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PixInsight => General => Topic started by: philh on 2020 January 18 06:07:01

Title: Colour calibration with filters
Post by: philh on 2020 January 18 06:07:01

Hi Im using an 8 inch celestron with hyperstar lens, zw0 1600 colour camera and light pollution filters ( as I live in a light polluted city). When I try the colour calibration the background goes crazy. I get a green background on one filter and a red one on the other. Is there a way to do the colour calibration such that Pixinsihgt knows you are using  filter and compensates. What suggestions are there for getting the right colour in these cases? or should I just miss this step when using filters?

Title: Re: Colour calibration with filters
Post by: pfile on 2020 January 18 09:14:08

your background tolerance level might be set wrong. you can experiment with the BackgroundNeutralization process to find the right tolerance value. when you have found a tolerance large enough the background of the image after BN (and a channel-locked STF application) should be black/grey.

rob