It's a nice image Peter, with good colour in the nebulae, detail looks good and sharp. However, I wonder if the background star field lacks colour in the stars?
Its a good image for sure. It must be a 2 panel mosaic right?
Greg.
Yes. 2 panel.
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That is a beautiful image Peter. Perfect stars to the corners.
Just wandering whether black point has been clipped a bit.
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Great work Peter. Excellent.
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Peter,
Well, if that one couldn't even get a "Malin mention", the standard must have been astronomically high!
Cheers,
Tim
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It's a nice image Peter, with good colour in the nebulae, detail looks good and sharp. However, I wonder if the background star field lacks colour in the stars?
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As good a shot of this duo as I've ever seen Peter.
Cheers
Steve
Thanks for the input guys...I still "made the cut" with another image, but thought this one wasn't too shabby. I suspect some bugger with pristine skies and a 20" CDK is making the CWAS comp a whole lot tougher
It's a lovely sharp image (like all your recent posts!) and the nebulae themselves are punchy and uber saturated. But there seems to be something going on with the colour of the milky way star background. It seems like the background is almost completely desaturated, save for some magenta (Ha?) overlay in some areas and a little patch of yellow hued stars at far bottom right. That yellow hue is what I would expect across most of the frame?
I didn't enter deep sky but can't promise you won't want to punch me on the night. Little bird says it could be some new entrants with modest gear doing themselves proud rather than 20" monsters stealing the show. Look forward to seeing many folks from IIS there again. Amazing line-up of presenters this year.. not to be missed!
hmm.. sorry i may have jumped the gun a bit. looking at another image of this region it does appear that the milky way background between these two is less colourful and that the yellow hued patch you have is into an area of stronger colour. it still looks a tad strange to my eyes but may be 'correct' - i'm sure you have fairly robust processing in place!
It's a lovely sharp image (like all your recent posts!) and the nebulae themselves are punchy and uber saturated. But there seems to be something going on with the colour of the milky way star background. It seems like the background is almost completely desaturated, save for some magenta (Ha?) overlay in some areas and a little patch of yellow hued stars at far bottom right. That yellow hue is what I would expect across most of the frame?
I didn't enter deep sky but can't promise you won't want to punch me on the night. Little bird says it could be some new entrants with modest gear doing themselves proud rather than 20" monsters stealing the show. Look forward to seeing many folks from IIS there again. Amazing line-up of presenters this year.. not to be missed!
cheers
Phil
That is exactly how I saw it Phil regarding the colour. I did 100 minutes integration for each colour for my recent Trifid image with the FSQ. It shows nice star colours below the Trifid and hence my thoughts about field colour.
I'll miss catching up with you this year Phil and Peter. I picked up a gong in DSO section but don't think we will be attending. Yes the speakers for this years CWAS would be great to see.
That is exactly how I saw it Phil regarding the colour. I did 100 minutes integration for each colour for my recent Trifid image with the FSQ. It shows nice star colours below the Trifid and hence my thoughts about field colour.
I'll miss catching up with you this year Phil and Peter. I picked up a gong in DSO section but don't think we will be attending. Yes the speakers for this years CWAS would be great to see.
Sorry for the hi-jacking Peter.
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hmm.. sorry i may have jumped the gun a bit. looking at another image of this region it does appear that the milky way background between these two is less colourful and that the yellow hued patch you have is into an area of stronger colour. it still looks a tad strange to my eyes but may be 'correct' - i'm sure you have fairly robust processing in place!
Phil
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hi Peter
It's a lovely sharp image (like all your recent posts!) and the nebulae themselves are punchy and uber saturated. But there seems to be something going on with the colour of the milky way star background. It seems like the background is almost completely desaturated, save for some magenta (Ha?) overlay in some areas and a little patch of yellow hued stars at far bottom right. That yellow hue is what I would expect across most of the frame?
I didn't enter deep sky but can't promise you won't want to punch me on the night. Little bird says it could be some new entrants with modest gear doing themselves proud rather than 20" monsters stealing the show. Look forward to seeing many folks from IIS there again. Amazing line-up of presenters this year.. not to be missed!
cheers
Phil
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I like the dark, brooding look, Peter.
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Magnificent view Peter, soo many pinpoint sharp stars.
Josh
Thanks again for the input guys. No-hijack apologies required.
In retrospect, my struggle with severe gradients from the light glow from a city of of close to 5 million residents has likely resulted in the lack of saturation of the field stars.....something DM is *always* very picky about
I sincerely hope to be able to catch up with one and all at CWAS/Parkes (pending the TBA outcome of my work roster for July)
My prognostication for CWAS 2015 ? I suspect I'll be taking a back seat but...
I do recall Phil's delightful comet animation...
Paul has been prolific in DSO
plus there has been an Arctic total solar eclipse
and some amazing CME solar activity (Southern Aurora?)
Thanks again for the input guys. No-hijack apologies required.
In retrospect, my struggle with severe gradients from the light glow from a city of of close to 5 million residents has likely resulted in the lack of saturation of the field stars.....something DM is *always* very picky about
I sincerely hope to be able to catch up with one and all at CWAS/Parkes (pending the TBA outcome of my work roster for July)
My prognostication for CWAS 2015 ? I suspect I'll be taking a back seat but...
I do recall Phil's delightful comet animation...
Paul has been prolific in DSO
plus there has been an Arctic total solar eclipse
and some amazing CME solar activity (Southern Aurora?)
It will be an interesting night!
Being prolific this year did not mean there was anything that really caught David's eye. As you know it has to be something out of the ordinary from what he sees. I will be very interested to see which images are awarded.
I would not be surprised as you pointed out if an Aurora shot featured highly.
Nup, you gotta pay special attention to stars for it to be a contender with Malin. While you've got an impressive amount of details the background is lacklustre. Its needs the rich golden vibrant hue of milkyway star clouds for the image to come to life. Gleason's recent image of the area is a prime example. Said it before and will do so again, but you need to get your set up to a dark sky site otherwise your ferrari will remain stuck if 1st gear constantly hitting the rev limiter.
