WBPP and Cosmetic Correction really cleans up the images from my QHY268M camera. Great video as usual. We were in Highlands, NC this past weekend and the dahlias are just getting 2 ft high there.
Thanks, Tim. I am currently imaging on M27 with the big C-11 at f/10. For the moment, the sky is super dry and clear. I am getting great 5-minute subs with very round stars. I am guiding via StarSense AutoGuider. WBPP will get a workout tomorrow. Thanks for watching my video.
Thank you, Rob. WBPP does take quite a bit of time, but, as you say, well worth the wait. I am guessing you don't have much astronomical dark skies this time of the year. I am further south at 32N latitude and get about 6-7 hours this time of the year ... oh, but that humidity! Ugh. Clear skies, Rob
@@HeavenlyBackyardAstronomy nope not completely dark for me but enough to image for 3 hrs but the mean is a tad high. Makes getting clean data problematic. Clear skies
great video, i found a work flow with the tensorflow copy part. after an upgrade of PI some other files will be gone - DeepSNR and StarNet2. So i keep a folder with those three set of files, and after an upgrade i copy them in to the bin folder. To make it easy i have a spreadsheet with the links of both folder to acces them quickly, or even quicker with a short cut from the "install folder" to a quick acces of the bin folder..
I use Astropixel Processor to stack as it has features like extracting H and O channels from dual band filters and just stacks very well and twice as fast as wbPP Thanks and what a wonderful garden
I've heard many good things about Astropixel Processor but decided to concentrate on PixInsight since I invested so much time and money in it. The garden gives me great pleasure plus keeps me out of trouble... ha. Clear Skies
Did they remove Drizzle check box in this? Do you just check "Rejection maps / drizzle files" in Calibration? It's not clear in the documentation if that runs Drizzle, or just prepares for it
I don't see any options to drizzle in FBPP. I am assuming the FBPP is for a quick look and the standard WBPP is for a detailed stacking. Thank you for watching and commenting on my video. Clear Skies
If you spend $1,000s on your equipment, and hours and hours collecting data, then either waiting a couple of hours for the good stuff from WBPP and/or spending anther $1,000 on a nice computer and PI is a no brainer. Give your hard earned photons the best treatment they deserve!
Excellent video, Pat. Although it wasn’t the purpose of the video, you have provided an excellent model for how to do this kind of comparison!
Why thank you. That was very kind of you to say.
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Thanks for this comparison, confirmed what I have seen too. As quality is important to me I will stick with WBPP. Keep up the good work!
Thank you
WBPP and Cosmetic Correction really cleans up the images from my QHY268M camera. Great video as usual. We were in Highlands, NC this past weekend and the dahlias are just getting 2 ft high there.
Thanks, Tim.
I am currently imaging on M27 with the big C-11 at f/10. For the moment, the sky is super dry and clear. I am getting great 5-minute subs with very round stars. I am guiding via StarSense AutoGuider.
WBPP will get a workout tomorrow.
Thanks for watching my video.
Nice video and comparison Pat. I guess some things are worth waiting for with stacking. Clear skies bud.
Thank you, Rob.
WBPP does take quite a bit of time, but, as you say, well worth the wait. I am guessing you don't have much astronomical dark skies this time of the year. I am further south at 32N latitude and get about 6-7 hours this time of the year ... oh, but that humidity! Ugh.
Clear skies, Rob
@@HeavenlyBackyardAstronomy nope not completely dark for me but enough to image for 3 hrs but the mean is a tad high. Makes getting clean data problematic. Clear skies
Nice.
Thank you
great video, i found a work flow with the tensorflow copy part. after an upgrade of PI some other files will be gone - DeepSNR and StarNet2. So i keep a folder with those three set of files, and after an upgrade i copy them in to the bin folder. To make it easy i have a spreadsheet with the links of both folder to acces them quickly, or even quicker with a short cut from the "install folder" to a quick acces of the bin folder..
Great idea on creating that backup folder. Once you experience the CUDA speed increase, you would sure hate to loose it on a simple upgrade.
I use Astropixel Processor to stack as it has features like extracting H and O channels from dual band filters and just stacks very well and twice as fast as wbPP Thanks and what a wonderful garden
I've heard many good things about Astropixel Processor but decided to concentrate on PixInsight since I invested so much time and money in it.
The garden gives me great pleasure plus keeps me out of trouble... ha.
Clear Skies
Did they remove Drizzle check box in this? Do you just check "Rejection maps / drizzle files" in Calibration?
It's not clear in the documentation if that runs Drizzle, or just prepares for it
I don't see any options to drizzle in FBPP. I am assuming the FBPP is for a quick look and the standard WBPP is for a detailed stacking.
Thank you for watching and commenting on my video.
Clear Skies
If you spend $1,000s on your equipment, and hours and hours collecting data, then either waiting a couple of hours for the good stuff from WBPP and/or spending anther $1,000 on a nice computer and PI is a no brainer. Give your hard earned photons the best treatment they deserve!
Agree.
And, since I made this video, PI has come out with improvements to the WBPP which makes it run much faster.