and further sharpening in Photoshop CS2

24x120 second subframes,

Total exposure 48 minutes.

 

Quite a lot of high level cloud, light wind and not grey seeing. My FWHM values are quite a lot worse than the comparable image with the 350D. But still, it's a first light picture!

 

Quite a learning curve going from the DSLR to the dedicated Astro camera. Quite glad I went OSC before Mono... although this camera exposes the CA of the achromat a lot more than the DSLR seemed to (perhaps because the CA hid amongst the chromatic noise with the DSLR).

 

Imaging:

Skywatcher Evostar 150,

QHY163C at -10degrees, gain 10, Astronomik CLS filter.

Guiding:

unbranded 50mm, 190mm focal length, finder-guider,

Orion SSAG.

All on

Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro

 

Captured using SharpCap. Guided using PHD2.

Stacked and processed in DSS, Fitswork and Gimp.

 

17th July 2017

Cambridge, UK

SharpCap

AutoStakkert 3

RegiStax 6

Photoshop

 

RC6 f/9 1370 FL IDAS D1

 

[ZWO ASI294MC Pro]

Debayer Preview=On

Pan=0

Tilt=0

Output Format=AVI files (*.avi)

Binning=1

Capture Area=4144x2822

Colour Space=RAW8

High Speed Mode=Off

Turbo USB=46

Flip=Both

Frame Rate Limit=Maximum

Gain=125

Exposure=0.007593

Timestamp Frames=Off

White Bal (B)=74(Auto)

White Bal (R)=99(Auto)

Brightness=10

Temperature=-14.8

Cooler Power=80

Target Temperature=-15

Cooler=On

Auto Exp Max Gain=285

Auto Exp Max Exp M S=30000

Auto Exp Target Brightness=100

Mono Bin=Off

Banding Threshold=35

Banding Suppression=0

Apply Flat=None

Subtract Dark=None

#Black Point

Display Black Point=0

#MidTone Point

Display MidTone Point=0.5

#White Point

Display White Point=1

TimeStamp=2019-06-14T02:36:50.7318857Z

SharpCapVersion=3.2.6038.0

Messier Marathon 2020

SharpCap Live Stack No Edit

RC6 f/6.7 1027 FL IDAS D1

Cratere Petavius in primo piano

Newton 150/750 + barlow 3x

SVBony SV305 Pro

Somma di 1000 frame RGB

SharpCap, Pipp, AS3, Astrosurface

Shot from yard near Natural Bridge, VA on 9/11-9/12/21. 2 minute exposures, Samyang 135 mm lens at F2, cooling at -10C. No guiding employed. Orion Atlas Pro mount, SharpCap and Pixinsight. Night was clear and as dark as SQM=21.35. Unfortunately image resolution greatly reduced due to error in a binning setting in SharpCap (set to 4 instead of 1) which I did not catch. This will just be a placeholder image till I can re-shoot this, if I ever do.

SharpCap Live Stack

Photoshop Edit

RC6 f/9 1370 FL IDAS D1

Mosaic Panel

 

[ZWO ASI294MC Pro]

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Exposure=60

Timestamp Frames=Off

White Bal (B)=50

White Bal (R)=50

Brightness=4

Temperature=-14.8

Cooler Power=70

Target Temperature=-15

Cooler=On

Auto Exp Max Gain=285

Auto Exp Max Exp M S=30000

Auto Exp Target Brightness=100

Mono Bin=Off

Banding Threshold=35

Banding Suppression=30

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TimeStamp=2019-07-27T07:01:34.0229903Z

SharpCapVersion=3.2.6062.0

SharpCap Live Stack

Photoshop Edit

RC6 f/6.8 1032 FL IDAS D1

 

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Frame Rate Limit=Maximum

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Exposure=30

Timestamp Frames=Off

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White Bal (R)=50

Brightness=10

Temperature=-10

Cooler Power=52

Target Temperature=-10

Cooler=On

Auto Exp Max Gain=300

Auto Exp Max Exp M S=30000

Auto Exp Target Brightness=100

Mono Bin=Off

Banding Threshold=35

Banding Suppression=0

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#Black Point

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Notes=

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SharpCapVersion=3.2.6342.0

TotalExposure(s)=1920

StackedFrames=64

SharpCap Live Stack

Dithering

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Brightness=4

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Cooler=On

Auto Exp Max Gain=285

Auto Exp Max Exp M S=30000

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Mono Bin=Off

Banding Threshold=10

Banding Suppression=0

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TimeStamp=2019-02-02T06:46:46.8508572Z

SharpCapVersion=3.2.5949.0

SharpCap LIve Stack

Dithering

Photoshop Edit

 

[ZWO ASI294MC Pro]

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Cooler=On

Auto Exp Max Gain=285

Auto Exp Max Exp M S=30000

Auto Exp Target Brightness=110

Mono Bin=Off

Banding Threshold=10

Banding Suppression=0

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TimeStamp=2019-02-02T05:16:35.7159571Z

SharpCapVersion=3.2.5949.0

SharpCap Live Stack

Photoshop Edit

RC6 f/6.8 1032 FL IDAS D1

 

