Hi folks, It's been 10 looooong weeks since I posted anything here.
Camera issues, family holidays and p*sspoor Melbourne weather yada yada etc...
This is probably born a bit premature and it's a tad overcooked for some tastes to compensate for insufficient data, but I just had to get something up at last!
I wanted to attempt to bring something new to this well photographed object, hence the unconventional colour palatte.
Seeing was a bit average, which has contributed to a softness in the core detail and I've had a jolly difficult time balancing the core brightness etc. (the dynamic range is insane!) but I didn't want to lose the feeling of the light source either by going too HDR.
But enough with the self critique, it's no Malin, but it's an image at last!
4 hrs Ha, 3 hrs O3 and 4 hrs S2 with average seeing, Hubble palatte (Andyfied) and RGB stars.
High res here -http://www.astrobin.com/204450/0/
Constructive criticism and feedback is always welcome
Cheers
Andy