The Best Free Astro Software just got even BETTER

Siril 1.2.0-beta1 was just released. Let's check it out! siril.org
== Notes / Corrections ==
-On Windows only, there is currently a bug with Starnet - see the easy workaround near the top of the release notes: siril.org/download/2023-02-24...
-With the GHS tool, try picking a symmetry point more towards the right side of the histogram bump after initial stretch as lots of interesting stuff is usually over there to bring out. See the GHS tutorial below for more details.
-I misspoke in the small section about PCC at the end. You can still platesolve inside PCC, it's just that now you can also platesolve separately with the new process (or even in a different program), and PCC will pick that up from the metadata in the FITS header
== Resources ==
Blog post on the 1.2.0-beta1 release: siril.org/download/2023-02-24...
GHS Tutorial: siril.org/tutorials/ghs/
Starnet Downloads: www.starnetastro.com/download/
Starnet Installation (including MacOS commands): siril.readthedocs.io/en/lates...
New Documentation: siril.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
ANSVR (local astrometry.net for Windows): adgsoftware.com/ansvr/
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  • @GuitarKid581
    @GuitarKid581 Жыл бұрын

    Omg Starnet being built in, ON TOP of creating a separate star layer at the same time, is Christmas to my ears.

  • @darrenwilliams414

    @darrenwilliams414

    Жыл бұрын

    mine won't work with Starnet says it cant find it

  • @joejaspervideo
    @joejaspervideo Жыл бұрын

    Excellent. I like the ease of Siril. Now it is even better. As you mentioned at the end, you didn't perform some steps like Crop, Color Cal, Background Extraction, Remove Green Noise. Perhaps a Siril Workflow cheat sheet for us entry level guys would help, like a one or two pager. Thanks

  • @Crazyslevin

    @Crazyslevin

    Жыл бұрын

    I think the workflow is the "canonical" one that Nico does in the other tutorial, like this one of the Dying Star "kzread.info/dash/bejne/mKCitMyxnrvJhKw.html" or this one of the Andromeda Galaxy "kzread.info/dash/bejne/k6GWt8-TfLLLg9Y.html". These have helped me a lot!

  • @uschi414
    @uschi414 Жыл бұрын

    Great video, Nico. Thanks for going over some of these cool updates to the new Siril beta.

  • @skrauthauser
    @skrauthauser Жыл бұрын

    Always love seeing the love for Siril, this will hopefully save me some time trying to explain how I use it. Thanks again!

  • @stefanschneider3681
    @stefanschneider3681 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the tutorial, very helpful - as are the tutorials in Siril itself! But following you step by step is just great. The video also shows how good you are at collecting the data, a good camera, a good lens, good tracking and an experienced person behind it just shows immediately! What a beautiful nebula!

  • @darrencoleman4506
    @darrencoleman4506 Жыл бұрын

    I've had Siril for a long time and didn't realize the ease of use this is a game changer for me and post, Thanks Nico for your contributions to astrophotography, You're a pioneer in this field.

  • @astromike6521
    @astromike6521 Жыл бұрын

    Much thanks for your great and detailed report about that excellent Siril tool.👍🏼✨💫

  • @tyrranicalruler
    @tyrranicalruler Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Nico for this step by step video. It was a game changer for me. I use an uncooled camera (ASI 585mc) but couldn’t believe the final images I was getting after going through your video and following the different techniques. 🙌 I’ve since re-processed previously stacked images and cannot believe how good they’re coming out.

  • @slzckboy
    @slzckboy Жыл бұрын

    Hats off.Your a great communicator. I think you may of been the first astro content creator that i learnt something from,so its quite impressive that m still learning a couple more years into this "hobby" I hate that word..

  • @THED0CT0Rwho
    @THED0CT0Rwho Жыл бұрын

    Siril is awesome! Thanks for the help in learning how to utilize it better

  • @linuxastro
    @linuxastro Жыл бұрын

    Plus 1 for the new version of Siril! Awesome.

  • @semilife
    @semilife Жыл бұрын

    Great discussion, and big big help for newbies like me to astro image processing.

  • @mgastronomy
    @mgastronomy Жыл бұрын

    Hello Nick. Greetings from Toronto. I just subscribed to your channel. Thank you for this video. My processing has always been very poor. With this software, I think I can improve a bit the data I have captured during the pandemic years. All the best and clear skies!

  • @galacticinsomniac8069
    @galacticinsomniac8069 Жыл бұрын

    Always love a good Siril Vid. Good work..

  • @mrlintonious
    @mrlintonious Жыл бұрын

    Thanx Nico for this info. Without the Video, I would not have known of the Starnet tool for Siril.

  • @niraj_dave
    @niraj_dave Жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot Nico..this is really something to look forward to

  • @chrishanson3497
    @chrishanson3497 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you Nico for another great video. Siril is awesome and your videos are top notch.

