OzRob
10-10-2009, 11:51 AM
After the thread I started called Are rental scopes cheating? (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=50927) and getting a range of opinions (;)) I thought I would present an image I took with rental equipment.
This image is the result of six five minutes frames in each of RGB on a GRAS FSQ106. I stacked and colour combined the frames in CCDStack and did some further processing in PS CS2. I can't remember exactly what I did in PS as I just tend to fiddle until it looks good. I remember doing curves, increasing saturation, adjust shadow/highlights and adjusting the colour balance. I then did some masking and sharpened M31 and reduced noise in the background with Noise Ninja.
This image is the result of six five minutes frames in each of RGB on a GRAS FSQ106. I stacked and colour combined the frames in CCDStack and did some further processing in PS CS2. I can't remember exactly what I did in PS as I just tend to fiddle until it looks good. I remember doing curves, increasing saturation, adjust shadow/highlights and adjusting the colour balance. I then did some masking and sharpened M31 and reduced noise in the background with Noise Ninja.