cedar obsidian
only about 25 minutes of M42 since I had school the next day, was testing my new OnStep module; didn't work well so I just used my phone as intervalometer, the rest manual, and kept it at that.
Explore Scientific 80ED FCD-100
SVBony SV193 0.8x Flattener (480 -> 384mm)
Canon EOS 550D stock
Sky-Watcher EQ3-2
Processed in SiriL with GraXpert for BGE & Denoise, and the new VeraLux (Scientific, not Aesthetic) stretching algorithm.
Very happy with the result!
kindred jasper
Really good for only 25 minutes 👏 
cedar obsidian
Really good for only 25 minutes 👏 <:gigabunny:1001902856930070608>
Thanks!
cedar obsidian
Going to try the Horsehead and flame now, wish me luck haha
exotic yacht
Really good for only 25 minutes 👏 <:gigabunny:1001902856930070608>
Well said
The script really likes to come up with these colors
cedar obsidian
Going to try the Horsehead and flame now, wish me luck haha
cloubs :{
cedar obsidian
The script really likes to come up with these colors
I'll send the "normal" stretched one in a bit, GHST instead of VeraLux
(keep in mind, I'm shit at GHST stretching)
I don't think VeraLux added all that much, except for a bit of saturation
Though I do like the VeraLux result more because of it
exotic yacht
Though I do like the VeraLux result more because of it
Yeah
I think you could add a little bit more contrast by lowering the target median 
But it’s only 25mins after all
cedar obsidian
I think you could add a little bit more contrast by lowering the target median <...
Hmm yeah, maybe.
Right now I'm doing Scientific VeraLux + GHST's black point adjustment (on human weighted luminance)
exotic yacht
Hmm yeah, maybe.
Right now I'm doing Scientific VeraLux + GHST's black point adj...
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I find aesthetic yields to better looking results
cedar obsidian
I find aesthetic yields to better looking results
for me it completely blows out my image, not sure why
data's on my other machine, I'll try to do aesthetic real quick
exotic yacht
for me it completely blows out my image, not sure why
That’s weird
Scientific keeps the image flat so you can do curves after
cedar obsidian
That’s weird
this is what aesthetic does for me
exotic yacht
this is what aesthetic does for me
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cedar obsidian
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(screenshot) 0.05, the minimum
Could be caused by the lack of SPCC
I don't have local Gaia archives so I can't SPCC right now
Just PCC
Even with minimum target bg i would still adjust black point or curve
exotic yacht
Even with minimum target bg i would still adjust black point or curve
Hmm
Did you apply a background extraction?
Nvm you did
cedar obsidian
I did, yes.
Platesolve, BGE, PCC, Denoise, VeraLux in that order.
Both bge and Denoise graxpert
exotic yacht
I’m trying on my laptop
I don’t have my pc so it’s been an hour since I’ve started denoising 😭
exotic yacht
(screenshot) 0.05, the minimum
Looks fine for me
The bg is a bit weird though
And there's some walking noise
It's very nice for 25mins!
You should definitely try with more int for your next target :D
cedar obsidian
You should definitely try with more int for your next target :D
I'll try, it's difficult with the ridiculous amount of clouds, and then also school lol
cedar obsidian
It's very nice for 25mins!
Yeah I was really surprised too, didn't expect such short integration to yield such a result
cedar obsidian
Looks fine for me
Here I did a CosmicClarity sharpen prior to VeraLux, you can see it extrapolates more dust inside the core as opposed to unsharpened (2nd photo)
exotic yacht
Here I did a CosmicClarity sharpen prior to VeraLux, you can see it extrapolates...
Nice
I used the hdr thing in seti astro suite when processing my orion and it revealed details in the core, you should try that
cedar obsidian
Mmm ok
cedar obsidian
Neighbor's rooftop is in the way of my ngc6888 :c