  • @jeromejooste3493
    @jeromejooste3493 Жыл бұрын

    Very clear and no BS tutorial/demo. Never tried Siril but will certainly do so. I like that the UI has the look and feel of RawTherapee but that may just be me.

  • @darrellburke3108
    @darrellburke310810 ай бұрын

    Wow - thanks Nick. I watched other videos about the GHS and never could manage to get it to preform the way I knew it could. Following your walk through changed that. I just reprocessed data from M92. I was trying to not blow out the core, and had even tried two stretches and a layer/blend in GIMP (kind of worked) - but working through it while watching helped tremendously. I am now Team GHS. :)

  • @NebulaPhotos

    @NebulaPhotos

    10 ай бұрын

    Excellent!

  • @Astro.Q
    @Astro.Q Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for a fantastic tutorial. It is extremely helpful. I'll have to make the jump from the asi software and have a little challenge to myself

  • @toanthai
    @toanthai Жыл бұрын

    Great tips, Nico!

  • @gregorybchapman
    @gregorybchapman Жыл бұрын

    Siril saved this hobby for me in the beginning and now it's looking like I might be able to use it more often than PI. Excellent and thanks for the demo!

  • @beatsntoons

    @beatsntoons

    Жыл бұрын

    Same. I started with StarTools which was an exercise in frustration. Moved to Siril which I loved but didn't do everything I wanted and settled on PI. But to have a good competing platform is amazing.

  • @wooddogg8
    @wooddogg8 Жыл бұрын

    This looks very interesting, time to revisit Siril I guess. thanks Nico!!

  • @barrymak421
    @barrymak421 Жыл бұрын

    Nico, thank you so much for doing these open source updates! I really like siril, but like you I would only end up using a couple of features and end up bashing my head against the keyboard tinkering in gimp, or just saying screw it and applying an autostretch. This new GHS model looks killer, and I have a feeling this weekend is gonna disappear in re-edits.

  • @mgerspix
    @mgerspix Жыл бұрын

    Great tips for how to use GHT. I was playing with the developer version, for awhile but kept going back to v1.06 - your video prompted me to try this new beta, what a difference! First glance two things I checked on - they must have finally recompiled with current Libraw because Siril now supports Olympus/OMDS OM-1 raw files that it never did (YAY!) I'd guess there may be some other newer raw support in there, too. And it looks like they fixed the swap storage problem (at least on MacOS) so it reads the actual free disk space instead of some crazy low number that would cause it to fail processing for lack of space, when there was plenty left. Just keeps getting better!

  • @PafMedic
    @PafMedic Жыл бұрын

    Sweet Video Nico,Ive Heard A Cpl Others Talk About This Program,I Just May Check It Out,Thank You,Clear Skies,and Beautiful Image🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼

  • @j0hnny_R3db34rd
    @j0hnny_R3db34rd Жыл бұрын

    I've been using this software on Linux for a while now, and I can confirm that it works amazingly well! It's great to see updates that make it even better. Thanks for sharing this video! \m/

  • @3DAstroTC
    @3DAstroTC Жыл бұрын

    Great video Nico!!

  • @johnnyhsieh0208
    @johnnyhsieh0208 Жыл бұрын

    Great job!Nico I love your tutorial and subscribe. 🤗

  • @Crazyslevin
    @Crazyslevin Жыл бұрын

    Great tutorial! Nico after your ranking of stacking software, I'd like to see you at work with another free software, astap, which if I remember correctly had a rating of 9 (very high). Explained by you I'm sure it will be very easy to understand like everything else! Thanks for what you do.

  • @i_soumyabanerjee
    @i_soumyabanerjee Жыл бұрын

    Excellent video Nico!!

  • @mikac654321
    @mikac654321 Жыл бұрын

    Great video as usuaI. like the down to earth kind of vibe. :) I have trouble getting starnet to work on windows even if i start siril through cmd. guess ill have to wait a couple of days and se what people come up with.

  • @SKYST0RY
    @SKYST0RY Жыл бұрын

    SIRIL is worth it for the GHS alone! That's incredible!

  • @castronomy
    @castronomy Жыл бұрын

    Very nice, been a while since i update my Siril, it have worked very good for so long(Not stable in the past) so i just left it alone :D Very tempting to update now tho.

