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Old 04-11-2014, 11:07 AM
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Of course! Providing you explain what you've done 😄
In fact I really appreciate the effort you and others make here to get discussion going and to challenge us to improve! I thought it was a bit blue too, but decided it gave it a cool feeling.
Cheers,
Andrew
Hi Andrew.
OK here is a quick go saved on Astrobin:

http://www.astrobin.com/full/134022/0/

I split the channels & used curves to reduce blue.
I then re-combined.
I then went to LAB mode & adjusted the core of the galaxy
using a feathered mask to increase the yellows & reds.
I also used a mask to sharpen just the bright areas of the galaxy.
I also used Fitswork4 to do a variable flatten on the background.

Is it better?

I could do a lot better with the original 32 bit FITS stacks.

cheers
Allan
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