PixInsight Tutorial Workflow - M33 OSC -

[@frankborzager6776]

Luke, you have a gift!! Adam Block do not have it as well as many others making tutorials. You distill the Pixinsight experience into a highly usable experience, with great results. I'm screwed if your videos ever get deleted on KZbin 😅

[@lukomatico]

Darn that's high praise!! - Thank you so much indeed my friend :-)

[@abiosis007]

Still a novice in PI so this helps a lot! Thank you

[@richardcullip8468]

Very nice tutorial on processing galaxies with a OSC. Curios about which, if any, filters you used.

[@lukomatico]

Thanks mate! No filters used other than just the standard UV/ir cut filter :-)

[@seanod42]

Hi Luke great video as always keep up the good work mate How is your little boy doing

[@lukomatico]

Thanks so much matey! He's doing great by the way, feeling very lucky to have him! :-) clear skies buddy!

[@Naztronomy]

Amazing result, Luke! I love M33 and I like your technique of increasing the red.

[@jackbernstein3029]

Damn, Luke. This is almost exactly what I do. I tend to use NXT after I stretch. Have noted some artifacts if I do it earlier. I also like SetiAstro’s Statistical Stretch. Thanks for the hint about masking the galaxy. I haven’t been doing that. Finally, my wife asked me about how you and the family are doing. Cheers.

[@lukomatico]

Hey Jack! We're doing well my friend, it's been a big period of adjustment for us all of course, but that's true for every new parent I guess!! :-D hope you and your wife are doing well! Clear skies my friend

[@Spaced_Out_Bill]

Cool! I followed along with some of my own data from 2021. Great result! Thanks Luke, I really enjoy your Tutorials. IG tagged!

[@HeavenlyBackyardAstronomy]

Hi Luke, Once again, "Challenge accepted". I will try to capture RGB data from the Heavenly Backyard. I love these challenges you provide. Clear Skies

[@lukomatico]

So great to hear that Pat!! I look forward to seeing your result :-D clear skies my friend!!

[@petesastrophotography]

Excellent stuff as always Luke. I'll definitely have a go at this. I seem to process other peoples data more than my own these days but really enjoy it.

[@lukomatico]

Glad to hear it will be a bit of fun for you Pete mate! I hope you are doing well by the way! :-)

[@MrStrativarius]

Great stuff as always Luke. It's been cloudy here in Minnesota, USA, for a couple weeks now, so all I've been doing is reprocessing old data. Looks like it's time for M33! Cheers and clear skies. Aaron

[@lukomatico]

Good stuff! Thanks for watching mate :-D

[@kenhansard3734]

Perfect timing. My next target. I'm going F3 600mm. Then maybe a crop and upscale

[@vornwend]

Hi Luke, This looks a great way to process data but I couldn't find the repository for the tools from Bill Blanshan (HT Stretch and Unlinked RGB) - all I got on your Google drive was the icon files. Also for some reason those don't load in my PI Workspace??

[@vornwend]

Sorted! Turns out my icon workspace was too narrow. Just needed to right click in the workspace and hit arrange icons.

[@lukomatico]

So glad you've got to the bottom of this mate, - my apologies I've not seen this comment sooner too. Happy processing!! :-)

[@vornwend]

@@lukomatico No worries Luke. I imagine you have your hand s full at the moment! Its fun to solve these problems - be boring if if it was too easy!

[@dumpydalekobservatory]

Great stuff mate, hope you're all well? Clear skies

[@lukomatico]

Doing ok mate thanks!! Getting used to things still haha :-D hope you are well too!

[@briankotak403]

Nice tutorial. I learned a few new things! Thanks Luke. Do you still use Star Reduction to create a starless image of galaxies/nebulae? I find it handy so that my playing around with the DSO does not impact my stars. Dr B from Manitoba, Canada 🇨🇦

[@lukomatico]

Hey Dr. B! I do indeed remove stars still, but not for every processing job these days - mainly just for nebula work! Cheers :-)

[@dersupra]

oh man! Did i need this one! I have issues processing M33. Plus my data is kinda rubbish lol. I shot on a new filter and dont think my settings were really dialed in and I didn't have enough frames because I was trying 5min exposures. Only got 2 hours.

[@Tony-Elliott]

Another great tutorial Luke thanks for sharing your knowledge

[@sarahjanereilly9335]

Didn’t hear what filter or camera was used on the stack you were working with? Obviously the hydrogen is coming through well, so I am assuming an OSC with a dual narrowband filter of some description?

[@tvanpeer]

Actually you can do this with just RGB data. You can add Ha later on, but a lot of the color is already there.

[@lukomatico]

This is from an edge HD 11, 0.7x reducer, full-frame OSC camera (player one Zeus) and a UV/ir cut filter - taken from bortle 7 skies. Cheers!

[@sarahjanereilly9335]

@@lukomatico Thanks for the info - very impressed with how the hydrogen has come through for you. I did not get nearly such good results with my own OSC and IR cut! How many hours of data do you have?

[@stephenlast1897]

Great processing tutorial video. When I use the spcc colour correction . I can’t get it to work as it reports no catalog selected and only has one selected . Any ideas ?

[@alessioscudieri5122]

Great job! any chance to see the same elaboration using free software like Siril and Graxpert? Greetings from Rome

[@lukomatico]

I can try that at some point mate!

[@AstroSignals]

What setup was used to photography the galaxy?

[@CDigata]

4:20 😜

[@lukomatico]

EdgeHD 11, 0.7x reducer, full-frame osc camera :-) no filters.

[@Steve_The_Ignorant_Astronomer]

Hey Luke , did I miss it ??? Are you a dad yet ?????

[@lukomatico]

Yes indeed mate! He's 2 weeks old now :-) cheers!! ❤️

[@Steve_The_Ignorant_Astronomer]

@lukomatico mazel tov... My BD was the 13th... When was he born ??

[@lukomatico]

Thanks Steve mate!! :-D he was born on the 10th!