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Old 09-06-2014, 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Peter Ward View Post
Not sure the halo is quite that yellow .....but hey, I'm quibbling about looking at an S-Class or 7-Series at best.

Very impressive smoothness & resolution.

Nice one
Thanks Peter - the STX16803 works a treat.

I agree its a bit yellow - at the AAIP conference last year I realised I side with the "more colour" camp and it shows in this image. I might dial it back a bit.

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Originally Posted by alpal View Post
Hi Pete,
That's looking great.
I think I can see the jet.
I would done some selective sharpening on the brightest parts of the galaxy
using feathered & blurred masks in Photoshop.

cheers
Allan
Thanks Allan - I've just learnt how to sharpen with PI using wavelets. Up to now all my images have been a bit soft. Will play with it a bit more on this image I think.

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Originally Posted by alocky View Post
I'm having a great time cruising through that image looking at the background galaxies. The star colours look natural, and at normal viewing scale the decon doesn't look too intrusive at all.
Very nice!
Andrew.
I was surprised there were so many fuzzes lurking in the background - not as many as Rolf's megamega project but still plenty to play with

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Originally Posted by PRejto View Post
Hi Pete,

That is becoming a very nice image! Must be nice to finally have everything going to plan!

Peter

PS Nice to know my ex counter weight is contributing to those nice round stars!
Yep - its all rock solid Peter. Thanks again for the counterweight.

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Originally Posted by strongmanmike View Post
That's a very fine image of Cen A Pete with great scale looks quite smooth maybe a bit too smooth? but then maybe not..did you use noise reduction? No biggy

Yes, sorry, the decon is noticeable in the galaxy lane region at the full res there..but when shrunk to about 50% in my browser it looks great

Great background details to pan around, top effort

Mike
Cheers Mike.

I used ACDNR on the RGB but not on the Lum. Dark skies make such a difference!

I had you in my ear as I did the Decon - believe me, this is dialled back. But now I have a handle on wavelets, I can go easier on the Decon next time.

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Originally Posted by David Fitz-Henr View Post
That's a great image Pete, with great scale as Mike says and nice tight stars too at that scale
I'd also agree with Peter that the halo looks a bit yellow; it appears to me that the colour balance is too heavy in green which also results in many stars having a cyan / green halo, as well as a slight lack of contrast between some of the lighter dust lanes and galactic halo as well.
Thanks David - colour is so touchy. Its at my learning edge.

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Originally Posted by DaveNZ View Post
Great Image Pete. Well done.

Maybe a tad over saturated but I like like plenty of colour ;-)
Thanks Dave

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Originally Posted by Elio View Post
Great image of a spectacular subject, very well done
Cheers

Pete
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