[ZWO ASI294MC Pro]

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Tilt=0

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Binning=1

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Colour Space=RAW16

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Timestamp Frames=Off

White Bal (B)=50

White Bal (R)=50

Brightness=9

Temperature=-10

Cooler Power=58

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Cooler=On

Auto Exp Max Gain=285

Auto Exp Max Exp M S=30000

Auto Exp Target Brightness=100

Mono Bin=Off

Banding Threshold=35

Banding Suppression=0

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#Black Point

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TimeStamp=2019-08-17T07:52:16.6435246Z

SharpCapVersion=3.2.6086.0

29-07-2016: IC1805 "Heart Nebula", Canon 17-102mm zoom lens @ f/2, ASI290MM, Omega Optics 30nm Halpha, 18 x 10 sec, 50% gain, SharpCap v2.8. (distorted stars due to optics in lense)

SharpCap Live Stack

Photoshop Edit

 

[ZWO ASI294MC Pro]

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Flip=None

Frame Rate Limit=Maximum

Gain=300

Exposure=60

Timestamp Frames=Off

White Bal (B)=50

White Bal (R)=50

Brightness=3

Temperature=-14.8

Cooler Power=34

Target Temperature=-15

Cooler=On

Auto Exp Max Gain=285

Auto Exp Max Exp M S=30000

Auto Exp Target Brightness=110

Mono Bin=Off

Banding Threshold=10

Banding Suppression=0

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#White Point

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TimeStamp=2019-02-14T06:22:48.8477274Z

SharpCapVersion=3.2.5949.0

SharpCap Live Stack

Photoshop Edit

RC6 f/6.8 1032 FL IDAS D1

 

[ZWO ASI294MC Pro]

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Tilt=0

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Binning=1

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Timestamp Frames=Off

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White Bal (R)=50

Brightness=10

Temperature=-10

Cooler Power=26

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Cooler=On

Auto Exp Max Gain=285

Auto Exp Max Exp M S=30000

Auto Exp Target Brightness=100

Mono Bin=Off

Banding Threshold=35

Banding Suppression=0

Apply Flat=C:\Users\Chris\Desktop\SharpCap Captures\2020-01-05\FLAT6128-64-218-MONO-BIAS\flats\19_55_46_offset=0.243%.fits

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#Black Point

Display Black Point=0.238730244252874

#MidTone Point

Display MidTone Point=0.438380847369192

#White Point

Display White Point=0.998046875

TimeStamp=2020-01-06T07:39:35.0923241Z

SharpCapVersion=3.2.6128.0

29-07-2016: M8 "Lagoon Nebula", Canon 17-102mm zoom lens @ f/2, ASI290MM, Omega Optics 30nm Halpha, 69 x 5 sec, 50% gain, SharpCap v2.8. (distorted stars due to optics in lense)

[ZWO ASI294MC Pro]

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Tilt=0

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White Bal (B)=50

White Bal (R)=50

Brightness=10

Temperature=-14.8

Cooler Power=46

Target Temperature=-15

Cooler=On

Auto Exp Max Gain=285

Auto Exp Max Exp M S=30000

Auto Exp Target Brightness=110

Mono Bin=Off

Banding Threshold=5

Banding Suppression=0

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TimeStamp=2019-01-06T04:29:35.0411275Z

SharpCapVersion=3.2.5906.0

 

[ZWO ASI294MC Pro]

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Auto Exp Target Brightness=110

Mono Bin=Off

Banding Threshold=5

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TimeStamp=2019-01-06T01:21:26.5172327Z

SharpCapVersion=3.2.5906.0

 

[ZWO ASI294MC Pro]

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White Bal (R)=50

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TimeStamp=2018-12-18T03:05:31.6629922Z

SharpCapVersion=3.2.5892.0

 

SharpCap Live Stack

Dithering

Photoshop Edit

 

[ZWO ASI294MC Pro]

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Banding Suppression=0

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SharpCap Live Stack

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RC6 f/9 1370 FL IDAS D1

 

[ZWO ASI294MC Pro]

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Bonjour à tous

je vous présente NGC4559

NGC 4559 (aussi connue sous le nom de Caldwell 36 ou de la carpe koï) est une galaxie spirale dans la constellation de la Chevelure de Bérénice.Les estimations de la distance pour le NCG 4559 varient d'environ 29 millions d'années-lumière à 51 millions d'années-lumière, avec une moyenne d'environ 29 millions d'années-lumière.

sur l'image, si on regarde bien, il y a un plusieurs petites galaxies en arrière plan

  

- IC 3598 (également connu comme MCG 5-30-40 , PGC 42137 et UGC 7791 ) est une galaxie spirale qui est distante d'environ 353 millions d'années- lumière de la terre et se trouve dans la constellation de la Chevelure de Bérénice, magnitude 14.6

- IC 3592 est une galaxie spirale distante de 355 millions d'années-lumière du système solaire, magnitude 14.3

- IC 3593 est une galaxie spirale distante de 365 millions d'années-lumière du système solaire, magnitude 14.6

