First Attempt with Orion Starshoot

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Nice! :)
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Hi Tachyon,

Good shots those! Would like to know more about the photography details of the B/W version image. Thank you.
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universe24 wrote:Hi Tachyon,

Good shots those! Would like to know more about the photography details of the B/W version image. Thank you.
In addition to the details on the pic itself, only IR filter was used. File was saved in FITS format, stacked and processed with Maxim/DL (combined using median, stretched using log, and histogram adjusted using gaussian curve).
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I think your Starshoot is one shot color CCD...have you try to stretch the color version one to something similar as the B/W version?
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Oh, you can choose to shoot in color mode or mono from the Maxim Essentials program that came with the Starshoot. I just chose 'Mono 1x'.

The color pic above is the stretched one. But I did it in a hurry... will process it some more when I am free.

Cheers!
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Ok. This is the second attempt, with longer exposures - 10 sec x 31 (why 31 shots? Clouds... ). Single shot color image.
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This one better than the previous. Well done! The next step is to white balance the image....I saw a bit magenta...
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universe24 wrote:This one better than the previous. Well done! The next step is to white balance the image....I saw a bit magenta...
Thanks! Will get down to it during this holiday period!
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