  • @nickt9522
    @nickt9522 Жыл бұрын

    Brilliant video tutorial this software has come a long way. I really enjoyed playing around with your data files Made it a joy to use as I knew the data was good and I could get good results. Do you have any Videos that have OSC data? I started out with a canon camera and a few budget lenses inspired by the video you did with Trevor on the Witch head nebula Keep up the great work 👍👍👍

  • @markmckaytnt
    @markmckaytnt Жыл бұрын

    Superb video

  • @utahnl
    @utahnl Жыл бұрын

    Camera's are generally more sensitive to green, the red and blue need to be boosted to get a basic whitebalance, when only the green channel is over exposed/clipped the boost in the red and blue channel produces a magenta-ish color, this isn't always noticeable because the highlights generally get compressed but if you apply an algorithm that boosts color in the highlights then the magenta-ish color also gets boosted. Maybe the siril dev's could implement highlight reconstruction like in darktable, it's open source and very effective in fixing over exposed point light sources.

  • @darrenwilliams414

    @darrenwilliams414

    Жыл бұрын

    do a negative transformation remove green noise then negative transformation that will remove the magenta-ish color

  • @atanupalit6337
    @atanupalit6337 Жыл бұрын

    Hey, great video as usual. Still waiting for a video on how to process JWST data with only siril and photoshop. It will be very helpful. And thanks again, I'm learning a lot from your videos.

  • @albertoclivio6337
    @albertoclivio6337 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @drunk_astronomy
    @drunk_astronomy7 ай бұрын

    Thanks to Nico for this excellent tutorial.

  • @Butzemann123
    @Butzemann123 Жыл бұрын

    the reason for the pink star cores is the color calibration. It turns white into (bright) pink. With conventional stretching this would be no problem, since the star core gets stretch until its burned out again.

  • @captainfruitbatify
    @captainfruitbatify Жыл бұрын

    I'm loving GHS, Starnet integration and the much-improved deconvolution tool. The only letdown for me is the noise reduction - it just does not work well at all on colour images. (To be fair, the developers acknowledge that in their documentation). If they can solve that and maybe add some masking options in the future, then Siril will have everything I need.

  • @ballashoes
    @ballashoes Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for everything you do, keep up the awesome work

  • @groundhoppingwlkp3622
    @groundhoppingwlkp3622 Жыл бұрын

    What they done to Siril is amazing. Sadly I haven't any RAW, but even from JPG I could take so much more data. Now I have to make new images😅😅

  • @SyriusLee
    @SyriusLee Жыл бұрын

    U brought me in to use siril as first astro processing software

  • @hesk4u
    @hesk4u Жыл бұрын

    Thank you, this was really informative. Can you use Siril for wide-angle milky way landscape shots?

  • @geopolska
    @geopolska Жыл бұрын

    Thanks

  • @WilliFromEarth
    @WilliFromEarth Жыл бұрын

    Thank you! Great demo/tutorial! I wonder how it would work on the Dolphin nebula (SH2-308), which I have a lot of difficulty with in stretching its data.

  • @jackbernstein3029
    @jackbernstein3029 Жыл бұрын

    Nico, sounds like you are REALLY enthusiastic about this update. Playing with it a bit. Of course, switching between Pixinsight and Siril and then using Photoshop can make you crazy……

  • @RodrigoPolo
    @RodrigoPolo7 ай бұрын

    If you run each binary from the terminal beforehand, then macOS security will ask you if you allow the binary to run, so it is a good practice to first run the binaries from the terminal to then allow them to run on macOS System Settings, and then set the binaries on Siril, so you'll not have any security warning issues.

  • @davidforcier4
    @davidforcier4 Жыл бұрын

    Concerning the pink stars, for what I come for my researches, it's related to a mismatch between bit-rate of the source image files and the resulting stacked image. For example, in my case, I do astrophoto with a Nikon camera which provides 14 bits raw files, but PixInsight's and Siril's stacked images are 16 or 32 bits, By consequences, we get a saturated 14 bits color translated into a soft non-saturated 16/32 bits, which results into that pink.

  • @shekibobo

    @shekibobo

    Жыл бұрын

    Very interesting. Any way to fix it?

  • @davidforcier4

    @davidforcier4

    Жыл бұрын

    @@shekibobo Never really found a real fix, but my processing steps allowed me to get around the issue. I extract the stars in a separated image while still being in linear mode, and I stretch them just over the point where the pink turn white, but they remains under-stretched compared to the seep-sky image, so they remain smalls. This way has also the benefits to avoid star reduction because under-stretched stars are not as large as the full-stretched ones, so no need to reduce them over :)

  • @jackbunker5457
    @jackbunker54573 ай бұрын

    Finally got starnett to open in siril❤

  • @MyEngineeringProjects
    @MyEngineeringProjects Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Nico for the informative tutorial. I have tried the noise reduction feature but so far I don't seen any changes in the image. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. Have you had a chance to test this?

  • @maboleth
    @maboleth5 ай бұрын

    I'm not sure if they changed something in the mean time (final 1.2 version) but you don't have to go to Plate solving first - all is done within Photometric CC.

