This group is dedicated to the discussion of imaging filters including RGB, CMY, and Narrow band filters such as Ha, Sulfur, OIII ect. Please feel free to discuss these, offering advice and examples of images taken with various filter types for the benefit of all.
This stunning image of NCG281 is the product of 30 hours of imaging by Russ using a 20" f8 Ritchey. He mapped SII, Ha, and OIII as RGB and additionally Ha as luminence.
I'm new but I don't see anyone else jumping in here so I'll give it my best. If anyone can make my answers better or if anyone sees an error, please jump
... Kevin I believe there's software that will do the calculations for you. You can image a G2V star then use the software to calculate the proper ratio. I
Filter guru's. I was hoping for your help and a bit of a shortcut. I have been doing mostly visual observing for some time now, or planetary imaging with my
Hi Richard, that's what I figured. By the way there is an interesting comparison on the 40D and 50d at: http://www.astrosurf.com/~buil/50d/test.htm Christian