Equipment
- Samyang 135mm f/2
- Canon EOS 750D (modded)
- Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer
Acquisition (Total : 9.6h)
- Location : Backyard, bortle 5
- 2 panels mosaic
- Right panel : 324 x 60s (5.4h)
- Left panel : 252 x 60s (4.2h)
- Calibration : bias, flats
Processing (PixInsight)
Linear
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Crop
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ABE
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dnaLinearFit
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StarAlignment
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GradientMergeMosaic
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BackgroundNeutralization and ColorCalibration
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TGVDenoise
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HSV Repair
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Extract synthetic luminance
Luminance
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MaskedStretch
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Starnet++
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Curves
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Fixing the seams with custom PS masks
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MLT (sharpening)
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HDRMultiscaleTransform
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LocalHistogramEqualization
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PixelMath – adding the stars back
RGB
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ArcsinhStretch
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Invert > SCNR Green 100% > Invert (fixing magenta stars)
Final adjustments
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LRGBCombination
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Starnet++
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MorphologicalTransformation
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ColorSaturation
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Curves
Taken in February 2020