Pixinsight image processing of NGC1499!

Hello everyone! In this video I am Pixinsight image processing OSC narrowband data of NGC 1499 that was taken by Astrophotographer Ron Brecher using his Skywatcher Esprit 150, QHY 367C cooled cmos OSC camera and an Optolong L-eNhance filter.
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[@ChucksAstrophotography]

Keep these processing videos coming, Shawn, maybe if I ever get some clear skies again I can come back and check out your tips.

[@VisibledarkAstro]

ugh... yes I know what you mean about lack of clear skies. Been dismal here to. Cloud and snow. Hopefully some clear skies for us soon!

[@patrickstevenson8305]

I've been learning PixInsight for about a month now during our monsoon season here in Arizona. I had plenty of data as I save all Light Frames on every image I shoot. I thought I was doing fine and was satisfied with my final products until I watched this video. You demonstrated how a combination of applications that, in themselves, don't seem to make much difference. But in combination they certainly do. I raced motorcycles professionally for a number of years and learned very early that the difference between being good and being great was less than one per cent. Finding that one per cent was nearly an obsession. That is what I have seen here. I now have a whole new set of tools and applications to apply to my images that will make them that much closer to great. Ron and I are "astro" friends on Facebook and I intend to mention to him what an awesome experience this video was to me.

[@VisibledarkAstro]

Hi Patrick. Thanks for watching and commenting. So glad the video was helpful. Cheers!

[@MOKPT3]

Thank you for you time. PI is such a complex program I need all the help I can get.

[@VisibledarkAstro]

You're welcome. There's many ways to process. This is just one look at it. Hope you find something useful from the video! Cheers.

[@tullyfisher]

Very cool processing video Shawn!

[@VisibledarkAstro]

Thanks!

[@stevewest7839]

I'm thinking this is up there with the best tutorials using PI I've seen. Great work.

[@seanmolony-redstickastro238]

Perfect timing. I've been processing Narrowband Data in Pixinsight for four years but just shot some OSC data and had no idea what to do with it! Lol

[@VisibledarkAstro]

It's surprisingly easy to process the OSC narrowband data. I enjoy it. Hope you get some useful insight from the vid! Clear skies!

[@astrosathya1984]

yet another amazing image Shawn. I actually took 3 hours to finish this video and made notes of everything you said. ;) Thank you once again for this amazing service to the community.

[@VisibledarkAstro]

You're welcome! Glad the videos are helpful. Clear skies!

[@matthilton8959]

This is a great video. My licence for APP has expired and its a bit annoying paying a monthly fee for PS I have been considering a pixinsight purchase, as o OSC user and with the Lextreme filter a firm favourite this has pretty much sold me on investing. I'll be referring back to this tutorial alot!! Keep up the great work.

[@enriqueboeneker]

Wow Shawn! I'm glad you're back! Thanks for the many tips.

[@elmikol2443]

Nice video Shawn! Thanks for sharing. Since I have found you and your videos, my images have improved considerably! Thanks for sharing your talent! Clear Skies!

[@VisibledarkAstro]

Thanks so much for the kind words! :) Clear skies!

[@astrodrome2616]

thanks very good

[@sking3571]

Glad To Have you back with your great Content! ...

[@VisibledarkAstro]

Thank you! Clear skies to you!

[@billtinsley5385]

Fantastic video !! I really enjoy watching you process the data from beginning to end. Thank you for showing us how is done.

[@jasonwright1753]

Fantastic video tutorial, learned a lot from it Thank you

[@tamrich7762]

Excellent tutorial Shawn!,You make it look so easy,beautiful image, I could see a big difference,thanks again for sharing.

[@fernandoapausa4931]

Super useful. Thanks Shawn!

[@danielmills2992]

Shawn, please please,can you show a processing tutorial with you stacking the initial sub frames from start to finish? im really struggling to get the best out of my L-enhance subs with PI :)

[@VisibledarkAstro]

Hi Daniel - does this video I did help at all? kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXWtp56jmNh7kKM

[@danielmills2992]

@@VisibledarkAstro thanks Shawn. I have some how not seen this one, I used to use the normal BPP and then started doing everything separately. I will watch this shortly thank you

[@Tolaregoi]

Excelente tutorial Shawn. Me encantan tus videos, gracias por compartirlos.

[@LogansChristmasLights]

Excellent tutorial. Thanks for doing this. I will be following along while processing my next image

[@miroslavboda2646]

Great video, thank you, process path is very friendly.

[@paulking6293]

Thanks Shawn, great video...again !

[@omaracosta3542]

Great job Shawn... Thx

[@luigidigrazia5005]

Hi Shawn is it possible you may have the Pixinsight icon file for your OSC camera workflow ;-) thanks

[@fiorenzomanganiello2853]

no color calibration in linear?

[@FrostyDrums]

Is this a mosaic? There is no way the framing of the Esprit 150 and that camera produced this image. The focal length of the 150 is 1050mm

[@VisibledarkAstro]

Not a mosaic. It was taken with a full frame camera, hence the large FOV.

[@trevorgreen2232]

Hi Shawn Firstly thank you for a fantastic video ,I have owned Pixinsight a while now but until recently only played with it and this video has shown me so much . I did notice when you were making the video you showed the HDR Multiscale Transform tool and how to use it but it looked as if you only used it on your preview window and did not apply it to the main image , Was it applied off screen or did you choose not to use it ? Once again thank you for sharing

[@VisibledarkAstro]

Hi Trevor - I didn't end up using HDRMT. I felt the result didn't provide enough of a benefit to the image. Thanks for watching and clear skies!

[@Calzune]

In the MLT noise removal step, I have seen some people use luminance and them chrominance removal, but you use rgb/k in the target. What's the difference? Do you always use rgb/k?

[@VisibledarkAstro]

I find it works well all around. RGB/K is fine for either luminance or chrominance image. You could target luminance or lightiness specifically if desired. I've not seen much of difference though. Best is to experiment with your situation and see which will provide the best result.

[@MrPedalpaddle]

Not great that the inset image of your head covered the panel of the operations

[@bogdanbacila9024]

Not really enjoying the deconvolution part.. your global dark values are way to high, and not using the PSF generated from the actual image is just the lazy man's way of improvising.. and results could be better if you would spend a little bit more time on creating your own PSF, a protection mask for local support, use small values for the global and correct values for the global white, to not granulate the background..