As my local weather forecast isn’t looking great for the next couple of weeks I’m wondering if anyone would like to collaborate and share data?
Please have a look through my gallery and let me know if you want any master lights to add to your own, and vice versa.
Cheers
Hi Craig,
Send me a DM here and I can get you some data to work with.
-Bill
Same here! If someone would like, I could share some master files!
@Craig Towell awesome initiative!
I’m interested in what a more experienced person might make of my data. So, more than happy to share some of my data for you to work in, it would be helpful for me to see where I could improve. Please DM me!
Hi all,
What would be best way to share the masters?
If anybody is interesting I have the masters for my latest image: M97 & M108 - Owl on a Surfboard - AstroBin
I had quite some issues with processing this one, so I’d be happy to share masters and see other results. Please DM me in case somebody is interested.
BTW: I didn’t want to limit only to latest image, I can share also data for other images. The problem is only that I have it on external drive (and often no masters, so I’d need to either share raw or create masters).
CS,
Jure
Hi Craig,
I usually use a explorer 150p with a Touptek atr585m, I can share Ha in M82, 25h and my data in M1, which you can see in my profile.
I have some data in M51 but it’s not really good.
We can talk through DM if you want.
CS,
Sara
There are some free datasets on Insight you can play around with.
https://starbase.insightobservatory.com/inventory?pub=
I have been using Astrophotomarket for the last few months. They have master files for sale, but there is a growing data base of free files, from backyard astrophotographers like myself, available for free download. It is a very simple way for anyone can upload your masters to share with the rest of our community.
Jure Menart · May 5, 2026, 09:18 AM
What would be best way to share the masters?
Hi Jure,
If you’re wondering about the "how" of sharing masters, that's precisely what we've been building. Happy to chat.
RamonNL · May 5, 2026, 08:52 AM
I’m interested in what a more experienced person might make of my data. So, more than happy to share some of my data for you to work in, it would be helpful for me to see where I could improve. Please DM me!
Would be happy to have a go at your data, I’ll send you a message. Thanks
Jure Menart · May 5, 2026, 09:18 AM
Hi all,
What would be best way to share the masters?
If anybody is interesting I have the masters for my latest image: M97 & M108 - Owl on a Surfboard - AstroBin
I had quite some issues with processing this one, so I’d be happy to share masters and see other results. Please DM me in case somebody is interested.
BTW: I didn’t want to limit only to latest image, I can share also data for other images. The problem is only that I have it on external drive (and often no masters, so I’d need to either share raw or create masters).
CS,
Jure
Thanks for commenting, i actually have a good 6 hours of Ha on the Owl but only three hours of O3, I’d love to “borrow” your O3 data?!
Astro Sarisky · May 5, 2026, 10:54 AM
Hi Craig,
I usually use a explorer 150p with a Touptek atr585m, I can share Ha in M82, 25h and my data in M1, which you can see in my profile.
I have some data in M51 but it’s not really good.
We can talk through DM if you want.
CS,
Sara
Thanks Sara, I’d actually also be interested in your Owl O3 data too, I will message
Brian Puhl · May 5, 2026, 11:24 AM
There are some free datasets on Insight you can play around with.
https://starbase.insightobservatory.com/inventory?pub=
That looks very interesting, thanks for sharing
Steven Scott · May 5, 2026, 12:34 PM
I have been using Astrophotomarket for the last few months. They have master files for sale, but there is a growing data base of free files, from backyard astrophotographers like myself, available for free download. It is a very simple way for anyone can upload your masters to share with the rest of our community.
Also very interesting, thanks for sharing
Craig Towell · May 4, 2026, 07:28 PM
As my local weather forecast isn’t looking great for the next couple of weeks I’m wondering if anyone would like to collaborate and share data?
Please have a look through my gallery and let me know if you want any master lights to add to your own, and vice versa.
Cheers
For some time now, I have been thinking about adding an asi533mm to go along with my asi533mc. I would love to get the Luminance master from your M51. It would give me an opportunity to see what I could do combining images from the two cameras. I am not really sure how to go about getting your file. If it is possible, just let me know. Thanks.
Doug Crowe · May 6, 2026 at 06:52 PM
Craig Towell · May 4, 2026, 07:28 PM
As my local weather forecast isn’t looking great for the next couple of weeks I’m wondering if anyone would like to collaborate and share data?
Please have a look through my gallery and let me know if you want any master lights to add to your own, and vice versa.
Cheers
For some time now, I have been thinking about adding an asi533mm to go along with my asi533mc. I would love to get the Luminance master from your M51. It would give me an opportunity to see what I could do combining images from the two cameras. I am not really sure how to go about getting your file. If it is possible, just let me know. Thanks.
No problem, just message me your email address and I’ll send you a Google drive link. Cheers