NGC 1365 Re-Processed with extra Lum

[Nico13]

Hi all,
Haven't posted images for a while been working full time Arvo shift for the last twelve months.
Anyway went to the SV camp last weekend and got some time on NGC1365, its one I've been wanting to do again since the super nova a couple of years back and also since going to the QSI RGB Camera.
8 hrs total so far 2 each of LRGB in this.
I'm still not happy with my RGB processing, still learning that.
The images are coming up a bit soft so I'll work on that a bit.

I have managed to get another three hrs of lum in the last couple of nights to add so I'll reprocess and post again in the next few days.

So
NGC 1365
900 second subs for 8 hrs total (another three hrs of Lum to be added)
QSI 583 -20 deg with OAG
NEQ6 Pro mount
Darks Flats and Bias included

OK,
New image now has 7.5 hours of luminance and 2 hours 15min each RGB.
I would have thought I'd have been able to get more defined detail in the core of the galaxy but as noted I'm still coming to grips with RGB processing.
I'm much happier with the colour though as it looks much more natural.

Comments welcome

[gregbradley]

That's a great 1365 Ken.

Fantastic.

Greg.

[Nico13]

Thanks Greg,
As mentioned I hope to improve upon it with the addition of the extra lum, I think I have another three and a half hrs to add.

[Ryderscope]

A very handsome little galaxy indeed Ken and progressing well. Looking forward to watching this develop. Thanks for posting.

[RickS]

Nice work, Ken! I'm sure some more luminance will help.

[Nico13]

Thanks guys,
While the sky has been clear the last few nights I've managed to boost the total time to 15 hours of which most of the extra is luminance with a tad more RGB as well and I've also been trying to get Focusmax working at the same time so if it's cloudy tonight I'll sit and process what I have.
Stay tuned as I'm keen to see how turns out, never collected this much data on one object before. :)

[Nico13]

I've added the new image with the extra time on it in my original post for comparison.
Comments welcome as usual.
Thanks.

[IanP]

Hi Ken,
Both versions are awesome; I think the second photo has a little bit to hard noise reduction applied, but it is difficult to judge on low resolution copies.
Could you post somewhere higher res?

[Nico13]

Here you go, larger image here PBASE (http://www.pbase.com/nico13/image/161877010/large)

Just select Original at the bottom for the large file.
I had clipped the blacks a bit for a better looking background.
Thanks for any comments.

[multiweb]

Turned out really good Ken. Really nice details and contrast in the dust lanes. Top shelf. :thumbsup:

[Nico13]

Thanks Marc and everyone else for the feedback it's appreciated. :thumbsup:

[strongmanmike]

Always enjoy an image of NGC 1365, a nice improvement too Ken :thumbsup:

Mike

[Nico13]

It's good looking Galaxy isn't it , thanks Mike.

[Cloudyagain]

Very nice Ken :thumbsup:

Neale

[Shiraz]

Really nice image Ken.

The full scale version seems to have much more detail than the scaled one - looks great on a big monitor.