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Captured over 4 nights, late May 2020, 4h 9m integration.



Dave

Thanks Brian. I will reserve judgement until someone tests the document out on some affected data.

Dave

I recently had a clear night but with some intermittent wind. The lunar captures did not stack well. This document describes how the data was cleaned up using PIPP, thus enabling Autostakkert to produce clean stacks. Processing Wind Affected Lunar Data.pdf [Edit: I forgot to mention, this technique ...

Thanks Bruce. The QHY5LII-C RGB slider defaults at the time I captured were set to RG equal and low value, with B a high value. Hence the blue looking image. I never worry about visual colour, preferring to sort in processing. It was really to test that the latest QHY SDK update was functioning. I u...

Captured April/May 2020. QHY5LII-M, QHY5LII-C, Atik 314E.



Dave

Thanks Brian. With lunar imaging post processing 'less is definitely more'.

Dave

No astro dark for 2 months at 53°N. Around June 21 sky will still be blue in the North around midnight. Plenty of time to get guiding working and some more lunar work plus maybe Jupiter/Saturn as it will be darkest in the South. Normal service will be resumed in August.

Dave

Thanks Menno. You get 24 chances a year, 12 waxing/12 waning

The #25 filter seems to have improved the contrast - minimal post processing required after stacking & stitching.

Dave

Took advantage of the fine weather and lack of air pollution/vapour trails. All Vixen 81s+Vixen 0.67x+Atik 314E LRGB or L filter images.



Dave

Very useful & interesting - thanks. Consider re-posting in the Tutorials Forum for long term visibility.

Dave