European AstroFest 2023 - 3 & 4 February 2023 - Kensington Conference and Events Centre, London.
Please come all to AstroFest in London to ask us (Mabula & Vincent) questions and to see live demos of APP!
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2023-01-19: APP 2.0.0-beta13 has been released !
!!! Big performance increase due to optimizations in integration !!!
and upgraded development platform to GraalVM 22.3 based on openJDK19
We are very close now to releasing APP 2.0.0 stable with a complete printable manual...
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The Cygnus Wall Complex in the North America Nebula (NGC 7000)
Around 1,500 Light years away, spanning 20 Light years wide, this massive complex of hot gasses and dust is a cosmic nursery for new Stars.
Shot in Dual-Band (Optolong L-eXtreme)
Edit in SHO style, using @thecoldestnights 's formula.
65 frames of 300 sec. each
Gain 100 / -5c
ZWO ASI2600 / GSO RC6 / TS Optics CCD47 x0.67 Reducer
ASIAIR PRO / iOptron GEM45
ZWO ASI290MM / ZWO OAG
AstroPixelProcessor: Calibrate, register, extract Ha/Oiii algorithm(worked like a charm!).
Pixinsight: Combine channels, stretch, curves and additional enhancing
PS: Annotate, export
Har Ha'Negev, Israel (Bortle 3)
Astrobin: https://astrob.in/6axp8o/0/
Very nice signal, maybe a bit too dark in the background?
@vincent-mod
Thank you!
Hmm, this might be a screen cal/difference issue? I mean, it's not clipped for sure...
I still see the BG differences and features.
Sorry for the delay. Yes partly, if it's not clipped that is good indeed. I personally simply prefer a slightly brighter background, but it's a great result nonetheless!
Yes of course, we all have our creative differences 🙂
The lower part of the photo below the "wall" is always brighter, the upper part is always darker, since it's kind of "blocked out".
I wanted something a bit dramatic, since the wall is very emphasized, and bold... That's partly why I went for gentler tones, less saturation, since the structure itself was very pronounced already.
This is for example, an early "playing around" version:
Totally, I definitely get your idea as well and I do like it. 🙂
Re-process, from stacking (with the new v2 beta), Ha-Oiii algorithm to Ha than Oiii
A brighter version, (@vincent-mod remembered you preferred it 🙂 )
link to new revision: https://astrob.in/6axp8o/C/
Re-process, from stacking (with the new v2 beta), Ha-Oiii algorithm to Ha than Oiii
A brighter version, (@vincent-mod remembered you preferred it 🙂 )
link to new revision: https://astrob.in/6axp8o/C/
Beautiful result Gideon @gideon96 ! Thanks for sharing 🙂 !