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Tag: Siril

Siril is an astronomical image processing tool.

11/29/2024 – NGC 1499 The California Nebula
Astrophotography Deep Sky Nebula 

11/29/2024 – NGC 1499 The California Nebula

November 30, 2024 by Hersey

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. The day after Thanksgiving was partly/mostly cloudy most of the day but the Clear Outside Forecast was calling for the sky to clear up just after dark and it did, mostly. A few thin clouds here…

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11/02/2024 – The Heart Nebula with the SV240 Multi-Narrowband
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11/02/2024 – The Heart Nebula with the SV240 Multi-Narrowband

November 3, 2024 by Hersey

A bit worried about a few clouds just before dark but it turned out to be a beautiful Moonless night. Been a few weeks since I have been able to set up and the plan was to try out the SVBONY SV240…

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10/06/2024 – Andromeda with the AT66ED
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10/06/2024 – Andromeda with the AT66ED

October 7, 2024 by Hersey

Forecast looked ok and it was dark and clear when I started the polar alignment routine. There was a little sliver of a waxing Crescent Moon setting in the West. I had a little trouble with the Autofocus routine in NINA. The…

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09/09/2024 – The Triangulum Galaxy
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09/09/2024 – The Triangulum Galaxy

September 10, 2024 by Hersey

Another clear night. That’s two in a row! Clear and cool, a little bit of haze off to the east, that cleared up a bit later. Another nice night to look up. This is the first time I have done an “unattended”…

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09/08/2024 – Couple Hours of the Bubble Nebula
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09/08/2024 – Couple Hours of the Bubble Nebula

September 9, 2024 by Hersey

Nice clear night, a little on the cool side for this time of year with the temperatures in the low 60s. A 29% waxing crescent Moon was setting. First time in a couple months I have had the SV503 102ED out, I…

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06/18/2024 – The Black Eye Galaxy
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06/18/2024 – The Black Eye Galaxy

June 19, 2024 by Hersey

Mostly clear, highs in the upper 60s, and a light breeze. A nice night even with a very bright 91% Waxing Full Moon. Despite the Moon I really wanted to capture some light. 06/19 is a holiday, so I could stay up…

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05/31/2024 – M 94, The Cat’s Eye Galaxy
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05/31/2024 – M 94, The Cat’s Eye Galaxy

June 1, 2024 by Hersey

Very nice clear night with no Moon and temperatures in the upper-to-mid 50s F. This was my first night out using NINA to control the gear and the imaging sequence. It was also the first night out after tuning up the EQ6-R…

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05/12/2024 – A Sunflower on Mother’s Day
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05/12/2024 – A Sunflower on Mother’s Day

May 13, 2024 by Hersey

After a couple weeks of a whole lot of clouds, Sunday was a nice night. Temperatures in the mid-50s, clear, and only a little sliver of a Moon. It has been a bit since I collected any light in the SV503 (been…

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Background Extraction and Noise Reduction using AI for Free
Astrophotography Image Processing 

Background Extraction and Noise Reduction using AI for Free

April 25, 2024 by Hersey

GraXpert is a free opensource tool which can use Artificial Intelligence (AI) models to perform background extraction (gradient removal) and denoising (noise removal) on astrophotography images. I have been tinkering with this tool using a FITS image saved from a live stack…

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04/18/2024 – SeeStar Observing a Monkey’s Head
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04/18/2024 – SeeStar Observing a Monkey’s Head

April 19, 2024 by Hersey

The Clear Outside forecast was not looking all that great, earlier in the day the forecast looked OK, but by early afternoon the forecast had worsened quite a bit. At around 8 PM the sky looked at least mostly clear so I…

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