  • @tompage8674
    @tompage86746 ай бұрын

    I would LOVE to see you make a 'quick and dirty' guide to siril for people that have never processed before. I'm new to this (just bought a seestar s50) and I am scared!

  • @paulonobrega3557
    @paulonobrega3557Ай бұрын

    You should really be proud of the videos you share and the way you make them. They are a real treasure for completely noobs like me. Any ideas why my stacked photos (taken with my Canon R6) have the RGB not aligned? I've checked your analysis on the stackers, and I've tried in ASTAP and DSS (here I have align RGB selected). Same results. I'm trying to get my first "final' picture and no luck. All horrible 😢

  • @NebulaPhotos

    @NebulaPhotos

    Ай бұрын

    Sounds like wrong debayer setting. Email me your file, and I can take a look: nicocarver at gmail dot com

  • @HansKnikmanAV
    @HansKnikmanAV Жыл бұрын

    I have seen those red stars also in pixinsight. There it was because the recombination of the different channels was done with files in their lineair state instead of the non lineair state of the subs. Might be related?

  • @greggkerber1936
    @greggkerber19369 ай бұрын

    Great channel. Love your presentation style. Thinking about becoming a patreon. I’m curious if you do much related to wide field Astro photography (Milky Way). Thanks a keep up the fantastic work.

  • @NebulaPhotos

    @NebulaPhotos

    9 ай бұрын

    I have a few videos about wide field: milky way, star trails, wide angle lens shootouts, but I'd say my specialty is deep sky. My favorite for landscape astro on youtube is Alyn Wallace

  • @Ed-yj8ts
    @Ed-yj8ts2 ай бұрын

    I might be wrong, SiRil 1.2.1 photometric calibration includes a search bar for RA and Dec for a given object. I searched Pleiades, it loaded the info, plate solved, and did the calibration.

  • @NebulaPhotos

    @NebulaPhotos

    2 ай бұрын

    You are right. I misinterpreted something I read about changes to photometric color calibration in 1.2

  • @TwistedMood
    @TwistedMood Жыл бұрын

    I just bought a Canon EOS Rebel T7 because of one of your videos. I really want to get into Astrophotography. Do I need to learn the basics of photography first? I found a udemy course and enrolled, but it's gigantic. I want to get taking pictures as quickly as I can so I can learn about all of the astrophotography tools because this hobby seems like it has a steep learning curve. Any advice for a complete beginner? I watched your video where you talked about just using a camera and a lens and a tripod. So I bought all of those things. I am just wondering what I should focus on next.

  • @gregerianne3880
    @gregerianne3880 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for demonstrating some of the new features in the updated version of Siril, Nico. Looks like some great improvements! So, unlike PixInsight, Siril is unable to read the embedded plate solving data in FITS files, is that right? (If I'm remembering correctly, the only time you have to use Image Solver in PI is when you're NOT using a FITS file. I could be wrong.) So, is there anything in Siril that you would recommend using in place of the processes in PixInsight, i.e., anything that's easier, more intuitive, or performs better? Thanks again for the update!

  • @jackbernstein3029

    @jackbernstein3029

    Жыл бұрын

    I have found that, occasionally, I have to use Image Solver on a fits file. Once I do that, Spectrophotometric Calibration works.

  • @gregerianne3880

    @gregerianne3880

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jackbernstein3029 Hmmm...that's interesting. Thanks for the reply, Jack. Wonder why it doesn't work on certain FITS files?

  • @fabiogervasi982
    @fabiogervasi982 Жыл бұрын

    Hello Nico thank you for the amazing tutorial ☺️. I have a question about the blending mode of the stars and starless layers. You said in the last video you uploaded that it's possible to choose the blending mode thanks to pixelmath (you also showed the formula). But I can't understand in which part of the process should be done. Thank you again for the effort you put in your video❤️

  • @NebulaPhotos

    @NebulaPhotos

    Жыл бұрын

    This new Star Recomposition tool in Siril shown in this video basically replaces the need to do this, but if you still want to use pixelmath to blend: 1. stretch (not a huge stretch, just a little) 2. Use Starnet++ to make a starless version 3. Stretch the starless version more 4. open pixelmath and use the formula to combine the stars and starless version. 5. continue editing with the combined version

  • @fabiogervasi982

    @fabiogervasi982

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you 🤩🤩

  • @RaghuramKhandrika
    @RaghuramKhandrika Жыл бұрын

    Hey Nico, which one is good for processing? Laptop or a desktop? using SiriL or Photoshop or PixInsight. My old windows i3 laptop chokes and is slow. Want to replace and buy one depending on your suggestion. Thanks in anticipation

  • @Sammy10100
    @Sammy10100 Жыл бұрын

    Hi. Enjoy your videos. Can u please tell me the star edit app u use with android. I can't find your video u posted about it a few months ago. Thanks.

