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Frank Thanks The new StarNet2 process can also perform the same function. They just updated StarNet2 to be compatible with the latest PixInsight version. I reprocessed using StarNet2 (which is free). You can download the latest StarNet2 from their website. Roger Sh2-115 Master_DBE_SPCC_BXT_NXT_StarN...

Pete

Nice job with the full Moon. It is difficult to capture details during a full Moon, but your image is really crisp.

Roger

Pete

Nice job capturing the Crescent Nebula.

The 102mm refractor gives you really nice fairly wide field of view, so you can capture a lot of the nebula and the surrounding area.

Processing the nebula is difficult since it is surrounded by nebulosity.

I would be happy with your image !!

Roger

My last imaging session (M2) was an easy one. Last night I tried a very challenging target. The emission nebula Sh2-115. It is well placed in Cygnus for long duration imaging. I started imaging at about 8:15PM and concluded around 3:10AM. I took 77 images of 5 minutes (binned 1x1 temp -10C, gain 100...

Steve

Thanks ....

I really enjoy globular clusters.

Roger

Pete

Thanks.... I do use a focal reducer so my actual FL is about 1960... way less than your 14 inch. I also do run a sharpening and star size reduction tool in Pixinsight which helps a little.

Someday I will start imaging the 11 inch SCT without the focal reducer and see what I get.

Roger

M2 is a fantastic globular cluster. Since it is situated in Aquarius, it is fairly low in the night sky, at least for me. I have trees to the South of my observatory that impact how low I can observe/image A couple of years ago I imaged M2 with my 5 inch refractor. I decided to give it another try w...

Frank I know the entire area has some red nebulosity, so it is difficult to process. You are doing a great job. In order to get the stars back to their natural color, without impacting the nebula, I would recommend a process to remove the stars from the nebula. That way you can work on the stars i.e...

Pete Great job of capturing the Fireworks galaxy. Stars are really pin-point. I really like your image. Framing the galaxy the the open cluster (I believe it is NGC 6939) really adds to the depth of the image. I don't understand why you had to throw out images with satellite trails. The stacking pro...

Interesting night last night. I decided to try and image the faint nebula Sh2-101. It is in Cygnus so it is well positioned to allow long exposures. I have been 'battling' with observatory computer occasionally 'hanging-up' forcing a shutdown and restart. I did some on-line searches and found severa...