NGC 1097 w/ SN 2023RVE

This is a Telescope Live LRGB dataset from the CHI-1 telescope at the observatory in El Sauce, Chile.

Super Nove SN 2023RVE can be seen in the lower spiral arm in lower mid/center of the image. This image is a cropped version of the original full frame image to give more emphasis to the Galaxy and its associated super nova.

The integration on this target is approximately eight and half hours. I did try out the "new" Pixinsight/AI enabled version of the GraXpert freeware as a gradient removal tool in PixInsight vs the normal DBE process. I have to say that I'm pleased with the result and it is a bit faster than the manual DBE process with the results as good or better, so definitely a time saver. The other benefit that tipped the scales for me is that this latest version is useable within PixInsight. In previous versions it was necessary to work with the image outside of PixInsight, which is also the case for its competitor GradientXterminator from RC Astro. Call me lazy, but I am unwilling to jump out of PixInsight for processing unless I'm performing some last final stage touch up, which I seldom do anymore simply because native and 3rd party tools in PixInsight have become so capable that there is very little need to perform any final tweaks in Photoshop or other applications outside of PixInsight. YMMV.

The CHI-1 OTA/QHY600 full frame camera typically provide such high quality images sets, that tools like DBE or GraXpert don't have a lot of correction to perform.

Galaxies are another DSO that I like working with but with few exceptions they are too far away/too small in my OTA's FoV to make them a normal part of my imaging list. Telescope Live and similar services offer a way to allow amateurs like myself to work with images sets that we could never acquire on our own.

Please like and comment below, let me know what you think of this image!!!

CS
Clayton