Processing Example

Venus Transit 2012

by Alejandro Tombolini

Introduction

Publicated in Monthly Contest - Complete description of the transit image - Main notes: FourierTransform to eliminate pattern. Date: Jun 2012

Image Details

  • Object: Sun and Venus.
  • Camera: Point Grey.
  • Telescope: Lunt 60 mm - Focal Length 500 mm - f/8.3 - Barlow 2x.
  • Images: 934.
  • Total time: 31 seconds.
  • Credits: Andrés Vattuone and Alejandro Tombolini
  • Program: Registax - PixInsight.

Processing

The .raw images where converted to .fit with BathConvertion Script and the aligned and integrated with Registax.

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FourierTransform. I tried to eliminate a faintest lines in the background.

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The new image without lines.

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Built a mask to be used to give a white effect in the Sun. Venus is deleted in the mask because the white effect I am looking for is only in the Sun.

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Build another mask to be used protecting the background and give color only to the Sun.

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ChannelCombination.

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HistogramTransformation protecting the background whit mask 2.

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HistogramTransformation protecting the background whit mask 1 - Note the value of Midtones.

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MultiscaleMedianTransform for increasing details without mask.

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New mask to protect background.

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MultiscaleMedianTransform to Sun with mask.

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New mask to protect background and Sun.

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MultiscaleMedianTransform to increase details in the solar flares.

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Noise reduction.

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ExponentialTransformation protecting Sun with mask 1.

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New mask to protect background.

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UnSharpMask.

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Little crop using DynamicCrop tool.

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Signature.

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Final image.

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Last Update: 27/11/2023 03:59 UT