Hi Everyone. This is my first image with my newly self modded 1100D, I think I like the potential the modd as given this camera. These subs are from last night 24.10.23. I think I might have pushed the data a bit to far, but I have another hour and a quarter of subs from tonight to add to it. I'll fix it all up once I add the new data. As always, critique and advise are welcomed. I want to improve. Thanks for looking.
Image details:
Object: M33 Triangulum galaxy
Location: North of Townsville NQLD
Camera: Modded Canon 1100D Astronomic CLS-CCD clip filter
Scope: Newly acquired carbon fibre Skywatcher 8" f/4 astrograph, MPCC
Exposure: 20 x 300sec @ ISO1600
Guiding: QHY5 4" f/5 newt and PHD
Captured with: APT - Astro Photography Tool
Stacked in DSS and processed in Photoshop CS2
I created an astrobin account this morning and uploaded a better quality image, still not full size but much better.
http://astrob.in/61511/
Well, I finally got around to adding the new data, re-stacking and reprocessing. I had to crop it slightly to remove stacking artifacts. I gotta tell you that I am not sure it was worth the drama, as this time around I really struggled to rein in the reds. I am not sure whether I like the second one or the first. I must be doing something wrong somewhere in the processing because every other pic I have seen of this galaxy has much more blue than red. Please be honest and tell me which you like better and why, (I want to learn). If you have suggestions as to how to make it better I am all ears. Thanks for looking.