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I agree it needs rotating. My rotator was playing up and couldn't be bothered to go out in the cold and do it manually to get the framing right. It is a crop but I didn't rotate in pixinsight, well, not yet.

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think I lost patience with GHS, for some reason the midtones were giving me a headache and it went down hill from there with my commitment, should have back stepped and cheated with statistical stretch. Would have probably been in a better head space when playing with some colour masks and curves

Thanks. Just really wasn't feeling it when processing it. I think the data is good but I've let it down. I'm sure there is so much more in there.

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Anthony @deepskydude.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Got some SHO data on the fish Head Nebula last night, really not feeling it with the processing on this one. Lost my mojo. If anyone fancies a pop at it message me for the raw stack. #astronomy #astrophotography #space

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Pointed at the Andromeda Galaxy last night. The #touptek 585M does a great job and atm is my favourite camera but it needs to be paired with something wider than my 420mm triplet. I think an SQA55 or SV555 will be on my doorstep soon to do this camera justice. #astrophotography #space #andromeda

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Anthony @deepskydude.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Why the F does he say "dying" in that dumb way?

Anthony @deepskydude.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

He's a vile weasel. Set fire to a pet shop as practise for burning down the NHS.

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Anthony @deepskydude.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

A Poundland Kyle Rittenhouse.

Anthony @deepskydude.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

It is a bright spot, although the majority of BSky is still better than the hellscape of Twitter.

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Anthony @deepskydude.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

What a surprise. Trying out HDR mode on my #Touptek 585 mono and aimed at the squid nebula. Got 2 hours on each filter, Ha-Oiii-Sii and shocked with what I got. This is going to be my next project. I'll aim for 40ish hours with a bias towards the H and Oiii. #Astronomy #Astrophotography #Space

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Anthony @deepskydude.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Really loving the nights getting longer. 5 good hours on the Cygnus Wall last night and a quick caffeine fuelled push through Pixinsight gets me this image. #Astronomy #Space #Astrophotography

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Anthony @deepskydude.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Dr Zoidberg in the house. Last nights quick edit of the Lobster Claw Nebula. Little too much blue bleeding over but I'll sort that later. Just wanted to see what I could do over lunch. 5h SHO image. I did get some RGB stars that I might swap in later. #Astronomy #Space #Astrophotography

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Anthony @deepskydude.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Really should update that pic. Went back to mono in the spring after an extended time using OSC cameras.

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Anthony @deepskydude.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

I must have done something good today, the guiding gods are smiling down on me. #Astrophotography #Space #Astronomy

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Anthony @deepskydude.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Tonight is looking nice and clear. Hopefully no high cloud turns up. Guiding looking good and first sub in. Off to bed for me. Have a great nice astro nerds. I'll push out a quick process in the morning. #Space #Astronomy #Astrophotography

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They are a newish Taiwanese company. Nico Carver reviewed it and it performed well against his Tak.Cuiv had a preproduction model and apart from pinched optics it looked good. It's f3.9 so it's gonna be hard to get ultra sharp but the extra speed might be nice and as you say, BXT can sort the rest.

yeah, is it just the minicat or the standard 51 too?

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I still find it shocking that the redcat star shapes are so bad that WO put in the literature that you have to use BXT with it.

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Forgot I had this Crescent Nebula data from the other night. Again, most of the night lost to haze and high cloud but what's left goes in the bank for adding to the project. #astronomy #astrophotography #space

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that's what annoys me about the SQA too and that they make you buy the belt kit as an add-on to something that is designed as an astrograph so is almost definitely going to be used with an EAF. It is incredibly sharp though but the Draco comes very close to it for sharpness.

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Couple of cups of coffee later and got rid of some green and the magenta stars. Won't spend much longer on it as it's only 2 hours of data. #astronomy #astrophotography #space #nebula

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Battled with high level cloud last night but salvaged a couple of hours of data on the Wizard Nebula. Starting to look for a wider scope, eyeing up the Draco 62 or the SQA55. Any astro nerds out there got the Draco 62? #astronomy #astrophotography #space #nebula

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Well, 3 out of the last 4 nights it's been clear enough to image the wonders of the heavens. Camera cooler is working overtime, hot out there. Anyway, first sub in so off to bed with a cider shandy with plenty of ice and a plan to watch episode 3 of Wednesday. Night all. #astronomy #astrophotography

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There seems to be a significant number of people who won't see it, even when it is there job that gets axed.

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Watching from the outside, I start to wander what path there is out of this for America.

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Anthony @deepskydude.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Now I've got "Electric Six - Gay Bar" in my head for the rest of the day.

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Starting to feel like that 2024 film Civil War was a documentary sent from the future as a warning.

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Anthony @deepskydude.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

3 hours last night imaging. Can't wait for the longer nights and more imaging time. Here is the Elephant Trunk Nebula. Need to grab some time getting some RGB stars tonight. #Astronomy #Astrophotography #Space

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Anthony @deepskydude.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Imaging the Elephant Trunk tonight, first of the Ha subs in and all looking good so off to bed now. We'll see what the morning brings. #astrophotography #astronomy

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Anthony @deepskydude.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

I went back to mono in March this year. Been a while as I switched to OSC quite a while ago as they were getting so good, but I have to say, I really do love the ease of mono processing. #astrophotography #astronomy #touptek

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Anthony @deepskydude.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Only got a couple of hours on the Western Veil last night but pushed the little bit of data through Pixinsight. I'll add more soon and maybe even make a mosaic of it if I can be bothered. #astronomy #astrophotography

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Anthony @deepskydude.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Mono can be daunting but it's actually so much easier to process the images when you get a basic workflow going.