April 2013 Contest Images

[Javio]

The April edition of the 2013 PixInsight Monthly Astrophotography Contest is open. Check the contest rules and send your images until April 20th. Please use this post ONLY to submit your images.

Good luck!

[Jan]

M45, my first image completelly processed in Pixinsight. It is amazing, how much further I can  go in processing Pixinsight compared to previous software. Pixinsight gives me much smaller star discs over DSS, more detail and generally allows me the keep the image in higher resolution, and I do not need to downsample that much to hide negative side effects of processing.

GSO TS 200/4 with ASA 0,73x
584mm/ 2,9
Camera Canon 450D Astrodon, no other filters
Guiding   Megrez 72/ Lacerta
Mount   Gemini G53F
   
Date 11.01.2013
12x 8 minutes/ ISO200

[Graham]

NGC3324

http://www.pbase.com/grahammeyer/image/149146308

Telescope: Takahashi TSA 120

Guide Scope: Orion 80 ST

Camera: QHY9 Mono @ -20c

Filter Wheel: Starlight Xpress

Filters: Baader 36mm

Guide Camera: Meade DSI Pro II

Mount: EQ6 Pro

Mount Control: EQASCOM

Focusing: RoboFocus

Bahtinov Mask: Yes

Capture Software: MaxIm DL 5

Calibration and Stacking Software: PixInsight

Processing Software: PixInsight

L=3X600, R=3x600, G=3x600, B=3x600

Ha=24x900 +12x600 , SII=16x900 , OIII=24x900 .

Binning: 1x

Total Image Time: 19.5hrs

Processing includes but is not limited to Image Calibration, Star Alignment, Image Integration, Atrous Wavelets, Background Neutralization, DBE, Colour Calibration, SCNR, Pixel Math, HDR Multiscale Transform, Morphological Transformation, LHE.

[GrantBoxer]

Hi All,

I am a relatively newby to PixInsight but have been very impressed so far. I have been re-processing some of my old images and difference is amazing in some cases. I have previously used AstroArt and GIMP.

I have attached an image of the Triffid Nebula (M20) which I am very pleased at the result PI has given me.

The image was taken using a GSO 6" RC Astrograph on a HEQ5 mount with auto-guiding. The camera is a QHY-8 colour ccd camera driven with Nebulosity. Exposure time was 20 x 5 min and the location was Watson's Way, near Muckinbudin in Western Australia. All image processing was done in PI.

Regards Grant