Horsehead Nebula (5h nb 13.8h bb) 1000mm

[modest rover]

1008mm, 3.76 pixel size

My final image has combined data through photometric continuum subtraction.

left is narrowband and right is broadband

@toxic cypress @edgy oasis @crisp cape @unkempt plover @tight salmon @sudden matrix @keen fjord @open thistle @tough flint @magic osprey

[tight salmon]

Bruh

[modest rover]

might as well try since youre here

[tight salmon]

I'm working Lil bro

[modest rover]

damn g calm down, im the one in y12

[tight salmon]

I am aswell 😔

[modest rover]

Nvm

[tight salmon]

I originally dropped physics, did 1 week of yr12 chem and I've switched back to physics

[modest rover]

Lmao

[unkempt plover]

Well, those are mighty round stars innit bruv

[modest rover]

Sarcasm?

[unkempt plover]

They're round aren't they?

[modest rover]

Yeah I just never know if rhere’s some secret technique to expose they actually aren’t or smth

Feel pretty round to me

[unkempt plover]

They are definitely round, at least in the processed. I also can't see any artefacts from blurx in the corners on them, which is a good indicator that they were good to begin with. Congrats bro, you're imaging well

[modest rover]

@dawn schooner I can drop the versions with blurx in an hour

Also if you want me to make it so the narrowband and broadband line up just tell me

[dawn schooner]

Blurx would be interesting. lining up was not that difficult iirc

[modest rover]

I mean they have their solutions so you should be ok

[modest rover]

@dawn schooner here are the blurxed stacks

[open thistle]

Hi

I feel so included being pinged 😭

[dawn schooner]

status so far

without bx

[modest rover]

what processing has been done so far

[dawn schooner]

that is like some sort of alignment, crop and a run on graxpert

[modest rover]

so youve added both in this?

[dawn schooner]

ye

[modest rover]

did you cc before adding>

?

[modest rover]

try and remove stars and run spcc before adding then keep bb stars

[dawn schooner]

Not quite happy with it but maybe that is because of Siril

[modest rover]

siril would prove a challenge for combination

props to you for even getting it to work ( you are a wizard)

[dawn schooner]

think I can make the bb alone look better than this maybe

[modest rover]

i reckon try one of them

[dawn schooner]

Yeah I knew it

[modest rover]

Muchhhhh better

Love that broadband dust

That’s some good curves adjustment

[dawn schooner]

discord compression is cooking it kinda hard ngl lol

[modest rover]

@prisma bough Try?

[prisma bough]

I can give it a shot after I sleep

[vagrant relic]

first proper edit in a little while

@modest rover

[modest rover]

Niiiiice

Gotta love that broadband dust

Also a nice pink

[tough flint]

bro is pinging the whole server lol do @ everyone already man

[tough flint]

what happened to these hot pixels bruhhh

idk how to remove then lol

[modest rover]

Cline stamp

[tough flint]

whats that

[modest rover]

Clone stamp

You can basically select a reference area and stamp it over another area

[tough flint]

is it in photoshop?

[modest rover]

Yes

Should look like a bandaid I think

[tough flint]

yeah i think i know it just didnt know its name

[modest rover]

new edit, not as good

here is old

Very rushed and low effort this time

like the first one

second one i took tim one

[tight salmon]

is it in focus? seems very soft

[modest rover]

Yes

[dawn schooner]

think its just oversampled

[tough flint]

yooo this data is crazy!

look at that

this is rgbnb conbined

[toxic cypress]

Hooray

[tight salmon]

Noot moment then ig

[modest rover]

Nailed that faint ha dust

[tough flint]

hehe tkxxx

i'm getting good at this

[prisma bough]

@modest rover there ya go

It took me 2 hours, I went all in

I used my old redcat data as MSGR and in hindsight that was a bad idea

i may redo

[modest rover]

just wow

can you give me a tutorial sometime... pls?

[prisma bough]

I'll think about it

[modest rover]

i will pay you (with exposure)

indecent exposujre to be exact

[prisma bough]

[tough flint]

i freaking wish siriL had msgr suport

[dawn schooner]

same

[modest rover]

@edgy oasis deal is a deal

[edgy oasis]

Bruh

Need i remind you

[modest rover]

2 pixels mind you

(Objectively only partially my fault)

[edgy oasis]

Yk when i said it should be 30x30

And yours were 28x28

Yeah

[modest rover]

If I get told 30x30 and I see a literal border imma assume the thing you sent is 30x30 with a border

Don’t send a template if it’s wrong ig

[modest rover]

Anyways my part of the deal was upheld

[edgy oasis]

You literally told me to do it

I had to remake all of them

Bruh

[modest rover]

Wait you did?

