Hi Dave, sorry for replying so late, we were overseas for Christmas and forgot about this! Difficult to answer without seeing what the raw data looks like but: If you're using NB filters you should be fine even from Bortle 8. Many of our images were shot from B9 with NB filters. For faint clouds of nebulosity, first figure out what gas they are (Hydrogen, Oxygen...) and then you can target that in PixInsight and/or shoot more using that filter. Take a look at our services page if you'd like me to give your data a go: https://www.galactic-hunter.com/product-page/astrophotography-image-processing . Antoine

Wow that is great Rob, and thank you for this nice write-up, it might help others who might be interested in doing that! The end result looks so well done and definitely sturdy. PS: I like the decorative red caps 😅

Hi Dave, Hopefully someone can provide a better answer, because we never get these low temperatures in Vegas, but we've seen a lot of astrophotographers place their computer in a box (see below) sometimes with blankets in it to shield it from extreme cold. Maybe this would help. The box is a good idea because the heat from the computer cycles around and doesn't escape. Not sure if there are better options!

Hi Scott, we will soon release a huge update on the workflow, which will include these tools, but for now, I would use BlurXTerminator after DBE, and NoiseXterminator either before or after combining the channels. Clear Skies

Hey James, sorry for the late response. The tutorials are available on any device, you just need to either send the file to your pc or re-download them the same way you did with iOS (it won’t charge you again if you use the same account)

Beautiful shot Zak!! Can't wait to attempt this target, your version is beautiful. As for StarXTerminator, yes I heard the new version is incredible, I personally used StarNet2 which works great so far so I won't be able to try the AI Version 11 unless I switch someday :)

You don't need the Pegasus Box if you have the ASIAir Pro. All you have to do is connect everything you have to the ASIAir, and simply run one single power cable down to the battery. In our case, we have a cigarette lighter cable going from battery to ASIAir and that's it :)

Hey Stefan, We personally never use these ports, we connect our equipment using the cigarette lighter port, and sometimes using the AC port. Do you have the very first version of the ASIAir which as no power ports? If so, I would suggest getting something like a Pegasus Powerbox so that only one cable goes to the battery. If you have the ASIAir Pro or Plus, you should connect every power cord to that and only have one cable going to the battery as well.

Haha nice, I'm impatient to see the Chicken, a target we haven't imaged yet!

Hey Zak!! Wow, beautiful pic on such a difficult object, especially with just a camera lens! The Blue Horsehead is such a faint target that is hard to process, you did awesome honestly, "only" 97 minutes of data from a Bortle 5 zone and you get this result? Impressive processing! PS: Season 3 is 99% done! Just reviewing everything now and we expect to publish it in a few weeks :)

It sounds like a glitch then. I have never had this issue before. Besides deleting/reinstalling the software I'm not sure what can be done. I would create a new thread on the PixInsight forum to get an answer from Juan (PixInsight dev) directly :/

Hey Tom, Sorry to hear about this problem. Make sure that you have activated the toolbar buttons in the "View" tab as see on the screenshot. Also "Show control bars". And then save? Hopefully that works.

The filter should be secured even without a lens attached. Are you sure you bought the correct one for your camera? When you attach it, it should be very tight, it's hard to see how tight it is on this video but this is what it should look like (14:11) : https://youtu.be/YRMjhJQbol4?t=851

yea... that happens sometimes, it's frustrating for sure.

Hi, I have also had to purchase longer dovetails for some telescopes in order to achieve balance. What do you mean by you can't figure out how to attach it? You just remove the short dovetail and use the same screws to attach the longer one. Hopefully the holes in the longer dovetail you bought match your telescope.