Narrowband 4-panel mosaic combined in APP from PI WBPP panel pre-processing and dynamic SHO back in PixInsight. Some minor tweaks in Lightroom per normal habits.
Sharpening largely thanks to the new BlurXterminator that everyone in PI land is experimenting with and being wowed by -- another great tool from Russell Croman:
https://www.rc-astro.com/ForaxX's dynamic SHO:
https://thecoldestnights.com/2020/06/pixinsight-dynamic-narrowband-combinations-with-pixelmath/I have RGB stars ready but not yet integrated. I'm not big on RGB stars personally, but apparently there are rules. :-)
Due to the large stretch (?), I have banding. Not sure how to fix currently. Might play with Generalized Hyperbolic Stretch to try that again, but I currently can't seem to grok that.
Basic info:|
~3hrs per filter per panel taken 14-24 Nov 2022 in typically ~2hr sessions, Astronomik 6nm
ZWO ASI294MM on reduced Stellarvue SV80A on iOptron GEM45
Processing:
- WBPP in PixInsight
- APP to build Mosaic
- Back to PixInsight for Dynamic Crop, Linear Fit, BlurXTerminator per filter, STF as basic stretch (works for me), ForaxX Dynamic SHO script, NoiseXterminator, SCNR green, RemoveMagenta, then CurvesTransformation on separate nebula and stars via StarXterminator. Also did some more star reduction with Bill Blanshan's v3 method.
- Final tweaks for contrast and noise in Lightroom.
Zoomable version since it's a big-ish mosaic (6998 x 5116 px) and fun to fly around -- use mousewheel to zoom-in.
https://zoomhub.net/rN4Yp https://zoomhub.net/Xlna2 (rev B)
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