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peter_4059
19-08-2018, 02:13 PM
Another Astrofest image, a little over 4 hours on NGC6334 with the SN10, QSI683, EQ8. I think the underlying data is ok however I'm not sure about the processing and hoping for some constructive feedback.

Here's the full res image
https://www.astrobin.com/full/362204/0/?nc=user

Thanks for looking.

gregbradley
19-08-2018, 03:21 PM
It looks pretty good overall but the sky background is blue and it should be charcoal. I would use levels to reduce the blue bias.

Greg.

troypiggo
19-08-2018, 03:35 PM
Yeah, think it’s just a simple background neutralisation would make all the difference. Data looks great.

h0ughy
19-08-2018, 05:21 PM
Must be kitty holding it's breath if it's blue, still great work

RickS
21-08-2018, 06:46 PM
Not much wrong there except as already noted, Peter!

Geoff45
24-08-2018, 04:47 PM
Looks good Peter. I did this one a fortnight ago and it looks pretty similar to yours. I’ll post in a day or two
Geoff

peter_4059
25-08-2018, 09:27 AM
Thanks for the feedback Greg. The histogram on this one looked a bit strange when I posted it on Astrobin. I'll have to take another look at what I've done.


Cheers Troy. I'll give that a try.


Thanks Dave.


Thanks Rick. I'm wondering if I did something strange with masks. Will need to take another look.


Thanks Geoff. Look forward to seeing it.

peter_4059
26-08-2018, 02:15 PM
Repro day today. I've gone back to the base RGB masters and completely re-worked this. For some reason I couldn't get the photometric colour calibration to work so I resorted to the old colour calibration process.

Big version here:
https://www.astrobin.com/full/362204/B/?nc=user

Comments welcome. Thanks for looking

troypiggo
26-08-2018, 04:03 PM
Smashed it! Colours much better, star colours too.

RickS
26-08-2018, 04:42 PM
Great repro, Peter :thumbsup:

JA
26-08-2018, 05:44 PM
Meeoooow :thumbsup:

Best
JA

peter_4059
26-08-2018, 06:11 PM
Thanks Troy. There is so much to learn about PI and never enough time. I wish Rick would create a "perform magic on my data" script.



Cheers Rick. I was just taking a look at your flamin cats paw image on Astrobin. The Cerevelo and 17 hours with Ha and OIII really sets the bar.



Thanks. It's not purrrfect but a big improvement on my first attempt.

strongmanmike
26-08-2018, 07:00 PM
Yes, a very worthwhile repro Peter, beautiful colour :thumbsup:

Mike

astronobob
26-08-2018, 10:04 PM
Thats come together well, Peter, & nice adjustments with the final too :thumbsup:

72x210" with an SN 10 F/4, thats a good enough mix :P
Were there any variations in sub amounts throughout your filter sets ?
Cheers on your work there :thumbsup:

peter_4059
27-08-2018, 06:39 AM
Hi Bob. I actually shoot 36 x 5min lum 1×1 and 12 x 2 min each RGB binned 2×2. The total number of subs was 72 and the total integration time was as per astrobin. I enter it as an actual number of subs and average exposure to avoid filling in a bunch of astrobin forms.

astronobob
27-08-2018, 11:12 AM
Yeah, that's all good, Peter, thanx as I am thinking about mono acquisition and what may be used as a general set of subs when I get into it.
Cheers ..

peter_4059
27-08-2018, 04:25 PM
Thanks for the feedback Mike. It's a bit more saturated than what I would normally do.

batema
27-08-2018, 07:24 PM
Very nice repro.

ozstronomer
29-08-2018, 05:16 AM
The repo looks great Peter, nice colours and plenty of detail :thumbsup: