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Originally Posted by alpal
Very nice Greg,
The bright stars might looks a little better if you select them in Photoshop -
expand & feather then adjust curves.
cheers
Allan
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Thanks Allan.
I don't mind the stars and they are very natural with no processing applied to them. In fact I quite like the stars in this image. They are quite tight and pretty spot on at over 2 metres focal length. I took many hours of this object and only used the very best seeing subs to get the best stars. That PS technique can work on some images (perhaps better on widefield images) but it also can leave dark rings around the stars which is a step backwards. To my taste I prefer the more natual less processed look where I can get it and strive for better basics for tighter stars etc. Corrected Newts seem to have the tightest stars for the same image compared to other scopes. The CDK is quite good as well but at 2-3 metres seeing is everything. An AO unit is something that would be nice at times (well all the time with this scope!).
Greg.