[edgy oasis]

The template i sent you was this , why did u do the procreate screenshot

[modest rover]

I thought you meant just expand the circle slightly?

Bc I’d already been well underway and I thought they would be the same

[edgy oasis]

Nah cos the shadows were messy i had to redo it

[modest rover]

I literally fixed them

[edgy oasis]

Well, it’s done now

[modest rover]

Right my bad

[flat mortar]

@modest rover here's my try

think graxpert went to heavy

[tough flint]

with those closeups and nebulas that mix with the background u gotta use manual bge graxpert kinda kills it

msgr would be the best option tho but idk if ur siriL or pix

[modest rover]

Great broadband dust extraction but yeah I think graxpert ate the ha

[tough flint]

hey badunkyy i have a question. what made u a nerd? like was it a post of yours or a processing what was it?

[tough flint]

.

[modest rover]

Yeah that’s a really good question

[modest rover]

?

[tough flint]

just to ping ya lol

[tough flint]

i wanna know cuz i'm looking to become a nerd too but if its a post of yours then i'm cooked cuz i cant buy new things for like the next 4 or 5 years

and also b9 skyes dont help lol

[modest rover]

I feel you, what’s your setup?

[tough flint]

127slt with a stock sl3 camera

not baaad

but not goood too

[modest rover]

And why can’t you upgrade?

[tough flint]

i'm 15

[modest rover]

Im 16

[tough flint]

and here in brazil things are 5 times more expensive than in the us, and 6 to nato places

[modest rover]

Can you not work at your age?

[tough flint]

my mom want me to study i cant by home rules lol

[modest rover]

Australia gets some nasty charges as well I think (defo not as bad sorry)

[modest rover]

What do you want to do as a career?

[tough flint]

prob astrophysics

or quantum mechanics

[modest rover]

Explain to her that you are literally preparing yourself for university

You will be ahead of everybody else

I’m an art student doing Astro so technically it is study for me

[tough flint]

i did but its like a bad telescope here comes up to 5k

a good one goes to 20k

this dont includes the cameras

[modest rover]

20k in what currency

[tough flint]

reais

[modest rover]

Kk

[tough flint]

its like 4k in us dollars

[modest rover]

How is the second hand market?

[tough flint]

praticaly dont exist

i tried for 1 year to sell a scope for 1/5 its actual price

[modest rover]

But is anyone else selling?

[tough flint]

cant find just from foreing places

[modest rover]

I know there’s quite a few people doing Astro in Brazil

[tough flint]

yeah but they usually dont sell and when they do its still pricy

[modest rover]

You could ask @ Lucas Gonzalves

[tough flint]

is he from brazil?

[modest rover]

Think so

[tough flint]

ok might see

but i think the thing is that brazil is falling apart rn

[modest rover]

Yeah he’s from São Paulo

[modest rover]

Damn

[tough flint]

hmm pretty close to me literaly 1 state

[modest rover]

Nice

I’d reccomend asking him what to do

[tough flint]

the gov said that if things dont go well enough brazil will crumble by 2027 so yeah i think thats the case

we are going bankrupt becuz of corruption lol

[modest rover]

Oof that’s mighty fun

[tough flint]

yeah fr

[modest rover]

In Australia at least the government is pretty open abt their dodgy shit, just people have been conditioned to vote for liberal

[tough flint]

half of our people are brainded to we have nowhere to go

[modest rover]

(Ik a kid who got kicked out of the house and isolated from his family for voting yes to an aboriginal voice in parliament, for reference he is aboriginal)

ALR gtg my break at work is over

[tough flint]

outch this is sad to hear

[tough flint]

ok my man go get that danm money and grab me some expensive stuff i believe on u

[modest rover]

no more edits

[tough flint]

i'll try this thingy again

[tough flint]

yep nice

[modest rover]

much better combination

feels like a soft stretch though\

the stars have a glow that i didnt find in my data

[tough flint]

i did use manual MSGR thanks to @balmy sand

[tough flint]

yeah i didnthave to worry about gradients so much better stretch

[tough flint]

the glow is due to the MSGR i did it in porpuse but didnt expect to be that strong

[modest rover]

Living the fainter dust

[tough flint]

i'mma try this again

[tough flint]

fell like i missed something

idk that tho

mb a lil too much saturation and i struggled with contrast

[modest rover]

Something is causing a haze over all t he bright nebulosity which os making gradients and reducing detail