PixInsight => General => Monthly Contest (closed) => Topic started by: Javio on 2012 December 10 08:31:50
Title: December 2012 Contest Images
Post by: Javio on 2012 December 10 08:31:50
The December edition of the 2012 PixInsight Monthly Astrophotography Contest is open. Check the contest rules (http://pixinsight.com/forum/index.php?topic=3098.0) and send your images until December 20th. Please use this post ONLY to submit your images.
Good luck!
Title: Re: December 2012 Contest Images
Post by: Josh Lake on 2012 December 11 10:33:14
The Dust Surrounding M45
Taken: 12/03/12 35 x 240s Luminance 7 x 180s RGB Tak FSQ-106 + SBIG STL-11000 Northeast Connecticut
Normal processing steps, used the DBE mapping trick with dusty image from APOD. Concentrated on surrounding dust using RangeSelection and repeated, subtle Histogram Transformations.
(http://i.imgur.com/ukGxx.jpg)
Title: Re: December 2012 Contest Images
Post by: Jan on 2012 December 12 03:46:51
GSO TS 200/4 ASA 0,73x 584 mm/ 2.9 Canon 450D, Astrodon Inside Mount Gemini G53F Date 17.05.2012 Totl of 40 x 5 minutes at ISO800 Processing: Calibration and stack DSS, general image processing Pixinsight, final steps PS Image taken on a dark site in southern France.
I had to calibrate and stack via DSS, because of the limited performance of my computer. In Pixinsight, I have mainly Histogram transformations, backround neutralization, gradient removal with Automatic backround extractor, star masking and subsequesnt star color enhancement, channel extraction and combination with "I"channel as "L" for colour noise reduction, dark structure enhancement tool.
This was actually my first image processed with Pixinsight. I have a lot of to learn regarding the image acquisition and processing, but I have to say, that for me it is amazing, how dramatically this software improved my results.
(http://astrofotky.cz/~Oko1/1340782103.jpg)
Title: Re: December 2012 Contest Images
Post by: jeffweiss9 on 2012 December 14 20:39:40
M51 HaLRGB 11.1 hours
Scope used and reducer: APM LZOS 130/780 f/6 LW CNC II (W.O. 110/132 FLT FF) Mount Used: Takahashi EM-200 Temma2 Camera Used: SBIG ST-2000XM Astrodon Gen 2 LRGB, Orion UWB Ha Exposure: L: 33x8min (4.4hr), RGB:16x4min 2x2binned (3.2hrs), Ha: 26x8min (3.5hrs) Location: Mercey Hot Springs, Montebello and Henry Coe St. Park, CA
Title: Re: December 2012 Contest Images
Post by: jtalbot on 2012 December 16 11:01:32
NGC 1333 LRGB+Ha 10" f5 astrograph @ f3.79 MI 250 in Home Observatory Suburban sky QSI 583 and Astrodon filters 19.78 hrs exposure time
All processing done with PixInsight 1.7 Calibrated, aligned, stacked Wavelets, SGBNR, ACDNR to reduce noise Ha added to R(100%) B (20%) G(10%) using Vicent Peris method Luminance combined with HARGB hybrid Background enhance script Color saturation