M31

[lyric ibex]

1.5h integration time, 50s subs, Bortle 2
30 bias and 30 flats
Nikon D7500, iOptron SkyTracker, Roki 135mm at f2.8
Stacked in Siril, cropped, BGE and denoised in graxpert, PCC and stretch in Siril, and color and brightness adjustments in Lightroom

[lyric ibex]

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hS8X_w6_spZ2fiSIB9ThX9f72FdpY5Yf/view?usp=sharing

[ocean bobcat]

My PC is crying right now

[plain mesa]

hello dexter morgan

[lyric ibex]

holy shit what the HOW

[ocean bobcat]

BGE
PCC
Star Removal
Rough Stretches with hyperbolics and histogram
Denoise
slightly stretch stars
done

[lyric ibex]

what tools? i assume PI because this is awesome

[ocean bobcat]

siril

[lyric ibex]

DAMN

[ocean bobcat]

starnet and uhh

grax

[lyric ibex]

anything else like graxpert

yes

[ocean bobcat]

im a broke bi i cant afford pix

blurX would prolly make your image 10'' bettr

[lyric ibex]

denoise and bge in graxpert i assume

or bge in siril?

[ocean bobcat]

graxpert bge is ass

[lyric ibex]

ill send it to the thread

[ocean bobcat]

it was siril bge

[ocean bobcat]

holy brainfart

the dobsonian talk got to me

ofc i mean 10x

[lyric ibex]

didn't even notice 😭

[lyric ibex]

Btw are there any guides you can recommend on how to use starnet? Could never really figure it out

And stretching in siril too

I just pull things in random directions until it looks good 😭

[lofty sigil]

DeepSpaceAstro has tonnes of great tutorials on youtube on how to use Siril

[lyric ibex]

Nice

[lyric ibex]

Ty

Ill have to do some research when I have the time

[ivory goblet]

ill try

[ivory goblet]

ok i kinda fcked up really badly somewhere

but i dont feel like reprocessing lol

[lyric zodiac]

Finally another roki user that gets the stupid blue fringing

[lyric ibex]

😭 nah this process is still much better than mine

[lyric ibex]

There’s a little bit but it’s mainly from me setting it more purple in lightroom

Is that blue fringing a major problem? Do I need to repair or replace the roki later?

[ocean bobcat]

fwiw heres the reprocess in the proper channel

[lyric ibex]

this is insane 😭 wonderful

[ocean bobcat]

https://tenor.com/view/breaking-bad-chemistry-respect-the-chemistry-must-be-respected-i-simply-respect-the-chemistry-gif-26666989

[lyric zodiac]

Nah its fixable in processing

[lyric ibex]

@ocean bobcat @cold bison Any color improvements yall suggest?

[cold bison]

less green

gamer all i can see is the gren

[lyric ibex]

Now that you mention it, it's bad 😭

Wait wtf is wrong with me, my dumb ahh didn't even export it from lightroom

@cold bison

[cold bison]

not enough green

[lyric ibex]

I HATE YOU SO MUCH

[cold bison]

fair

[lyric ibex]

no seriously tho, honest opinion on it?

[cold bison]

not great

4/10, stars are good but galaxy has been reduced to one shade of purple

core gets green despite the rest of the galaxy lacking it somehow

[lyric ibex]

I'll screw with ze colors then

[ocean bobcat]

Destretch histogram green a tiiiiinnnyy bit

[lyric ibex]

wait good idea

[lyric ibex]

@cold bison @ocean bobcat please for the love of all that is holy PLEASE let this be good

[cold bison]

yea

[lyric ibex]

YEAHHHHHH

[ocean bobcat]

No it’s the worst thing I’ve ever seen quit the hobby NOW

[lyric ibex]

😭

[ocean bobcat]

In all seriousness yes that’s pretty good

[cold bison]

you gotta crank up the saturation a little bit tho

[ocean bobcat]

Only a tiny bit

[lyric ibex]

[lyric ibex]

Don't threaten me with being able to afford to eat tonight

[cold bison]

20s edit where i increased the saturation

[lyric ibex]

Yooo

[lyric zodiac]

20s edit where I increased the saturation

[ocean bobcat]

20s edit where i increased the saturation

[lyric zodiac]

How.

[ocean bobcat]

idk this is what siril preview shows

[lyric zodiac]

😭

[cold bison]

20s edit where i increased the saturation

[ivory goblet]

20s edit where i increased the saturation