Hi All,
I had a bit of a mission with this one, capturing subs between clouds! Having to contend with shallow well depth and a strong core signal, I could get away with the shorter subs on this one. I had about 80-70% Moon quite close so that probably didn't help with SNR...
There could probably be a lot more detail discovered by aggressive sharpening but I want it to look a little more natural to preserve the colour in the dust lanes. That and I can never seem to get a handle on sharpening without destroying something that I want present and unharmed.
I'm pretty happy with it so far, not sure if I will be tomorrow, but I think it is an improvement on my last galaxy. Ticked off another goal too.... Adding some Ha to an LRGB galaxy!
Image details:
Telescope: CDK 12.5 @ f/8, 0.44" sampling.
Camera: SBIG STT-8300
Composition: LR(Ha)GB 310:85(60):35:60, 9.1 hours total.
Flickr:
https://flic.kr/p/r9KSUe
Astrobin (Does not seem to respect ICC - I don't know how to fix yet... anyone got tips for astrobin?):
http://www.astrobin.com/172086/B/