Hi all. I’m still new at the hobby. About 9 months in but I’ve come a long way since starting. With that being said I recently moved over to Mono imaging as I live in a Bortle 8/9 location (NYC). I specifically use my mono rig (Redcat 71 / AM5N / Antlia 2.5nm SHO set) to shoot narrowband.
I have a ZWO 5x2 EFW with the Antlia 2.5nm SHO set, Antlia Luminance and Optolong L-Quad filters in it.
My question: Is there a benefit to shooting Luminance subs (with the Antlia or L-Quad) to incorporate into my NB images? To date on the few NB images I’ve processed I have been using Ha as a Lum per many of the PI processing tutorials I have watched. Would it be better to actually take real luminance subs?
I figured no, since I live in a high Bortle location that my Luminance subs would just be riddled with noise from LP, even if I used the Optolong. Is this faulty logic I’m using?
I have a ZWO 5x2 EFW with the Antlia 2.5nm SHO set, Antlia Luminance and Optolong L-Quad filters in it.
My question: Is there a benefit to shooting Luminance subs (with the Antlia or L-Quad) to incorporate into my NB images? To date on the few NB images I’ve processed I have been using Ha as a Lum per many of the PI processing tutorials I have watched. Would it be better to actually take real luminance subs?
I figured no, since I live in a high Bortle location that my Luminance subs would just be riddled with noise from LP, even if I used the Optolong. Is this faulty logic I’m using?