Tedious...another M83 (sort of repro) [Archive]

Peter Ward

21-03-2010, 10:04 PM

Managed to combine a tad of new STX luminance data with my older image of this delightful southern spiral.

http://www.atscope.com.au/BRO/gallery19.html

Octane

21-03-2010, 10:28 PM

Peter,

Nothing much to say other than that is magnificent.

Utterly stunning. I'm in love with this galaxy!

H

RobF

21-03-2010, 11:07 PM

Yum. Very tasty delight served to perfection there thank you Peter. :)
Its just mesmerising to see the detail towards the core of M83

TheDecepticon

21-03-2010, 11:36 PM

That is excellent, for sure!:D Certainly not tedious, I don't think anyway.:question:

multiweb

22-03-2010, 08:50 AM

That looks great. The colors are superb. :thumbsup:

Peter Ward

22-03-2010, 09:36 AM

Thanks guys.

It's I tough subject from the 'burbs.

Unfortunately the surrounding sky looks a bit ordinary & is artifically dark due gradients. The extra QE of the KAF16803 pulled in a bit more detail within the galaxy :)..... It will be interesting to see how it performs with a filter set (still a few weeks away...)

allan gould

22-03-2010, 10:06 AM

Really nice shot, Peter. I really cant find the words as its far above what I can aspire to doing. Lovely detail etc and processing. Like Humayun, I just love this galaxy.

TrevorW

22-03-2010, 10:47 AM

Very fine image this one

CoolhandJo

22-03-2010, 10:59 AM

Very nice! Just one comment - are the stars a bit blocky? Is this undersampled or is it just my monitor? Apart from that amazing really..

Peter Ward

22-03-2010, 07:36 PM

There are lots of things I'd like to improve here, but the sampling was just fine... Key "twilight-zone" music. Adjust your television set :)

rat156

22-03-2010, 07:48 PM

Hi Peter,

It's a fine picture, but just a tad over processed IMHO. The dark lanes and detail in the galaxy show some sharpening or deconvolution artifacts. More data is the key, this one really responds to lots of data.

Cheers
Stuart

bokglob

22-03-2010, 08:17 PM

Incredible detail peter! Stunning image, love your work:thumbsup:

Peter Ward

22-03-2010, 09:19 PM

Yep. 4 months and counting for filters....sigh....

dugnsuz

22-03-2010, 11:15 PM

Beautiful and very smooth Peter.

rat156

23-03-2010, 07:55 AM

Well, you should have plenty of Luminance data by then...

marc4darkskies

23-03-2010, 08:07 AM

Ah yes, tedious indeed - I get so tired seeing stunning images Peter. You and Tom need to cut it out! :shrug: :)

Cheers, Marcus

Tom Davis

23-03-2010, 08:19 AM

Whoa!! That is an incredible image!!

Tom

Peter Ward

23-03-2010, 10:29 AM

:lol: Nah...still needs some work....the galaxy looks OK, but the field stars/background is buggered due gradients.

Paul Haese

23-03-2010, 12:27 PM

Looks pretty good given the sky conditions that you are dealing with. The colours are superb.

CoolhandJo

23-03-2010, 12:28 PM

I couldn't work out why it looked blocky on my screen. So based on your comments I zoomed in on your image and you are absolutely right - no trace of undersamping! But as it's displayed on your website the stars just looked to be for some reason?

AlexN

23-03-2010, 04:27 PM

PWOAH!

Nice core detail and stunning resolution throughout the image.. Exactly as I would have expected.

spearo

24-03-2010, 07:52 PM

Oh so very very nice!
Inspiring!
frank

Peter Ward

24-03-2010, 08:31 PM

Thanks Tom, Frank, Alex, Paul (and anyone I missed)

Glad you enjoyed the image. Not my best, but the colours are pretty.

As I mentioned earlier it still needs some work...but I suspect the arrival of the filter set for the new camera, will also herald an extended wet weather spell in Sydney... Is this a great hobby or what? :D