Leo Triplet LRGB

[prokyon]

Hi folks,

now I finished my Leo Triplet. 39x600s for L and 10x600s for every channel in RGB with Moravian G2-8300 and TL APO 80/480.

Here the full field. Sadly I lost my fight against the dumping. Please do not pay too much attention to the ovoid stars. :rolleyes:

http://www.prokyon.startime.at/Bilder/Leo_Triplet_fullfield.jpg

and a crop.

http://www.prokyon.startime.at/Bilder/Leo_Triplet_March2012_new.jpg

Cheers

Werner

[gregbradley]

Very nice Werner. Not sure what you meant by the dumping?

Your stars are either yellow or white, you'd usually have a few blue ones so my impression is the image is a bit too yellow and blues are too subdued.

Greg.

[marc4darkskies]

You should be very happy with that Werner! :thumbsup: You've captured the tidal stream on 3628 and you've got some good detail & colour going - nicely done!

I think the colours are fine but I see what Greg is saying. It's a fairly minor critique perhaps, but you could correct it easily with some small adjustments to the blue curve.

Cheers, Marcus

[prokyon]

Thanks Marcus and Greg for your nice comments. Dumping, my english :rolleyes: . I mean that the cam is not placed absolutely flat. So you can see the elongated stars in the top left corner.
The TL APO is a very nice telescope. I am happy with it, but I have always problems with the mounting of the cam.

Regards

Werner

[atalas]

Hi Werner

Nice work on a favorite! Color,can sometimes be a bit tricky and analysis can be confusing.

What I'm seeing is that the midtones in the blues are a bit strong(leaving a slight yellow cast) but the blues in the "highlights" are a bit week,so hence the not so satisfactory star color.

So,I believe If you corrected these you would come to a better over all balance.

I still enjoyed the view:thumbsup:

[Rigel003]

Well done, Werner. That's an awful lot of exposure in the L channel. Nice, smooth result and a lot of fine detail for only 480mm focal length.

[prokyon]

Thank you Louie and Gram.

I did a little correction in blue. I hope it is better now.

Cheers

Werner

[Paul Haese]

Lovely work Werner.

[Ross G]

Great galaxy photo Werner.

Ross.

[strongmanmike]

Yes, a lot of exposure Werner and it has paid off, I agree with Marcus and it is a lovely shot all round :thumbsup:

Mike

[iceman]

Nicely done, no dumping here!