Great desktop computer for working with PixInsight

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I recently replaced an i7 computer I bought new 6 years ago with a new
Lenovo Legion T5 Tower Gaming Desktop Computer – AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core 4.50 GHz Processor, 64GB DDR5 RAM, 2TB NVMe SSD, GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GDDR6, Windows 11 Pro that I got on Amazon.

After setting it up to also be my daily driver computer, I did a test. Stacking WBPP in PixInsight, 10 hours of OSC shots of the Lion Nebula I shot months ago, 250 mm (RedCat 51 with ZWO ASI2600MC). Used highest settings in WBPP.

On the new Lenovo Legion T5 the WBPP stacking took 1 hour 40 min.

On the old computer, it took 7 hours

Also with this better graphics card, using BlurX, StarX, and NoiseX went from minutes to seconds. (I inserted this line;
https://www.rc-astro.com/TensorFlow/PixInsight/GPU/
into PixInsight PixInsight Resources / Updates / Manage Updates and it automatically configured everything)

I highly recommend this computer.

Here’s the Lion Neb after stacking, processing, star reduction, and output:

“Microtonal Loud Rock Synth Pop Ambient Symphonic Delight” – Album 87 by BipTunia. LISTEN FREE

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RUN TIME: 73 Minutes.
RELEASE DATE: Dec 20, 2023

Listen free or buy on BandCamp
Listen on Spotify (coming soon)
FLAC lossless torrent (coming soon)

All instruments, songs, production, mastering, and cover art: Michael W. Dean.

Cover art includes some astrophotography I did of the Pleiades / Messier 45.

MICROTONAL TUNINGS:

Low-Speed Stampede (19 TET)

Meridian Flip Out (mohajira-to-slendro. From Mohajira to Aeolian and Slendros)

Liminal Space Ape with Baritone Sax (fortuna a2…Clem Fortuna, Arabic mode of 24-TET)

Sheep Chalk Scarlet Letter (chargah pentachord 7 limit,
elfkeenanismic7 aka Keenanismic tempered [8/7, 5/4, 4/3, 3/2, 8/5, 7/4,
2] = cross_7, 284et tuning)

Octopus Motor is Missing (Lydian Diatonic)

Photographing the Dust on the Fabric of the Universe (ED2-30 aka 30 EDO)

I’ll Be Your Guide Star (12 TET, not microtonal)


Get pastable BipTunia street art, PDF download

Album cover high-rez click below:

New Bomb article / interview out on “Perfect Sound Forever”

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Perfect Sound Forever is the longest running online music mag ever, been going since 1995.

Two new Bomb things drop on there today, One is a 13,500 word article “Bomb’s first two (and best) albums: To Elvis In Hell and Hits of Acid
Plus, (the never-before told story of) how Bomb got kicked off of Warner Brothers. By Michael W. Dean of Bomb”

Part 1: Perfect Sound Forever: Bomb, Michael H. Dean 1 (furious.com)

Part 2: Perfect Sound Forever: Bomb, Michael H. Dean 2 (furious.com)

Part 3: Perfect Sound Forever: Bomb, Michael H. Dean (furious.com)

and an interview with Jay Crawford (guitar in Bomb):

Part 1: Perfect Sound Forever: Bomb, Jay Crawford (furious.com)

Part 2: Perfect Sound Forever: Bomb, Jay Crawford (furious.com)

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