  • @DKelly350
    @DKelly350 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you. This was a a great video. Can you mention which MacOS you are using? I know Siri had some earlier problems with Ventura.

  • @NebulaPhotos

    @NebulaPhotos

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm on MacOS Monterey. There is a partial fix for Ventura according to the Siril website (siril.org/2022/12/bug-fix-for-macos-ventura-users/). I haven't personally tried it since I'm holding back from updating to Ventura since I use a number of the open source applications listed that rely on GTK3 to work.

  • @shubinternet

    @shubinternet

    3 ай бұрын

    Ahh. Sonoma is the standard version of macOS now. I wonder if Siril works on Sonoma?

  • @DKelly350

    @DKelly350

    3 ай бұрын

    @@shubinternet Yes Siril 1.2.0 and 1.2.1 work on Sonoma.

  • @skywatcherca
    @skywatcherca Жыл бұрын

    Sir, would you consider a video on the 'best' and 'easiest' free/paid-for software (packages) to control telescope mounts? Thank you.

  • @mattlabrecque1265
    @mattlabrecque126511 ай бұрын

    Would you consider a video showing how to make a false color image using duo band filter or tri band filter. like a synthetic hubble pallette using siril to extract the ha and oiii and then combining them.then using photoshop to process the final image. There is no good tutorials on this subject at all. Thanks for the consideration!

  • @user-qi4bb6nw9k
    @user-qi4bb6nw9k Жыл бұрын

    11:59 is it because u did the calibration and it decrease the green channel?

  • @NetColemanDrummer
    @NetColemanDrummer Жыл бұрын

    Hi Nico, i love Siril a lot, been using it for a long time, but using an old 2012 Mac Pro (really powerful beast) for some processes i switched to PixInsight as starnet++ which i can't use with this mac, no tensorflow with processors. Just a request, which I never managed to solve with Siril, how can I stack multiple nights sessions? Thank you very much and congratulations for your channel

  • @NebulaPhotos

    @NebulaPhotos

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Luca, you can either pre-process everything manually with the tabs to the right to do multi-night sessions or get the add-on 'Sirilic' which is an additional download/UI that can handle multi-night but using the scripts. I still have to do a video about Sirilic at some point.

  • @adventuresofanamateurastro804
    @adventuresofanamateurastro804 Жыл бұрын

    Mr. Carver, is there a way to stack different files from different nights that are at different exposure times like Deep Sky Stacker has? Thanks, Drew

  • @NebulaPhotos

    @NebulaPhotos

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Drew, yes, there two options: 1. manually preprocess using the tabs (there is a tutorial on the Siril website) or 2. Install the Sirilic add-on which is a DSS like interface that runs on top of Siril. I hope to do a tutorial on Sirilic at some point

  • @patneville2198
    @patneville219811 ай бұрын

    Excellent video. Can't access Siril website at the moment. Maintenance or something else?

  • @NebulaPhotos

    @NebulaPhotos

    11 ай бұрын

    Their website host is having some technical problems. They aren't sure when it will be fixed, but are working on it. I'd suggest to try again in a couple days.

  • @patneville2198

    @patneville2198

    11 ай бұрын

    Thank you for this information.

  • @alaikens6353
    @alaikens6353 Жыл бұрын

    I'm new to Siril and I'm getting descent results. I have 2 pretty basic questions: Siril creates many files in the process folder that seem to remain after processing is finished. Should Siril be deleting these files once processing created the results.fits is created? I assume that at that point, I can delete files. Is this is good assumption or do they have a follow on use in processing?

  • @NebulaPhotos

    @NebulaPhotos

    Жыл бұрын

    They can be useful for diagnosing problems, and the calibrated lights can be used for multi night projects. Other than that, there isn’t much reason to keep them and these ‘intermediate files’ can be deleted.

  • @IgnazioPillitteri
    @IgnazioPillitteri Жыл бұрын

    Updating it now :)

  • @Industriedampfnudel
    @Industriedampfnudel Жыл бұрын

    Hi, can you do a video about the influence of different lenghts of shutter speeds to the final image (same total integration time) please? :-D

  • @NebulaPhotos

    @NebulaPhotos

    Жыл бұрын

    I have this one: kzread.info/dash/bejne/n42pxaOuhdXKhNY.html (1 second vs. 30 second shutter speed, but same total integration) Let me know if you have something else in mind. I am not as interested in like 1 minute vs. 5 minutes because any differences will be so subtle it won't make a good youtube video I fear.

  • @Industriedampfnudel

    @Industriedampfnudel

    Жыл бұрын

    @@NebulaPhotos Hi, thanks for the fast answer. Yes, I meant like 30 seconds - 2 minutes - 5 minutes tracked... But if you say that doesn't really matter I've got my answer and will continue with my Samyang 135mm and 30 sec exposures. And thank you for the great video, I just recently started using Siril and I love it.

