Original 28 pound rated. This one is 33. Just trying to make it sound better.

Nice - thanks. Try SPCC before BXT, and NXT. Its what Russell Crowmin recommends

Looks great ! What would be very helpful is to set up a Vulcan mind meld so that I could become as proficient at the post processing as you are ! haha ;-)...I have a lot of learning to do in this department which is not as easy as it used to be considering I'm twice your age or more. But it's all just for fun with me, so I guess I will take it as it comes. Well done, you made that look easy. Cheers from the high desert in Utah.

I'm going to go after this target tonight and use the D1 and then D2 Askar filters. I have yet to use them as I have only had them a couple of weeks now, so we shall see how it goes. My scope is an Edge 8 with reducer with the ASI294mc pro and I'm out in SE Utah under bortal 3/2 sky's. I may spend two nights as needed, but you have inspired me to give it a try. Thanks and Cheers from Utah ! ;-) ( I will add you to my subscribed list ! )😀

Man! So envious of the flat land! Farm land is awesome for astrophotography! Great video!

Apologies for my ignorance, but i want to know. The two file sets you uploaded onto WBPP was from a OSC camera just using a narrow band filter such as the ZWO Duo Band? This is new to me so im trying to figure how you got two sets of data from a OSC 😅

Bummer, I sold $7 million worth of stuff there between 2006-2011

I had been using key words with WBPP for processing the different filters and was not really aware of the custom option which is very nice. If you have not investigate the DBXtract script you should as it simplifies processing after WBPP as it does away with all the need for pixel math. It takes the two output images from WBPP and produces 4 image, the HA, SA, OIII, and a combined SHO. Quick and easy. I usually then just take the SHO image and run the narrowbandnormalization process and proceed from there. I follow basically a very similar process that you use for stars. Very good video.

Excellent end result! You did an amazing job with it.

I’ve got me recently the Askar D2 filter and I already have the L-enhance. So I can make two master files. Wouldn’t it be easier to just use de DBextract script that give you the Ha SII OIII without the need of splitting the channels and using PixelMath? Or is the quality not the same?

I tried DeepSNR on 2 RGB images and it did absolutely nothing...

It's a pain to set up and runs like a slug on a mac, so not worth the time it takes to make it work

I dont think you have the default settings on NXT.

Less features, same inside, same motors and you call that improved!? They tweaked their data and people will rush with their hard earned cash. You sound like a reseller.

$4200 AUD with tripod yeah nah there is no competition at all seriously disappointed with ZWO

I replaced my AM3 saddle with the Pegasus 10 amp one. It powers everything. The mount, the ASIAIR, the camera etc. 3amps is insufficient. Is this new saddle on the AM5 removeable so I can replace it with the Pegasus? If not I will use the Pegasus Power box to power everything.

3 amps is a no for me dawg👎

Loved the video, just some small comments and questions. WBPP was awesome to see how to run 2 different filters at once. For extracting your SII OIII Ha couldn’t you use the script DBxtract? Or isn’t the quality as good? And for DBE there is a script from SETI Astro that has a ADBE that works great. I also have the Bill Blanched stretch things but I have also one for rescreen the stars so I don’t need PixelMath

Fantastic. Loved it. You have gone at a perfect pace with your mouse and commentary, so that the eyes can follow where the mouse is going and what you clicking. I was able to take down notes also. Thanks a Ton. You make my life a lot easier. Any amount of thanks will be too less. I notice you use Bias Frames also. Lot of guys tell me that with an Astro scope and Astro Camera, Bias frames not needed. Also you not using DarkFlats, are these really needed. Guys tell these should also be taken. Every session I have been taking Flats and DarkFlats. Much later when you use SPCC, you using L Ultimate into three locations for SONY CMOS, but if one used Askar D1 and D2 then what does one do ? Now you have got me going, PLEASE PLEASE MAKE A VIDEO FOR ow to use Mask ( Range Selection), AdvSharpen1.2.1 to reach the super fantastic final image you posted. PLEASE. Is it so easy to follow precisely what you are explaining. And let me assure you, I will not get bored. I am unable to figure out how to integrate Bills Stretch Unlinked V6 into Pixlnsight.

Thanks, and first! Always good info..

So your video Motivated me to go for Askar D1 D2 rather than make a hole in my pocked and go of MONO. Thanks a ton. Was lucky to get the D1 and D2 filters. Last night got an open sky in the monsoon season, and grabbed 12 subs D2 and 4 subs D2. All 300 seconds. Will grab more when opportunity strikes. Your video starts with the stacked images of C1 and C2. So do I stack them separately, and then load them into Pixlnsight for processing, OR do I put everything into PI and PI will give me two separate stacked images ? Since your reply will come much later, I am right now stacking them separately. Will see how I progress. Patiently await your advise.

