[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by Larryp

That's superb, Rick

Originally Posted by batema

Stunning. Well done.

Thanks, Larry & Mark!

Originally Posted by ChrisM

Nice work Rick. You must be pleased with the Ceravolo.
Chris

Thanks, Chris. It's a very nice scope and I'm pleased I didn't penny pinch ;-)

Originally Posted by DavidTrap

Love the star colours Rick! (And the galaxy full stop)

DT

Thanks, David.

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Wow, high impact image. The image really shows the glow coming off that galaxy and its luminosity.

The red rings around the yellow stars could be minimised a few ways. The best would be to run deconvolution on the red subs to reduce the size of the stars. Perhaps you may need to refocus when doing the red subs or seeing was worse then or the object lower in the sky. Another way is to select an eliptical lasso around the yellow star, feather it 1-2 pixels and lower the red using colour balance tool or selective colour set to red. Then do the next star etc.

This is a great setup you've put together. High quality image.

Greg.

Thanks very much for the suggestions, Greg. I feel a repro coming on.

Originally Posted by RobF

Sure is pretty cool stuff Rick. I'd enjoy it a bit more if the star halos had a bit of erosion to smooth, but heck its already 11/10

Thanks, Rob. I did do a fair amount of work on the stars but bringing up the halo made them bloat again. I think I should have masked them for the final stretch. Hmmm... why didn't I think of that earlier?