  • @glenwood4228
    @glenwood42282 ай бұрын

    Hi, I'm a newbie to Siril and find the manual that comes with it a bit 'challenging' - I did say I was a Newbie. Is there a video from scratch to show us newbie's what to do please? All the best.

  • @grillingwithwoos
    @grillingwithwoos Жыл бұрын

    So if I’m understanding correctly, Siril combines something like deep sky stacker and photoshop into your one stop shop to do it all?

  • @NebulaPhotos

    @NebulaPhotos

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, it has pre-processing (calibration, alignment, and stacking) like Deep Sky Stacker and post-processing (stretching, color calibration, etc.) like Photoshop.

  • @ricardoquasu6922
    @ricardoquasu6922 Жыл бұрын

    Siril 1.2.0-beta1 does not work under GUI for manual stacking on Windows platform. I had to use the command line to execute the process.

  • @ironhead8874
    @ironhead88748 ай бұрын

    Maybe I have missed it in my searching, I use an unmodified DSLR and I will use an Ha filter during full moons. Is there any tutorials that cover stacking Ha data in SIRIL and adding the result to DSLR data in SIRIL, or simply combining Ha and DSLR OSC data in SIRIL?

  • @MrSummitville

    @MrSummitville

    7 ай бұрын

    Yes, you can add Ha data to the RGB data extracted from an OSC camera, using SIRIL.

  • @OilPainter01
    @OilPainter01 Жыл бұрын

    I am a windows user. I installed the command line version of Starnet and pointed Sirl to it. The Starnet star removal window came up with a blue Execute box. I checkboxed "Recompose stars on completion" in addition to the "Generate star mask" that was already check. Siril crashed when I clicked Execute. This happened again three more times. If I do not check that Recompose box, it doesn't crash. However, the resulting file looks identical to what I had, with stars intact. Has anyone had this experience?

  • @jonas-om3th
    @jonas-om3th Жыл бұрын

    Hey nico Dont mean to pressure you or anything, just wondering when your photo critique will come out

  • @damainsmith1084
    @damainsmith1084 Жыл бұрын

    Great vid!! Any advice out there regarding Ubuntu. and integration of Starnet++ with Siril? The preference tab asks for the location of Starnet++ and valid gnuplot installation directory. The Starnett++ is portion is the same as the above vid but the gnuplot part is not included. Using the whereis command I found gnuplot in three locations but cannot get the Starnet++ to work in Siril. The Starnet++ does work in its own directory. Thanks again

  • @NebulaPhotos

    @NebulaPhotos

    Жыл бұрын

    The gnuplot directory location is not related to starnet (it's a seperate external library you can install for some scientific plotting functions in siril). What is the error message (if any) when starnet doesn't work in siril?

  • @damainsmith1084

    @damainsmith1084

    Жыл бұрын

    The Starnet does not light up white in the drop down menu.

  • @damainsmith1084

    @damainsmith1084

    Жыл бұрын

    It is running now. Thanks.

  • @NebulaPhotos

    @NebulaPhotos

    Жыл бұрын

    @@damainsmith1084 What did the trick?

  • @damainsmith1084

    @damainsmith1084

    Жыл бұрын

    @@NebulaPhotos I think just user error. You have to pull up a photo in order for the menu to highlight. Thanks again. This is so cool. I'm chatting with a celebrity.

  • @dw.in.michigan
    @dw.in.michigan Жыл бұрын

    Since this is beta and possibly buggy, is it possible to continue to run the last version as well as this one?

  • @BorealisLite

    @BorealisLite

    Жыл бұрын

    I tried to do that but the windows installer uninstalled the prior version in its process.

  • @galacticnemesis366
    @galacticnemesis366 Жыл бұрын

    Hi Nico thanks for the great content. I am running into issues with Starnet/Siril integration on M1 Mac. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.

  • @NebulaPhotos

    @NebulaPhotos

    Жыл бұрын

    Check out this part of my video on Starnet for installing the new M1 optimized version of Starnet: kzread.info/dash/bejne/ma2Dw5qefqy8nM4.html After it's installed and permissions are okay, you should be able to just point to the folder in the preferences in Siril and will have ultra-fast Starnet in Siril! Let me know what issues you are running into. If you need to send me screenshots, you can email them to: nicocarver at gmail dot com

  • @galacticnemesis366

    @galacticnemesis366

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Nico Thank you that worked and yeah super fast. 🚀🤩

  • @charlesowillford2474
    @charlesowillford2474 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent video as always!!!!!!!!! But, Siril has gotten so complicated for the "average hobbyist" it's losing some appeal to me. And it's my default processing SW... GHS seems overkill for this "old timer" My family and friends wouldn't know the difference! What happened to KISS? LOL I would like to see a KISS version of using SIRIL's processing scripts for a basic "10 minute" edit. Thanks for efforts...........................

