[cybereye (Mario)]

Originally Posted by LewisM

I like it Mario. More data would fill out the fuzzy stuff nicely.

GOOD detail. Well executed.

Thanks Lewis - I'd get more data but I've since changed scope! However, next time around I'll image that sucker as much as I can...

Originally Posted by alpal

Very nice - makes me want to re-process mine
after 3 months of clouds & no imaging.

Allan, thanks for the compliment. I know how you feel regarding the cloud - we here in SEQ had a very long and miserable cloudy season from about November last year to June this year! Plenty of time to get some repro practice in!!!

Originally Posted by multiweb

The last rendition colours are pretty spot on. Well done.

Thanks Marc! Jay Gabany's talk on intensifying colours was a revelation! Seeing him and Prof. Malin having a philisophical argument was also worth its weight in gold!

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Good on you Muzza, I imagine you're going to learn more from processing this image than any other. The last version is the best, so well done

Mike

Mike, thanks for your kind thoughts! The search for colour has led me on an interesting journey.

Despite my urban location with all it's inherent LP problems and the fact that I use a UHC-S filter to tame the LP with an OSC CCD, I was determined to get "true", vivid colour back into my images. This galaxy was probably the one target that was most affected by a lack of colour so it was a good test subject to try all my wild and wacky ideas!

I think, at this stage, the biggest change in my processing technique has been to adjust the colour whilst debayering in DSS. My RGB ratios of 7:10:7 in DSS compensated for the heavily dampened green channel that the UHC-S filter was producing. Coupled with this has been Ivo Jager's help and fantastic additions to StarTools in regards to colour and noise management. The better noise management has meant that I can push my decon and wavelets just that little bit more to get the resolution up without it looking too over-sharpened. And the upgraded colour module is a breeze to use.

Yep, happy days!

Originally Posted by Larryp

Very nice, Mario

Thanks Laurie! As I mentioned before, this dataset has given me hours of practice in regards to my processing as well as a milestone to measure my processing journey.

Cheers,
Mario