#15Hrs+ Heart Nebula L-Extreme ZWO 183MC Pro
neat parrot
hallow grove
trail cosmos
lyric parcel
lyric pebble
@neat parrot your process is incredibly beautiful
noble badger
<@444205712625762304> your process is incredibly beautiful
who’s?
lyric pebble
The guys that captured this data
noble badger
i think its a little bit better
ocean crystal
this is my attempt
minor sierra
Lovely data! fantastic detail!
WeBo 1 just in the frame is a nice addition
What equipment are you running? @neat parrot
neat parrot
Lovely data! fantastic detail!
This looks amazing
i used a zwo 183 mc pro and a zenithstar 61 with an L-extreme filter
how did u get such nice details
neat parrot
WeBo 1 just in the frame is a nice addition
Not even gonna lie... I didnt even notice it
minor sierra
how did u get such nice details
Careful stretch, careful and light unsharp mask in PS along with noiseX to clean up things.
minor sierra
Not even gonna lie... I didnt even notice it
It's such a neat Planetary nebula
Prolly one of my fav
neat parrot
also @minor sierra how did you get the stars to look like that
i always struggle with the stars
minor sierra
also <@451020154290307072> how did you get the stars to look like that
Used gaussian blur in an iterative manner to get a gradual star glow. I duplicate the star layer - blur it by 2px - use curves and clip blacks to remove the blur from dimmer stars - then blur by 2px again to remove the harsh transition caused by crushing the blacks - then duplicate the blurred layer and do another gaussian pass of 3px - then keep duplicating the 2px blur layer and each time increase the blur by 1-2px. I usually do it until I get to 35px as this creates a nice gradual glow with natural fall off.
And of course you can flatten all the blurred layers and then apply Saturation to get even more star color.
neat parrot
Used gaussian blur in an iterative manner to get a gradual star glow. I duplicat...
i dont exactly understand the prcoess, is there a video or something to it?
minor sierra
I haven't seen anyone do it exactly the same so I don't know if any vids on it. I am going to make a tutorial on it but it likely will be a while.
swift stump
WeBo 1 just in the frame is a nice addition
did someone say webo-1?
neat parrot
I haven't seen anyone do it exactly the same so I don't know if any vids on it. ...
Still trying to get my stars to look that good…
Any Help?
minor sierra
Dam I forgot about making a tutorial for that, been focusing on some other content.
It's a process that's best explained visually, I'll get a video out on that today actually since I have time atm.
If I don't then remind me lmao, that's one of the main things I want to get done.
I have new data to process and will likely use it for the video
neat parrot
alright bro appreciate it
after 1.5 years of bad weather still can’t get my head around how good it looks
neat parrot
If I don't then remind me lmao, that's one of the main things I want to get done...
did you get the video?
minor sierra
Getting the data prepared now actually. I might be able to get the video uploaded tn hopefully.
Making sure this data isn't gonna be ass 
neat parrot
dont hurry cuz of me
neat parrot
Have you gotten around to it?
minor sierra
Finally got it uploaded
neat parrot
what cam did you use with it
because i think the sensor size of my 183mc is too small and the stars end up looking bloated
minor sierra
Canon XSi / Rebel T5 / ZWO ASI 1600mm pro
And yea the 183 has pretty small pixels and fov
Id def look into a 2600mc pro if you wanna stick with OSC.
neat parrot
Id def look into a 2600mc pro if you wanna stick with OSC.
its soo expensive :(((
what do you think i can sell a used 183mc pro for?
still in pristine condition id like to believe
i havent really dont any astro in the past year cuz of the horrible weather
soo im kinda hesitant to invest into a new cam
minor sierra
183mc will likely go for 450-500
USD
533mc is a solid upgrade, can be had used for 600 USD.
neat parrot
533mc is a solid upgrade, can be had used for 600 USD.
ikk but the square sensor is proper turn off for me
i feel like i still have too much noise for the time im putting into a target
maybe i have too high expectations but after32 hours of shooting the tulip nebula with an l extreme this is what i get
minor sierra
Your based in UK I presume from what you said about weather
neat parrot
neat parrot
Your based in UK I presume from what you said about weather <:kekw:1069600214090...
nahh im swiss
minor sierra
Ahh
minor sierra
Honestly, not bad. That's what id expect for 30hrs.
minor sierra
its so noisy
It's noisy yea, but def what you should expect with that old of an OSC cam.
neat parrot
It's noisy yea, but def what you should expect with that old of an OSC cam.
so a new 2600mc would improve that?
minor sierra
It's the best sensor tech out rn to consumers, so it most def would lmao.
minor sierra
Yea I that's a no go lol
neat parrot
wdym
minor sierra
My 1600mm is already rough to use. The only thing keeping it relevant is because it's monochrome. The OSC version is an older sensor than the 183mc iirc.
neat parrot
oh damn
ok
i used to use an old dslr and the stars were so crisp
thats all i miss since i got my first astro cam
cuz of the sensor size probably
minor sierra
Yup, much larger fov. So stars appear sharper. They're technically the same size, but because you've "zoomed in" closer to the optical limit, the star sizes appear larger.
neat parrot
yeaa
does something similar go for details of DSOs?
like better detail or what not
minor sierra
Yea all optics have a limit of what they can resolve. So if your camera's pixel size gets small enough, it gets to a point where the optics can't keep up. This is called "sampling".
So everything is affected
neat parrot
ahh ok makes sense
minor sierra
Star sizes being the most apparent
neat parrot
how was the transition to mono imaging?
minor sierra
Incredible
I went from a modified Canon DSLR from 2008
To mono so it was a massive upgrade.
neat parrot
I’m considering it, because i’m getting bored the red look
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