Too Red?

[Tandum]

This is my M16 (http://www.celticcomputers.com.au/Astro/displayimage.php?pid=31&fullsize=1) ... looking at other threads, is it too red ya think.

[theodog]

Hi Robin.
Looks fine to me.
Well done.

[vash]

I don't think that it's too red, It just stands out more with the really black background more so than it's too red.

[Alchemy]

looks fine to me too. :thumbsup:

[Jeffkop]

:thumbsup::thumbsup: Looks OK to me too .. Ive seen many pictures of this object that colour.

[strongmanmike]

Don't know about being too red..?..perhaps? There appears to be a lot of outer nebulosity there that just can't be seen too well, like you have clipped the data..? Still a pleasing result huh? :thumbsup:

Mike

[Tandum]

Cheers guys, vash is right, it's too black, I'll have another go at it.

[PCH]

I've seen many less red ones and enjoyed looking at them, but this deepish red together with the really black background looks great imho.

Cheers :thumbsup:

[Tandum]

Cheers Paul, but there is a fair bit missing as Mike says. Check out this one by Clive (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/attachment_browse.php?a=45636) as a guide.

[Garyh]

quiet a pleasing image to view Robin, my versions have a little more magenta in them but like Mike mentions maybe some black clipping there?
cheers

[AlexN]

yep.. the sky looks like someone spilt a jar of black ink all over it.. other than that, she's a beauty... the diamond looking stars are a bit odd, but iirc they are the norm for a VC200L

[beren]

:thumbsup: looks good Robin

[Tandum]

Yes the big obstruction makes some stars square.

The data is there, bad flats hid it in the original. Here's a rework in progress.

[AlexN]

had a quick play.. dont know if its better or worse, but its different...

curves/color balance/maximum entropy deconvolution/smart sharpen

bored i guess :)

[Tandum]

You've brought in a 5hit load of noise. I can give you the raw process file to play with if you want but it's 60meg :)

[AlexN]

noise came in during JPEG compression.. I cropped it down but still had to compress it to 62% quality before it made posting regulation size... :(

60mb.... eh - i got nothing better to do.... :) gonna upload it somewhere for me/email or what?

[Tandum]

Check PMs. It's built from 6x10minute subs and no flats so there's a little bit of skyfog and gradient to deal with.