2022-05-11: APP 2.0.0-beta 1 has been released !!!
Providing many improvements ! and a macOS M1 native version ! Please read the announcement here.
Download links per platform:
windows 2.0.0-beta1
macOS x86_64 2.0.0-beta1
macOS arm64 M1 2.0.0-beta1
Linux DEB 2.0.0-beta1
Linux RPM 2.0.0-beta1
Linux DEB HiDPI 2.0.0-beta1
Linux RPM HiDPI 2.0.0-beta1
This is IC 10, a relatively benign structure galaxy with a lot of hydrogen regions and starbirth. Part of our local group. not many people image this since it has a 'limited amount' of any features unless you get a lot of Ha data with a narrow (7nm or less) filter.
This one was a labour of love, or dogged determination, whichever.
It has only ~8 hours data which took nearly 6 weeks because of the weather. I also got a new scope so I decided to stop just as it was about to develop some features!
Scope: Intes MN56 Maksutov Newtonian (127 mm, f/6)
Integration:
62 x 240s RGB (only with UV/IR cut of the ASI2600 MC Pro)
60 x 240 s with quadband filter (Altair) to extra the (noisy) Ha channel.
Processed in APP entirely, with color matching, boost and noise reduction in PS CS5.
@cwm2col Fantastic details in the galaxy, both in the light and the dark features.