Sample Image Data
1. Download
Deep Space Object |
Downloadable Data |
IC1396 Elephant Trunk Nebula |
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M42 Orion Nebula |
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M101 Pinwheel Galaxy |
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NGC6888 Crescent Nebula |
2. data details
IC1396 Elephant Trunk Nebula
Telescope: Skywatcher Explorer 150PDS with Skywatcher 2" Coma Corrector at f/4.55
Camera: ATIK 383L+ Monochrome
Filters: Baader LRGB 2"
Data: 10 x 420s Luminance 1x1, 10 x 315s Red 2x2, 10 x 315s Green 2x2 and 10 x 315s Blue 2x2
M42 Orion Nebula
Telescope: Skywatcher Explorer 150PDS with Skywatcher 2" Coma Corrector at f/4.55
Camera: ATIK 383L+ Monochrome
Filters: Baader LRGB 2", Baader Hydrogen-Alpha 7nm 2" and Baader Oxygen-III 8.5nm 2"
Data: 10 x 420s Luminance 1x1, 10 x 420s Red 1x1, 10 x 420s Green 1x1, 10 x 420s Blue 1x1, 10 x 420s Hydrogen-Alpha 1x1, 10 x 420s Oxygen-III 1x1
M101 Pinwheel Galaxy
Telescope: Skywatcher Explorer 150PDS with Skywatcher 2" Coma Corrector at f/4.55
Camera: ATIK 383L+ Monochrome
Filters: Baader LRGB 2"
Data: 10 x 420s Luminance 1x1, 10 x 315s Red 2x2, 10 x 315s Green 2x2 and 10 x 315s Blue 2x2
NGC6888 Crescent Nebula
Telescope: Skywatcher Explorer 150PDS with Skywatcher 2" Coma Corrector at f/4.55
Camera: ATIK 383L+ Monochrome
Filters: Baader Hydrogen-Alpha 7nm 2", Baader Oxygen-III 8.5nm 2" and Baader Sulphur-II 8nm 2"
Data: 8 x 600s Hydrogen-Alpha 1x1, 8 x 600s Oxygen-III 1x1, 8 x 600s Sulphur-II 1x1
Telescope: Skywatcher Explorer 150PDS with Skywatcher 2" Coma Corrector at f/4.55
Camera: ATIK 383L+ Monochrome
Filters: Baader LRGB 2"
Data: 10 x 420s Luminance 1x1, 10 x 315s Red 2x2, 10 x 315s Green 2x2 and 10 x 315s Blue 2x2
M42 Orion Nebula
Telescope: Skywatcher Explorer 150PDS with Skywatcher 2" Coma Corrector at f/4.55
Camera: ATIK 383L+ Monochrome
Filters: Baader LRGB 2", Baader Hydrogen-Alpha 7nm 2" and Baader Oxygen-III 8.5nm 2"
Data: 10 x 420s Luminance 1x1, 10 x 420s Red 1x1, 10 x 420s Green 1x1, 10 x 420s Blue 1x1, 10 x 420s Hydrogen-Alpha 1x1, 10 x 420s Oxygen-III 1x1
M101 Pinwheel Galaxy
Telescope: Skywatcher Explorer 150PDS with Skywatcher 2" Coma Corrector at f/4.55
Camera: ATIK 383L+ Monochrome
Filters: Baader LRGB 2"
Data: 10 x 420s Luminance 1x1, 10 x 315s Red 2x2, 10 x 315s Green 2x2 and 10 x 315s Blue 2x2
NGC6888 Crescent Nebula
Telescope: Skywatcher Explorer 150PDS with Skywatcher 2" Coma Corrector at f/4.55
Camera: ATIK 383L+ Monochrome
Filters: Baader Hydrogen-Alpha 7nm 2", Baader Oxygen-III 8.5nm 2" and Baader Sulphur-II 8nm 2"
Data: 8 x 600s Hydrogen-Alpha 1x1, 8 x 600s Oxygen-III 1x1, 8 x 600s Sulphur-II 1x1
3. notes
The data presented here has been selected to provide a decent variety of deep space objects, including both broadband and narrowband data. All images captured were monochrome but you will find a Colour RGB downloadable image in all the deep space objects listed that have separate LRGB data. Please note that this Colour RGB image is simply the colour-combined Red, Green and Blue monochrome images after they have been put through this tutorial. I provide these Colour RGB images for anyone uninterested in tackling monochrome images as they are already colour and can be post-processed from there treating them as if they were captured with a One Shot Colour CCD camera or DSLR camera.
All the images have received the same pre-processing (as per this tutorial) and have been Drizzled 2x to sharpen them and increase their resolution to twice their original capture resolution. These are all in FITS format and are saved in 32-bit IEEE 754 floating point sample format. As a result of all this, the files are quite large but should pose no problem for today's Internet access speeds. They are hosted in my Gibraltar Astronomical Society's Gmail account Google Drive.
For those wishing to tackle monochrome images in PixInsight, this tutorial is recommended to prepare the images for colour-combination, whether they are broadband or narrowband images. Next, this tutorial demonstrates how to actually colour-combine them and also how to apply Luminance. If you are dealing with an LRGB image, colour calibration is one of the first steps to perform and thus this tutorial is useful to follow. Other tutorials found in the Tutorials page can cover the rest of the post-processing workflow you may wish to follow.
For those wishing to tackle the specially-prepared Colour RGB images in PixInsight, this tutorial is one to follow as one of the very first steps in order to get the image colour-calibrated. Other tutorials found in the Tutorials page can cover the rest of the post-processing workflow you may wish to follow.
Anyone who is just starting off with PixInsight after either just purchasing it or just starting their 45-day trial, feel free to jump to this tutorial to get a good heads-up as to how PixInsight functions, what is what and generally how to get by. Above all, enjoy!
All the images have received the same pre-processing (as per this tutorial) and have been Drizzled 2x to sharpen them and increase their resolution to twice their original capture resolution. These are all in FITS format and are saved in 32-bit IEEE 754 floating point sample format. As a result of all this, the files are quite large but should pose no problem for today's Internet access speeds. They are hosted in my Gibraltar Astronomical Society's Gmail account Google Drive.
For those wishing to tackle monochrome images in PixInsight, this tutorial is recommended to prepare the images for colour-combination, whether they are broadband or narrowband images. Next, this tutorial demonstrates how to actually colour-combine them and also how to apply Luminance. If you are dealing with an LRGB image, colour calibration is one of the first steps to perform and thus this tutorial is useful to follow. Other tutorials found in the Tutorials page can cover the rest of the post-processing workflow you may wish to follow.
For those wishing to tackle the specially-prepared Colour RGB images in PixInsight, this tutorial is one to follow as one of the very first steps in order to get the image colour-calibrated. Other tutorials found in the Tutorials page can cover the rest of the post-processing workflow you may wish to follow.
Anyone who is just starting off with PixInsight after either just purchasing it or just starting their 45-day trial, feel free to jump to this tutorial to get a good heads-up as to how PixInsight functions, what is what and generally how to get by. Above all, enjoy!