Integrated Flux Stuff

[petershah]

Not been about for a while...ive just had too much going on.....ive been working on this a while added to my old data and processed on a new computer....still trying to get my head around windows 8....combined using SD Mask method.
40x600sec in luminance 4x600s in Red, 4x420s in Green and 4x530s in Blue, 9x600s in H-alpha. M81 and M82 showing the faint integrated flux....I need to grab more for this one I have plans of getting more colour to see if I can pull out the colour in the flux....it might take a while.
Thanks for looking
Peter

[AG Hybrid]

Well done. Very impressive. A shame about the satellite on the right. But, that's ok.

[RickS]

Looks great, Peter! More data is always better, of course. It'll be interesting to see what you can achieve.

[ourkind]

wow that's really nice Peter!

[alpal]

It's easy to get rid of satellite trails using photoshop -
so it's not a problem.

The image is excellent - top quality - I am trying to
think if I've ever seen such a good example of an Integrated Flux Nebulae.

[David Fitz-Henr]

Great shot Peter! Terrific job on bringing out the integrated flux nebula as well.

[petershah]

thanks everyone.....ive already fixed the sat trail.....ill post the revised version when ive finished tweaking

[Rigel003]

A lovely vista, and nicely processed. Wish we could see these down under.

[Larryp]

Lovely work, Peter.

[stevous67]

Peter, is that correct: 40x600 luminance exposures??

Love the first image, with the flux well pronounced. Not sure what your scope/CCD combination is?

Like to see a higher res version too if possible.

Thanks,

Steve

[petershah]

yep 40x600seconds for the Luminance, plus 4x600s in Red, 4x420s in Green and 4x530s in Blue, 9x600s in H-alpha. Imaged with an AG12 (300mm at F3.8) and starlight xpress h35...I can send you the high res version if you wish. But here is a taste a full res crop of M81...its a little messy due to none dithered subs in the old data

[Ross G]

Great looking photo Peter.

Ross.

[Harel_Boren]

Peter, it's so nice to meet again here!
The flux came out just lovely - it's all there!
A beautiful scene, very well captured and processed!
Cheers,
Harel

[stevous67]

That is magnificent indeed; looking really amazing.

I cannot wait to see the final result when you're done - keep going! :thumbsup:

Steve :eyepop:

[prokyon]

Wow, great work! :eyepop:

[TheAstroChannel]

Thats Beautiful! Keep it up!

[Paul Haese]

Very nice image. I like the galactic cirrus, that is also very nice. Perhaps look at the blue stars in the larger galaxy as they appear a little magenta on my screen.

[multiweb]

Pretty awesome.Very deep with some great colours. :thumbsup:

[gregbradley]

Remarkably deep. These cirrus images are very interesting. I agree with Paul there is a magenta bias in the image though which would be easy to correct.

Greg.

[strongmanmike]

Looks great Peter and colours look fine to me :question: :shrug:

I remember when you first did this too.

Wasn't long ago that a shot of M81/82 showed no galactic cirrus, it was either missed in the data collection or simply processed out from ignorance, now if an image of this area has no Cirrus in it, then it isn't complete :)...ah progress...

Mike

[alpal]

Yes Mike,
Hubble may have come up with glorious images like this:

http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2006/14/image/a/format/xlarge_web/

but not placed it into the flux nebula context of a wider field.
Amateurs complete the picture.

[petershah]

many thanks everyone for your tips and comments, im just going to keep plugging away, possibly increasing the sub length.

[astronobob]

Jaw dropper in my books, Speshly the galactic dust, dont often see this ! ! Remarkable Capture !