  • @captainfruitbatify

    @captainfruitbatify

    Жыл бұрын

    You don't have to use GHS if you don't want to. All the other stretch options are still there. But it's worth taking the time to learn - it can get you good results quicker once you know how to use it.

  • @n0f4ke74

    @n0f4ke74

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, Siril is a pain in the A**, i will not use it. Affinity Photo 2 isn't bad, DSS is usable, i've to look for APP and PI.

  • @justinkemple7925
    @justinkemple7925 Жыл бұрын

    I'm new to astrophotography and I'm wondering if this software is a replacement for pixinsight? Not keen on paying the license fee for it.

  • @NebulaPhotos

    @NebulaPhotos

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, it's an alternative. I wouldn't call it a replacement as it doesn't do everything PixInsight does. But if you are new, Siril will give you plenty of options to get started. The things that PixInsight can do that Siril can't are not particularly important for a beginner in my opinion.

  • @barrymak421

    @barrymak421

    Жыл бұрын

    I am starting year 3 in this hobby, and the only non-open source software I use is topaz denoise (although siril now has a denoiser so I might not even use that anymore lol) The point is, yes Pixinsight is the king of astro processing, it's well worth the money if you can afford it. But this open source stuff is getting pretty darn good, and you can produce very respectable images with it. Just remember to kick the guys that wrote it some cash every now and then. They do good work.

  • @banday78
    @banday78 Жыл бұрын

    very nice, when i press execute for starnet, siril shuts down on windows 10, can u please tell us the windows correction method for it

  • @NebulaPhotos

    @NebulaPhotos

    Жыл бұрын

    It is a bug, but they have already published a workaround - see towards the top of this post: siril.org/download/2023-02-24-siril-1.2.0-beta1/

  • @fabriziocanale9768
    @fabriziocanale9768 Жыл бұрын

    I downloaded the latest version of Siril but I am unable to try it out. Everytime I run it, it opens and then the main suddenly disappears. The only thing that remains is the writing “Siril” in the upper left corner beside the Apple. Is there anyone else with my same problem? Thx, Fabrizio

  • @PowerScissor
    @PowerScissor Жыл бұрын

    Why is the term "stretching" used in astrophotography? Is the image stretched in some way...or does it mean something else entirely?

  • @wooddogg8

    @wooddogg8

    Жыл бұрын

    It just refers to "pulling out" faint details, basically.

  • @PowerScissor

    @PowerScissor

    Жыл бұрын

    @@wooddogg8 Ahh, thanks. There's so many abbreviations, acronyms, and words used in this hobby that if only they were named something else that reading forums is like another language until you look them all up. I feel like I've looked up stretching several times in the past, but forget it has nothing to do with the scale & dimensions of the image.

  • @wooddogg8

    @wooddogg8

    Жыл бұрын

    @@PowerScissor I hear ya, and there are no such thing as dumb questions! just remember experience is invaluable, while new gear is tempting, just getting out and using what you have is the way to go. You will get better with experience! And free stuff like Siril is great!!!

  • @PowerScissor

    @PowerScissor

    Жыл бұрын

    @@wooddogg8 Yeah, that's what I've been doing. Nudging my giant dobsonian around in the freezing cold because that's what I have. So far all the software has been free. I chose to spend my money on heated clothing first so I can stay out longer in the cold. Plus I'll appreciate a dedicated astrophotography setup after doing it with a dobsonian first.

  • @wooddogg8

    @wooddogg8

    Жыл бұрын

    @@PowerScissor Awesome! I pushed my little star tracker to it's limits with big camera lenses before finally buying a telescope and proper EQ mount. This spring I've got everything I need to get into autoguiding. I'm sure I'll run into challenges but that's half the fun🙄 Clear skies!

  • @RazorChrist
    @RazorChrist Жыл бұрын

    I've been using Siril for a year now, and I've never gotten the Photometric Calibration to work, ever. It always errors out on me, telling me the focal length or pixel size is wrong. But they're both set correctly for my telescope and camera. I've tried downsampling, tried just running every number of focal length + or - of what my actual length is. Nothing works for me. But it might be because my images are RAW CR2 files from a DSLR. I dunno. Everything else works for me in Siril.

  • @yervantparnagian5999

    @yervantparnagian5999

    Жыл бұрын

    Have you tried using Photometric Cal in Linear mode or are you using it in an Autostretched mode? I use it in Linear mode and it's always worked.

