Triffid

[Dealy]

I'm making use of the wet weather by catching up on my image processing.

Here is the Triffid Nebula from a week or two ago.

Approx 3 hrs of 240sec subs with darks.

I sort of forgot how to process images with StarTools, so I'm not 100% happy with the result. I had a bit of trouble colour balancing. I usually like to stay on the conservative side so this may be a bit too saturated.

What do y'all think?

Kev

[raymo]

Actually I was just thinking that you had kept the colour saturation under control nicely. Nice job.
raymo

[Camelopardalis]

Agreed, very nicely done. I might be tempted to stretch it a little more to give more contrast in the dark lanes, but that's a question of taste :D

[Somnium]

Good detail picked up in the nebula, well done

[5ash]

Hi Kevin ,
Great photo ,love the colours and detail .
Regards philip

[Dealy]

Thanks for the comments.

Despite nearly forgetting how to use it I'm really impressed with StarTools. Probably not in the same league as PI, but as a low cost alternative it does output some great results.

There are still many features I haven't learnt so hopefully I'll continue to improve in my processing.

I still look in awe at the images some others are posting.

[glend]

Nothing wrong with that image Kev. Which scope did you use, I would guess the 250mm?

[Dealy]

Yeah, as follows Glen,

GSO 250 F4
AZ-EQ6
Unmodded Canon 1000D
Orion Mini Guidescope
Backyard EOS
DSS & StarTools

I think it ended up about 42 or so 240sec subs with about 40 darks. No flats or bias.

[raymo]

That's slack, you left out the ISO.:)
raymo

[Regulus]

Like the colour and detail in this Kev.
Well done.

Trev

[Dealy]

:shrug: Sorry Raymo, I always forget something - ISO 800



Thanks Trev