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NGC 3521 in Leo
« on: 2012 March 08 12:14:45 »
Hello all,

http://orlop.net/astro/NGC3521_LRGB2.jpg

I gathered data for this image remotely in Jan-Feb using the "new" LightBuckets observatory LB-0002, a PlaneWave CDK17 in South Alpen, France. I was unable to calibrate the downloaded RAW frames using ImageCalibration, so I ended up using the Calibrated data set provided. All processing was done with PixInsight. I am pretty pleased with the result, given what I had to work with.

A special thanks goes to Sean for his very useful tutorial "LRGB Processing Workflow using PixInsight" at http://www.drakevisual.com/lrgb-processing. It was a big help to me in working out some kinks in my home-grown workflow.

Exposures:
Lum 22x300s, 2x2
Red 16x300s, 2x2
Green 10x300s, 2x2
Blue 16x300w, 2x2.

Dave
Dave Ayers
  Stellarvue 80 mm refractor on CG-5 mount, Orion 50mm guide scope. Imaging camera SBIG STF-8300M, guide camera ASI120mm. PHD Guiding. Sequence Generator Pro, PixInsight.