Hi Hunter, new sub from Chuck's live channel. Congrats on your 1k milestone!

super tutorial

Congratulations for your job. Hugs from Brasil.

Excellent video. You have a wonderful teaching style. Your explanations are clear and paced just right.

great work, however that constant background music is very distracting.

It hasn't been that great on this side of the bay bridge. High clouds have made life difficult for my attempts to image the crescent nebula over the past week. Glad it's been better for you.👍🏾

Hi, Great job, But, I followed the instructions exactly, My Pixinsight process console says, " 239 Filters(s) imported, 239 filters available." Yet, when I go into SPCC , I am only seeing the default filters still. For instance. I use the Antila Triband filter, it is not there, the only one on the SPCC list is the Antlia V Pro Series R. there are 7 in your database, 6 not appearing in SPCC, Help?

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Great video. Thanks. I do have a question about mono vs. OSC. If you dither all your subs which shifts the RGGB matrix around the target aren’t you greatly reducing, if not eliminating the mono advantage? For example, when dithering each blue pixel on your sensor is being moved to a different area of the target with each sub. So if you shot an hour each of R, G & B with mono is it really different than shooting three hours with an OSC and randomly dithering each sub? I’ve been unable to find a clear answer to this question. (I also drizzle 2x per PixInsight’s recommendation and it does improve the image.)

Nicely done😊. I guess this is for more advanced Pixinsight users. I find the past a little fast even if I playback. It would have been nice to slowdown the past in order to explain some fonctionalities. But I guess it's just me! Possible that the ColorMask Mod link does not work anymore? Also, do you have a link for the Advance Sharpening Script? It's not in my Script, Utilities menu. I will keep trying with your instructions and thank you very much for your contribution to the astrophoto community!😉

Thanks for tutorial on combining SHO data with a OSC . I'm now learning how to use Pixinsite software, so I have saved your video to Pixinsite play list.

Nicely captured. What is the purpose behind using SCNR on the star image and then inverting and doing it again? Thanks!

What a great video 🤩

That looks great, I really like both veil Nebulas I purchased the askar Fm180 pro for wider field to capture Both in the same frame. I have the lower cost explorer 102mm double 663 mm. But how do you capture The whole image with room. On your 714mm? I can just fit it in the seestar At the 250 mm I have not tried yet With my asi585 and love your whole Sky surroundings!😊

I'm going to be in bottle 2'ish sky's overlooking a lake to my south. Second year. Last year clouds all week. Going to try again. Trouble is my asiair firmware update messed up my coordinates. I can't figure it out. I have Rokinon 135mm. But 533mc pro. I'm thinking Sigma Art 35. This is a tough one to process. Thanks for the insight!

What is the bandwidth of these filters, please tell me?

Hello Hunter. Thanks for putting this together. Unfortunately, I have spent considerable time trying to get the new filter definitions into SPCC. While merging CSV Filter Definitions in Filter Manager, they do NOT show up in SPCC - though they can easily be found in FilterManager>Curve Explorer. I note that my PI version is newer than what you were using when you made the video. I am currently using 1.8.9.2. Would you know if this may be related to my issue? Otherwise I have watched this tutorial several times, and have no "reasonable doubt" that I have performed the same steps as you. Any help you can provide would be much appreciated. Thanks!

Thank you! Your tutorial is excellent. Your ability to clearly explain the process and process details is a HUGE difference between you and many other astrophotography channels. Count me as a fan!

Well done and a great final image. That will be one of my targets this summer. You have a lot of diverse ways of using PI, out of the ordinary, so it would be very helpful if you would slow down and tell us what you're clicking on and what settings to use. You used a lot of scripts that I didn't even know were in PI. Thanks, I subscribed, and clear skies to you.

I am totally new to this. Have viewed it multiple times. Have ordered the C1 and C2 Filters. However one question. Your video starts with the two colour images, and then you apply DynamicBackgroundExtraction, SO After you load the two Stacked Images which would be dark, did you apply STF which has the Nuclear Thumbnail, or the ThumbNail on the top menu which has a Monitor image with the Nuclear Thumbnail at bottom right corner, and that is how we get the two colour images, where you video starts ?

Awesome video!!

Greetings fellow Md astrophotographer. I just imaged the N.A.N. last week for the first time. It's not going to win any APOD awards, but with 2.5 hours of integration time, I think it's the best astrophotography image I've ever taken. Subbed and will be following your channel.👍🏾

A brilliant photo there 👌. Just wondered why you needed to use a counter weight with your AM5 for such a light scope configuration? Keep the great videos coming 😀