- IC 3587 est une galaxie spirale distante de 337 millions d'années-lumière du système solaire, magnitude 15.1

- IC 3516 est une galaxie distante de 315 millions d'années-lumière du système solaire, magnitude 15.2

et d'autres petites des catalogues LEDA, MASX, UGC

Matériel

Caméra ZWO1600MC-C sur télescope SW200/800

Autoguidage ZWO224MC sur lunette SW80/400

80 poses de 120s stackées en live par logiciel Sharpcap

Traitement Siril etg Photoshop

Bon ciel à tous

Gérard

 

Saturn on 9-18-2019

 

Taken with a 9.25 Celestron SCT using a QHY5II-C camera with 3x barlow. I used Sharpcap as the capturing software. I took 1000 frame video and then used Autostakkert to stacke the best 26% of the frames into a single image, then sharpened the image in Registax and adjusted the color and brightness in Lightroom.

SharpCap Live Stack

Photoshop Edit

Stellarvue 70mm f/4.8 336 FL IDAS D2

 

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Gain=200

Exposure=30

Timestamp Frames=Off

White Bal (B)=50

White Bal (R)=50

Brightness=10

Temperature=-10

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Cooler=On

Auto Exp Max Gain=225

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Mono Bin=Off

Banding Threshold=35

Banding Suppression=0

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TimeStamp=2020-10-16T07:35:20.5818372Z

SharpCapVersion=3.2.6383.0

SharpCap Live Stack

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Stellarvue 70mm f/4.8 336 FL IDAS D2

 

[ZWO ASI294MC Pro]

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SharpCapVersion=3.2.6377.0

TotalExposure(s)=1860

StackedFrames=62

SharpCap Live Stack

Photoshop Edit

RC6 AP CCDT67 f/6.77 1029mm FL

IDAS D1 Filter

 

[ZWO ASI294MC Pro]

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Capture Area=4144x2822

Colour Space=RAW16

High Speed Mode=Off

Turbo USB=45

Flip=None

Frame Rate Limit=Maximum

Gain=300

Exposure=30.000s

Timestamp Frames=Off

White Bal (B)=50

White Bal (R)=50

Brightness=10

Cooler Power=35

Temperature=-10

Target Temperature=-10

Cooler=On

Auto Exp Max Gain=300

Auto Exp Max Exp M S=30000

Auto Exp Target Brightness=100

Mono Bin=Off

Trail Width=3

Minimum Trail Length=100

Trail Detection Sensitivity=9

Remove Satellite Trails=Off

Background Subtraction=Off

Planet/Disk Stabilization=Off

Banding Threshold=35

Banding Suppression=0

Apply Flat=C:\Users\Chris\Desktop\SharpCap Captures\2022-04-19\FLAT9.96MS-MONO-BIAS\flats\21_54_48_offset=-1.942%.fits

Subtract Dark=C:\Users\Chris\Desktop\SharpCap Captures\darks\ZWO ASI294MC Pro\RAW16@4144x2822\30.0s\gain_300\dark_25_frames_-9.4C_2022-04-17T02_31_33.fits

NegativeDisplay=0

Display Black Point=0

Display MidTone Point=0.5

Display White Point=1

Notes=

iOptron CEM60/40,GEM45,iEQ45Pro/30Pro,CEM25,SmartEQ Pro+,AZ Mount Pro,Cube II Mount=RA=08:41:40,Dec=+19:35:26 (JNOW)

TimeStamp=2022-04-20T02:37:17.3037166Z

SharpCapVersion=4.0.8833.0

TotalExposure(s)=960

StackedFrames=32

LiveStack.SaveRawFrames=None

LiveStack.AlignFrames=True

LiveStack.Derotate=True

LiveStack.StarsForAlignment=10

LiveStack.StarDetection.Sensitivity=75

LiveStack.StarDetection.SuppressHotPixels=True

LiveStack.AlignAutoDisabled=False

LiveStack.ReduceNoiseAmount=1

LiveStack.BrightnessLimit=70

LiveStack.FilterBrightness=False

LiveStack.AutoBrightnessLimit=False

LiveStack.FWHMLimit=4

LiveStack.FilterFWHM=False

LiveStack.WarningThreshold=5

LiveStack.StackingMode=1

LiveStack.SigmaClipInitialCount=5

LiveSack.SigmaClipThreshold=3

LiveStack.SigmaClipLowLimit=0

LiveStack.AutoSaveReset=False

LiveStack.AutoSaveResetMinutes=5

LiveStack.LogarithmicHistogramHorizontalAxis=True

LiveStack.AutoSave=False

LiveStack.BlackLevel=1.303603

LiveStack.WhiteLevel=92.1

LiveStack.MidLevel=3.500389

LiveStack.WBB.db=0.2531513

LiveStack.WBG.db=-2.4

LiveStack.WBR.db=9.042403

LiveStack.Saturation=1.196987

AutoStretch.Strength=1

LiveStack.StarDetection.FaintStarsOptimization=False

1000 Frames stacked

Sharpcap/PIPP/AS!2/Registax6

Phillips scp900nc webcam

Skywatcher 127 HEQ5pro mount

 

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