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Thanks for the response, although not exactly the answer I wanted to hear. I was thinking to move the desktop to observatory duty, and use the laptop for processing images, but turns out the desktop is the fastest PC I have right now. I can confirm in side by side tests on the same data set, that th...

Given these two computers, which one would you choose to run Star Tools?

Desktop Computer:

• I7-2600

• 32GB RAM

• Nvidia GT 1030

Laptop Computer:

• i7-6820HQ

• 16GB RAM (can upgrade to 32)

• Quadro M3000M

Thanks!
-DaRiv

The data was actually collected over two years, both Oct of 2019 and Oct. 2020. I have trouble getting blue to come through. You seem to have gotten more of it then I did. I think I went with the second SHO mix in the list and bumped the green bias up a bit and also the saturation to around 250%. I ...

I've been working on the Pacman nebula and have collected a lot of SHO data. I've done what I can in ST, but I always feel like there is something more I could have done to improve the image. I'd like to see what others can do with this data. Ha 61680 seconds https://www.dropbox.com/s/xcovblqo081n85...

Ivo, That's really amazing what you can accomplish. Can you give more detail about the use of layer in this example? or perhaps post the log of what you did? Two of the modules I hardly ever touch are layer and filter so this kind of new to me. I see how you use the filter. But it kills all the blue...

Yes, but what can I do to try and salvage this data set?

I have an "is it worth it" question. Currently I process on a laptop with i7-6920HQ 2.9GHz CPU 32GB RAM Quadro M2000M graphics Win 10 I also have an old workstation I use as a media server and am wondering if it would be worth using it to process with if I put one of these cards in it. I run the ser...

Orion 8" astrograph F4
GPU Aplanatic coma corrector
Orion thin OAG
ZWO mini electronic filter wheel
Astronomik 1.5" narrow band filter set 6nm
ZWO ASI 1600MM Pro camera

I've started a new project and I'm wondering what to do about very bright stars?
What can I do to push the color and reflection of the secondary back?
Thanks!
-DaRiv