Retrograde
11-05-2020, 11:15 AM
This falls into the "pandemic processing" category.
Had this data for quite some time but was never happy with the results. I did post the SMC image here but it had quite a bad red gradient and needed a lot more work. As I've had some time on my hands recently I was able to (hopefully) do these justice.
These are modded DSLR shots so getting some colour in the Ha without affecting the overall colour of the galaxies was the biggest challenge in processing these. Each was 20 x 90 sec subs with a Pentax K-5iis and Samyang 135mm f2 lens under dark skies at SPSP.
Apologies for the intrusive watermarks - my main laptop died & although I've got all my raw data I've lost some of my most recently processed images (& these versions were set aside for Instagram where images regularly get stolen).
Higher res:
LMC https://www.astrobin.com/full/p6cqet/0/?real=&mod=
SMC https://www.astrobin.com/full/305459/C/?real=&mod=
Had this data for quite some time but was never happy with the results. I did post the SMC image here but it had quite a bad red gradient and needed a lot more work. As I've had some time on my hands recently I was able to (hopefully) do these justice.
These are modded DSLR shots so getting some colour in the Ha without affecting the overall colour of the galaxies was the biggest challenge in processing these. Each was 20 x 90 sec subs with a Pentax K-5iis and Samyang 135mm f2 lens under dark skies at SPSP.
Apologies for the intrusive watermarks - my main laptop died & although I've got all my raw data I've lost some of my most recently processed images (& these versions were set aside for Instagram where images regularly get stolen).
Higher res:
LMC https://www.astrobin.com/full/p6cqet/0/?real=&mod=
SMC https://www.astrobin.com/full/305459/C/?real=&mod=