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Old 19-08-2013, 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Shiraz View Post
Nice work Steven. This sure is a difficult galaxy and you have the faint bits. Colour balancing on this dim stuff sure is problematic - if you work out a foolproof method, please post it... regards Ray
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Originally Posted by Bassnut View Post
Ive found this one difficult too. Given the amount of data on such a dim galaxy thats pretty deep, and the colour balance is OK, I just couldnt get "brown" highlights in the core at all.
Fred, Ray

I think this is one of those objects that requires significantly longer colour exposures.
My rule of thumb of using 1 hr for each of the colour channels works for most objects...... NGC 6744 isn't one of them.

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I wouldn't say "oh no..." I'd say "oh boy what a great image!" Very nice!!

Peter
Thanks Peter.

Clear skies

Steven
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