M101 with Supernova 2023xif – with and without BXT and NTX
M16 Eagle Nebula – with and without BXT and NXT
After learning about the powerful BlurXterminator (BXT) and NoiseXterminator (NXT) tools, I reprocessed my M101 and supernova and M16 images that I took from the glorious dark skies of Dell City, Texas earlier this summer. I was amazed that so much detail can be found in images of objects thousands to millions of light years away taken by my small telescope.
M16:
Camera geek info:
- Canon EOS 60D in manual mode, 2 minute exposure, ISO 2000
- Williams Optics Zenith Star 73 III APO telescope
- Williams Optics Flat 73A
- iOptron CEM40
- Dell City, Texas Bortle 2-3 dark skies
Frames:
- June 11, 2023
- Run 1
- 6 2 minute lights
- 31 0.02 second flats
- 30 0.02 second flat darks
- 31 2 minute darks
- Run 1
- June 13, 2023
- Run 2
- 88 2 minute lights
- 30 0.02 second flats
- 31 0.02 second flat darks
- Run 3
- 83 2 minute lights
- 31 0.02 second flats
- 30 0.02 second flat darks
- 31 2 minute darks
- Run 2
- 17 frames rejected for a total of 5 hours and 20 minutes of data
Processing geek info:
- PixInsight
- BlurXterminator
- NoiseXterminator
- StarXTerminator
- Generalized Hyperbolic Stretch
M101:
Camera geek info:
- Canon EOS 60D in manual mode, 2 minute exposure, ISO 1600 and ISO 2000
- Williams Optics Zenith Star 73 III APO telescope
- Williams Optics Flat 73A
- iOptron CEM40
- Dell City, Texas Bortle 2-3 dark skies
Frames:
- June 10, 2023
- Run 1 1600 ISO
- 99 2 minute lights
- 31 0.01 second flats
- 20 0.01 second flat darks
- Run 2 1600 ISO
- 39 2 minute lights
- 31 0.02 second flats
- 30 0.02 second flat darks
- 71 2 minute darks
- Run 1 1600 ISO
- June 11, 2023 2000 ISO
- 151 2 minute lights
- 31 0.02 second flats
- 20 0.02 second flat darks
- 31 2 minute darks
- June 12, 2023 2000 ISO
- 30 2 minute lights
- 31 0.02 second flats
- 30 0.02 second flat darks
- 32 2 minute darks
Processing geek info:
- PixInsight
- BlurXterminator
- NoiseXterminator
- StarXterminator
- Generalized Hyperbolic Stretch