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This is my first attempt at processing any thing other than OSC stuff. Man, this is a whole different world.
I tried all kinds of different data combinations and processing methods and they all looked like a train wreck.LOL.
Finally tried Sii as red, HA as green and Oiii as blue. Loaded this into startools 1.6 and all I did was auto dev, wipe, global redo, color, denoise, made a star mask and used the shrink module to shrink the stars and save the image.
Don't get the idea I'm proud of this image, I just thought I'd post it anyway. It sure was fun trying.
It's been interesting to see the different versions produced of my data. Also I am happy that a number of your have said it has been a useful learning exercise.
very nice i like the last one, chft pallet ?
Hi Yobbo, thanks, but chft pallet is a new one on me, what does that stand for?
It was also hubble palette with RGB stars added but I did a lot of colour manipulation to get the resulting colour, mainly because there was an image that I admired that I was trying to emulate.
Carole
PS: I looked it up, CFHT is Ha-Red OIII-Green SII-Blue. So no it wasn't that, where on earth does CFHT come from, I'd just call that HOS? So I learnt something new too.
Talking about colour palettes, I am sure most of you know you can do bicolour, HOO, but I once did an image HSS as there was a lot of Sii but no Oiii at all, this was the California Nebula.
carastro wrote: ↑Sun Jul 05, 2020 11:43 pm
Hi Yobbo, thanks, but chft pallet is a new one on me, what does that stand for?
PS: I looked it up, CFHT is Ha-Red OIII-Green SII-Blue. So no it wasn't that, where on earth does CFHT come from, I'd just call that HOS? So I learnt something new too.
CFHT is the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope.
DSO AP:Orion 200mm f/4 Newtonian Astrograph; ATIK 383L+; EFW2 filter wheel; Astrodon Ha,Oiii,LRGB filters; KWIQ/QHY5 guide scope; Planetary AP:Celestron C-11; ZWO ASI120MC; Portable: Celestron C-8 on HEQ5 pro; C-90 on wedge; 20x80 binos; Etc: Canon 350D; Various EPs, etc. Obs: 8' Exploradome; iOptron CEM60 (pier); Helena Observatory (H2O)Astrobin
yes i too typicaly divert from the standard (green gold) hubble colour with alot hue shifts, sometimes i don't just use sii ha or oiii data so typicaly i just title my images with the lum filter then the corrisponding filters in order to match for rgb example, ha-,nii,sii,oiii
scopes :gso/bintel f4 12"truss tube, bresser messier ar127s /skywatcher 10'' dob,meade 12'' f10 lx200 sct
cameras : asi 1600mm-c/asi1600mm-c,asi120mc,prostar lp guidecam, nikkon d60, sony a7,asi 290 mm
mounts : eq6 pro/eq8/mesu 200 v2
filters : 2'' astronomik lp/badder lrgb h-a,sII,oIII,h-b,Baader Solar Continuum, chroma 3nm ha,sii,oiii,nii,rgb,lowglow,uv/ir,Thousand Oaks Solar Filter,1.25'' #47 violet,pro planet 742 ir,pro planet 807 ir,pro planet 642 bp ir.
extras : skywatcher f4 aplanatic cc, Baader MPCC MKIII Coma Corrector,Orion Field Flattener,zwo 1.25''adc.starlight maxi 2" 9x filter wheel,tele vue 2x barlow .
carastro wrote: ↑Sun Jul 05, 2020 11:43 pm
Hi Yobbo, thanks, but chft pallet is a new one on me, what does that stand for?
PS: I looked it up, CFHT is Ha-Red OIII-Green SII-Blue. So no it wasn't that, where on earth does CFHT come from, I'd just call that HOS? So I learnt something new too.
CFHT is the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope.
Thanks Kathy for the explanation, but to be honest, that seems a bit bizarre to name a colour palette after a telescope. But then Hubble palette is also named after a telescope, so I'll shut up. Lol
I would like to thank Carole for the excellent NB data which for quite a few of us was the first time we have had an opportunity to play with. I learnt a lot from this one.
There is no August challenge, the next one is AP Processing Challenge No. 5, starting today, which will be a chance to have a go a the Iris Nebula with data submitted by [mention]bobharmony[/mention]. I look forward to seeing you there.
If anyone would like to submit some data for a future challenge please send an email with a cloud storage download link to tssapchallenge@theskysearchers.com