Finding the hidden structures in your astrophotos: HDR Multiscale Transform (Pixinsight)

[@Astrobloke]

Very good video and useful techniques. Very clearly and well explained. Thank you.

[@ancientphotonsastrophotogr6999]

Thank you 🙏

[@AstroB7]

Hi Chad, thanks for the video! Love the content and the tips you give me (im anthony btw ahah). Can’t get over the fact that your voice is so calm and smooth. Keep it up !

[@ancientphotonsastrophotogr6999]

haha - thanks Anthony. Pretty soon we'll see your Edge HD8 photos on KZbin?

[@AstroB7]

@@ancientphotonsastrophotogr6999 yes! Just need to master the OTA, and receive my mono! :)

[@AstroQuest1]

Excellent video Chad! Quick but thorough - that Game Mask is relatively new, I think. - Cheers Kurt

[@ancientphotonsastrophotogr6999]

Thanks Kurt! I'll link it in the description - it's a very useful script.

[@SimonsAstro]

Great tutorial, just what i need, ive just done both of these targets on my last video and both cores were blown out! Thanks for tips! Ive subbed to your channel. Clear skies

[@ancientphotonsastrophotogr6999]

Thanks Simon!

[@yervantparnagian5999]

Excellent video. Thank you.

[@ClearAmbientSkies]

Thanks for showing us this. I've used this method a few times, but the trick with lowering the mask intensity is obviously quite useful. Now I need to go back and re-process all my images (again). Clear skies APA

[@ancientphotonsastrophotogr6999]

That mask trick works well in many situations! Glad you found it helpful, and clear skies to you as well.

[@DSOImager]

Nice video Chad.. very clear and easy to follow. :)

[@ancientphotonsastrophotogr6999]

Thanks James!

[@shaunozs1ra92]

Thanks I really love your tuts. To the point and clearly presented.

[@elbass0]

This is excellent. Subscribed.

[@XjohnnycolettaX]

Great name for your channel!

[@ancientphotonsastrophotogr6999]

Thanks Johnny. It's all about the photons!

[@Bakrybaso94]

Great tutorial Chad, as always! IMHO, your channel is one of the best out there, so clear and helpful! Could you please show us how you deal with noise in (SHO) as you're shooting from Bortle 8/9. I shoot SHO from Bortle 9 as well and my total integration is always +25 hours but my image is much noiser than yours. So, I would love to see how you deal with that if you don't mind 😁

[@ancientphotonsastrophotogr6999]

Thank you, Bakry! I'm planning on doing a few videos on noise reduction as I use several different methods depending on the noise level and type. So, hopefully in the coming weeks you'll see a video on TGV Denoise (linear), MMT noise reduction (linear and non-linear), ACDNR, Topaz, and even ON1. Bortle 9 noise requires lots of tricks.

[@Rafastro]

good stuff. does this eliminate the need for different exposure times to bring out the blown out center on Orion? or for galaxies as well? Im in the process of shooting m51!!

[@ancientphotonsastrophotogr6999]

As long as your sub-exposures are short enough to avoid blowing out the core(s), I personally don't see a reason to use different exposure times. Others might disagree. But for M42, I found 60 second exposures at f/4.4 was just right with my ASI2600MC. Of course, it also depends on the well depth of your camera. But yes - my short answer is just make sure your subs don't blow out those regions (resetting the histogram in the preview should reveal blow outs).

[@allenlloyd1074]

Thank you for a most helpful video. Where can I download the Game script as it is not in the latest version of Pixinsight?

[@ancientphotonsastrophotogr6999]

Thanks Allen. Here's a link to the GAME script. It's in a different language, but you can translate it in Chrome by right clicking the page and selecting "Translate to English". www.skypixels.at/pixinsight_scripts.html#game

[@allenlloyd1074]

@@ancientphotonsastrophotogr6999 thank you very much. That’s brilliant.

[@RigoFromSpain]

I love your tutorials, why is it stopped ?

[@ancientphotonsastrophotogr6999]

Thanks Rigobert - I'm hoping to start these back up very soon. I just moved to a new house, so as soon as we're fully settled and unpacked I will begin producing more!

[@RigoFromSpain]

@@ancientphotonsastrophotogr6999 yes i discovered that when i saw your website,lots of clear nights in your new home