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by Packen
Tue Jan 05, 2016 8:09 am
Forum: Image Processing Troubleshooting
Topic: Trouble Processing M33 Data
Replies: 14
Views: 14931

Re: Trouble Processing M33 Data

G'day Darryl,

I had a quick look at your data, the result can be seen here:-
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/733 ... 01_lzn.jpg
I noticed some evidence of star movement, maybe a little more rejection in DSS would help.

Clear Skies
Ken
by Packen
Sun Nov 29, 2015 8:13 am
Forum: Tutorials & Guides
Topic: LRGB SynthLum - best method?
Replies: 3
Views: 9128

Re: LRGB SynthLum - best method?

Thanks for your reply and the link, I followed the link to Astrobin and am now following you. After I asked the question above I discovered a much later HaRGB procedure posted by Ivo on the 9th Dec 2014. I have tried it out with existing LRGB data and am quite impressed by the results. Ivo's recomme...
by Packen
Fri Nov 27, 2015 11:44 am
Forum: Tutorials & Guides
Topic: LRGB SynthLum - best method?
Replies: 3
Views: 9128

Re: LRGB SynthLum - best method?

I don't see a response to your question, the methodology of Ha,R,G,B Synthesis posted back in November 2012 indicated that later versions of StarTools would address the LRGB tool and the multi steps to generate the Luminous channel would be avoided. I have been using the tool with LRGB imaging for a...
by Packen
Wed Jan 15, 2014 12:00 am
Forum: Image Processing Troubleshooting
Topic: How to bring out faint nebulosity
Replies: 2
Views: 5221

Re: How to bring out faint nebulosity

Thanks Ivo, As a Newbie I had down loaded the stable version 1.3.3.224, I have now installed the 273 version and the added controls will take a while to understand. However I have reworked some images following your advice with significant improvement. I stack with DSS and was not sure of the settin...
by Packen
Mon Jan 13, 2014 7:38 am
Forum: Image Processing Troubleshooting
Topic: How to bring out faint nebulosity
Replies: 2
Views: 5221

How to bring out faint nebulosity

The Develop and Contrast modules seem to do a good job stretching my images but the fainter nebulosity seems a little dull. I am used to stretching with an S curve in photoshop to target the fainter nebulosity without brightening the stars so much. Is there a method to adjust the apparent slope in t...