  • @johnwhyte-venables2167
    @johnwhyte-venables21676 ай бұрын

    I've followed your starnet instructions to the letter but execute is still greyed out (windows). It seems that a whole slew of older computers can't take Starnet++ so can't follow your lead. I think you ought to mention this, at least.

  • @user-fm4ht9yn8g
    @user-fm4ht9yn8g4 ай бұрын

    Is the starnetastro website down. Does anyone have the file that they could share?

  • @SteveM45
    @SteveM458 ай бұрын

    Maybe someone can help me. When I start Siril the window appears high up on my screen so I can't move the window. Half of the logo can be seen. I can't edit the link on the desktop either. How can I reset the window position? Thanks

  • @EleanorPeterson
    @EleanorPeterson Жыл бұрын

    [Please note, I'm writing this comment with Sarcastic Mode engaged and a wry smile on my face.] Oh, great: more stuff I can't afford! Yes, the software's free - whoopee - but running it effectively is another matter. So now I can't afford optics, a tube, a mount, or a camera; I also can't afford the monster computer needed to process the images I can't afford to take. (I'm still using a single core desktop PC from 2005 running Windows XP.) I can't afford dark skies, either, because that'd mean buying a car to drive umpteen miles out onto the Yorkshire moors [I'm in the cold, wet north of England and can only afford to run a bicycle these days], so what are my stargazing options? Well, week after week of back garden cloud-dodging misery is too frustrating for words, so let's hear it for vicarious astronomy. Yay. 🙂 It's the best kind. It involves watching videos from guys like Nico on KZread. No cost, no discomfort, no hassle. Just brew some tea, open a packet of yummy choccy biccies, sit back and relax... The images are always perfect when someone else is taking the time and trouble to create them.😁

  • @natem7440
    @natem7440 Жыл бұрын

    wondering how to get new scripts for 1.2

  • @dretwav
    @dretwav9 ай бұрын

    There is a bug in the background extraction. If you right click to remove a point the application shuts down. Do you know of any work around?

  • @NebulaPhotos

    @NebulaPhotos

    9 ай бұрын

    It's been reported. No workaround at the moment, but it will be fixed in the next release according to Siril devs.

  • @panos5366
    @panos5366 Жыл бұрын

    I just downloaded siril (this new version nico is talking about) and the correct starnet cmd version for it and have connected it successfully in the preferences but for some reason when I run it, it says it run successfully but it doesn’t remove the stars, and when I run it with star recomposition siril crashes, does anyone know why?

  • @NebulaPhotos

    @NebulaPhotos

    Жыл бұрын

    Are you on Windows? There is a bug and this might be the reason - check out the workaround described towards the top here: siril.org/download/2023-02-24-siril-1.2.0-beta1/

  • @fretBeastForever
    @fretBeastForever11 ай бұрын

    I`ve tried to 1.2 version, however I can`t have colors on my pic lol . Only black and white :)

  • @NebulaPhotos

    @NebulaPhotos

    11 ай бұрын

    A couple things to try: 1. Make sure you are on the RGB tab at the top 2. Is it giving any kind of message about 'debayer' - in the settings you can look up how it's debayering the files, sometimes you may have to look up the bayer pattern and set that manually. If it helps to send me some screenshots: nicocarver at gmail dot com

  • @r3b3l33
    @r3b3l33 Жыл бұрын

    The only problem I have with siril is that it requires a lot of space to run and it's something that I cannot handle right now :')

  • @marcellnagy5771

    @marcellnagy5771

    Жыл бұрын

    Use external hard drive

  • @possiblepilotdeviation5791

    @possiblepilotdeviation5791

    Жыл бұрын

    How much space are we talking about here?

  • @r3b3l33

    @r3b3l33

    Жыл бұрын

    @@marcellnagy5771 Once I buy one, I'll be using siril for sure. but for now, I'm using ASTAP. DSS can't process RAF files fast. It takes more than an hour to just register 30 Dark frames.

  • @r3b3l33

    @r3b3l33

    Жыл бұрын

    @@possiblepilotdeviation5791 If I capture 30-60 minutes of lights, it takes nearly 50-60GB. And the processing time is also way longer.

  • @raphaelboisard7228

    @raphaelboisard7228

    Жыл бұрын

    Way longer? Compared to what software? That surprises me because siril is by far the fastest one for me. Also don't use scripts if you have issues with space (it's easier to manage the files without them)

  • @FarmLapse
    @FarmLapse9 ай бұрын

    when I enter the command prompts, it says "'chmod' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file".

  • @NebulaPhotos

    @NebulaPhotos

    9 ай бұрын

    Which macOS? Could you write out exactly what you are writing? Or send me a screenshot: nicocarver at gmail dot com

  • @Xindian_mapping_n_Edits
    @Xindian_mapping_n_Edits4 ай бұрын

    Can we do planets also