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PRejto
21-12-2012, 01:16 PM
I thought I'd try an impossible target just to see if I could get anything from my lousy location. This represents about 5 nights of trying spread over more than a month. Seeing was so horrid that it is only about 4.5 hours of data total.
TEC140 + IDAS LP + G2-8300 1.14arcsec L=1.5 + 2x2 R=1, G=1, B=1 hr
I feel I was lucky to get what I did...now it's time to move on to new targets, though the weather needs to cooperate.
Thanks for looking!
Peter
cometcatcher
21-12-2012, 01:26 PM
I know how difficult that galaxy can be. You've done a good job of it.
pvelez
21-12-2012, 02:18 PM
Ditto. Its a tough one to capture - especially from Sydney. You've done a fine job with it
Pete
Larryp
21-12-2012, 05:48 PM
Very nice, Peter!
LewisM
21-12-2012, 06:51 PM
I've tried and failed. Well done.
Now I have a MUCH better setup than the stuff I had I'll give it another crack one fine night.
tilbrook@rbe.ne
22-12-2012, 05:29 PM
Nice Peter!
Tried this one a couple of times but nothing as good as this.
Cheers,
Justin.
PRejto
23-12-2012, 05:25 PM
Thanks everyone for the comments. I'd like to try this again, perhaps next year, from a darker location!
Ross G
23-12-2012, 08:43 PM
Great capture Peter.
Photo looks very good.
Where in Sydney did you image from?
Ross.
alpal
23-12-2012, 10:04 PM
Peter - you did well.
I love this galaxy.
I'll definetly image it one day & hopefully from a dark site.
The fact that you got such a good pic from Sydney is a miracle.
PRejto
23-12-2012, 10:23 PM
I'm in North Curl Curl....the home of moisture and clouds!
Many thanks, Alpal. Several times I just gave up on the data I have, but I think out of boredom and just plain obstinance I kept trying. The colour data was really the worst part of it; I just couldn't get anything usable out of CCDStack doing the normal routines. I finally tried something I read not to do and it actually was the only thing that worked. After aligning RGB I normalized the RGB images before doing the colour create (I also used the gradient tool on all three images). I tried a lot of "tricks" in photoshop too. I think the most dramatic changes were soft light and LAB colour....
alpal
23-12-2012, 10:37 PM
I always use those.
Its' amazing what clever processing can do. :)
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