Thank you for sharing your photos - this is exactly what this project is all about! :-)
First imaging session in 2026. Winter this year has had no clear weather... It was windy.
Processing in Siril 1.4.2 using scripts: AutoBGE (background), SyQon [Prism (noise), Starless (star separation)], VeraLux [Alchemy (narrowband palette), HyperMetric Stretch (histogram work), Star Composer (stars+nebula)]. For the stars, the NB_2RGB script was used (to give the stars a more natural color based on frames taken with dual-band filters).
Honestly, it's a bit underwhelming. For a Quattro 200 and that camera, the result is pretty weak, especially with a duoband filter. If I manage to get out to Mezmay this week, I'll show you what the shot should look like. I have essentially the same setup—a Quattro (200PDS with a 0.75x reducer) and also a 2600 camera.
Although, I do have one 5-minute frame with a hydrogen filter, but that was taken with an FRA500 (91mm x 350mm): https://clck.ru/3ST2dy
Why? It's quite decent. If you don't overdo it with things like blurXterminator, this is the kind of result you get.
And if you don't endlessly extract every tiny speck, as some like to do. For 2.5 hours of integration, it's pretty good.
12 Mar, 2026
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And if you don't endlessly extract every tiny speck, as some like to do. For 2.5 hours of integration, it's pretty good.
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