Fireworks Galaxy

[fervent tinsel]

Good luck
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gabfw44j0bkCwhCPZ76GJSCuwHhuIFSI/view?usp=sharing

@kind perch

if ya want

[kind perch]

Hell ye

[fervent tinsel]

[little comet]

For a min I thought DJ Khaled was secretly an astrophotographer

[kind perch]

yeah bro, me and khaled go way back

[fervent tinsel]

Thats right. We da best music

[little comet]

God did

[open lynx]

here you go

[kind perch]

@fervent tinsel Got around to it lol thanks for sharing (: got lazy so didnt remove dust spots, got the .TIFs though so if you want me to remove them i can

[little comet]

Tell em to bring out the flats

[fervent tinsel]

Truss tube rc. It’s impossible to take flats

[kind perch]

Should get a XXXL white tshirt for it, and take day flats

[fervent tinsel]

You cant take flats on a truss tube rc. Especially not if using a 294mc. Id rather make synthetic ones in Pix

[kind perch]

Pretty sure The3D takes flats with his 12" RC, wouldnt make alot of sense if a scope couldnt take flats lol

[fervent tinsel]

It leaks light everywhere. Also 294mc

[little comet]

Rip

Don't they have light shrouds for truss tubes?

[open lynx]

How the H3ll did you get these OIII and Ha colors?

[fervent tinsel]

hwat?

[open lynx]

I mean the blue and the red. i do not get it?

I checked again and my color calibration was way of, nice data BTW.

[lofty vine]

you need flats

[lofty vine]

@fervent tinsel nice data

but flats

[little comet]

Lovely data, SiriL decon and PS sharpen worked nicely.

Dammit, the blacks have a green tint

I kinda like the top one, but the bottom is more balanced imo

[little comet]

Dam you guys brought out the Ha nicely

[neon oriole]

why? i have a truss tube and take flats without any problem

[fervent tinsel]

light leaks coz I dont have a light shroud

[neon oriole]

but agree that the 294mc is pretty picky on flats

yeah a good shroud you need it for that tube

[fervent tinsel]

I noticed that doing a quick synthetic flat in PIX and then boosting only the dark areas with a range maks and curves works just as well as actual flats. and its quicker

[neon oriole]

what procedure do you use for synthetic flats?

i usually integrate all the lights using a very broad rejection method and then MMT to eliminate large scale structures left, what's still there i remove with clonestamp

[fervent tinsel]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxj_HDYlNG0

0 flats on this one

only defects in the background are bright star residue

aslo @neon oriole how do you like your CEM120. Moving from an EQ8R to that soon.

[neon oriole]

my cem120 is a beast, make sure to balance it properly (also 3d balance)

use the internal cable management as much as you can

i have no experience with the EQ8R but my 120 guides at 0.3 RMS with the 12" truss plus a 100mm refractor on top

[fervent tinsel]

oh wow. certainly beats my mount

[fervent tinsel]

do you use any tools to balance?

[neon oriole]

not really, just make sure that it stands still in every position you put it in

slight drifts are acceptable

ah @fervent tinsel you have a GSO truss right?

cause there is a design defect in these models, you need an extension for the baffle tube otherwise you will always have light leaks

not sure if you are aware just throwing it out there

[fervent tinsel]

yes, im planning to print one soon

[neon oriole]

my 120 tonight, seeing isnt even that great

[icy plinth]

second try at a galaxy

[neon oriole]

suggestion: process the stars and the galaxy separately

you can use the screenstars script by bill blanshan to separate them, process and then bring back into a single image