PixInsight

The March of Time

 in Blog  tagged AI / IC443 / Jellyfish Nebula / PixInsight / re-processed / Russel Croman

No, the above image (IC443, aka the Jellyfish Nebula) is not “first light” from my new observatory – that’s still waiting on a few things, including the weather.  The data for this image was captured back in 2015, using all different (and generally less good) equipment.  But I’ve re-processed it using modern software (PixInsight and various add-ons to it) to demonstrate how powerful these tools have become.  Below is the original image, as posted on this website back in 2015: Aside from being cropped a little tighter, this is clearly the same image, and yet the difference is remarkable.  The […]

The New Ghost Rider

 in Blog  tagged Ghost Rider Nebula / PixInsight / QHY268 / Sh2-132

Last week the sky was clear every night, and although most nights either the seeing or transparency was poor, I was out every night capturing photons from this target.  This was using my new camera, a QHY268M.  I had tried it a couple of months ago (see the last post), but had trouble with internal reflections in the telescope, which have now been fixed.  So this, technically, not “first light” for this camera, but I’m going to call it that anyway, and can say that it is a great camera.  I used exposures of 5 minutes for each filter on […]