Stupid Things to do while imaging & Cribsheet version 26

[jkmorse]

Hey folks,

I just wasted a weekend imaging session by not checking my filter settings with an updated piece of software so what I thought were R, G, and B stacks ended up being Lum, R, and G.  Such is life (at least, if the weather cooperates, I can fix by just shooting some Blues at the end of August when the moon is next down). 

In honor of my stupidity, I thought I would share a piece I wrote for my website you might enjoy (read it with a beer, it always helps me). 

Also, I have done a bunch of updating of my cribsheet recently so in a separate post (to meet the size limitations) I will be including the latest short version.  (You can ignore the yellow highlights, they are just the changes from the last version, rev25a).  I have started a distribution list for people interested in getting this on a more regular basis and in a Word format of my long version.  If you would like to be on the list, just drop me an email at jkmorse57@gmail.com.

Cheers,

Jim

[jkmorse]

Here's the Cribsheet update I mentioned in the post above.

Best,

Jim

[Ken_sturrock]

I just wasted a weekend imaging session by not checking my filter settings with an updated piece of software so what I thought were R, G, and B stacks ended up being Lum, R, and G. 

I just did the same thing, except the other way around! I imaged several objects, including M27, M16 and M1 and used them to teach myself PixInsight. The processes in PixInsight worked beautifully but I just could never get the color in the nebulae correct.

Well, after looking at the configuration of my old software and comparing it - I realized my mistake.

Thank you for the cheat sheet. I'll stick it in my hat.

[Thomas]

LOL

Jim I like this very much.. almost everything is true for me..  at least I am happy not the only stupid one 

If you don't mind I would like to copy your Pdf - file to show some friends, I bet they will also laugh about themselves like I did..

Thomas



 

[jkmorse]

Thomas,

Please do.  Glad you enjoyed.

Best,

Jim

[cdesselles]

Jim:

I just wanted to let you and everyone else know how much I enjoyed and learned from our little email chat concerning your crib sheet, Superbias. drizzle integration, and masked stretch.

Thanks!  I'll continue our discussion after digesting so much new info a little bit.

---Chris---