[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by Rex

That's pretty good Marc. I did a version of this last year and had a bugger of a time with the stars, so I hear ya.

Thanks Rex. Maybe a starless version would look alright. Will try that too.

Originally Posted by Camelopardalis

Love the detail in there Marc

I took some subs of the Western Veil myself, didn't get around to the other half haven't tried tackling it yet with all the stars

Thanks mate. Yeah I didn't realise there would be so many.
Looking forward to your version.

Originally Posted by RobF

I've got about 3hrs of Ha on the East side I could post up too if any use. Haven't processed any of the Ha/L/R/G/B yet, but will see what I've got....

Blending the Ha in the reds might make the whole field popup.

Originally Posted by DJT

Nice one Marc and curse those pesky stars! Never realized there were quite so many to contend with.

Thanks mate. Yeah, where's Fred when you need him?

Originally Posted by RobF

I think I've botched my cal frames as there is a far bit of sensor noise. Anyway, full FITS for 3hr Ha stack available here if anyone wants to play with this and Marc's data further. Very similar FOV for the East side. (32mb FITS download)

Good stuff. Thanks for the link. Will have a play too.

Originally Posted by rustigsmed

hi marc,

awesome stuff thanks for sharing.

no one has had a crack at the moustache section, here is my attempt - and actually my first go at LRGB data ever. All kind of new, pretty different from DSLR data - way darker but soooo clean!

Used your full frame not cropped

https://www.flickr.com/photos/803366...blic/lightbox/

slight crop
https://www.flickr.com/photos/803366...posted-public/

I notice on lesser quality versions i can see a grid pattern appear not sure if thats come out on your monitors with the flickr version - maybe i stretched and or over cranked the colour too much.

Cheers

Rusty

That looks cool Russel. You did an excellent job on the stars.
Good catch on the grid pattern on the version posted. The witch broom panels was integrated in PI using drizzle bayer. As you can see it's far from perfect and there are artefatcs from the original bayer matrix. The other panel was done in CCD Stack. I tried drizzle in MAXIM as well and I have to say the results looked better (in some cases) than PI. But still to experiment.

Originally Posted by RobF

Its always been a thought to try and 3 panel mosaic on this one. You did well with the 2 panels you have Marc. It seems like heresy to be shooting NB at astrofest in a way, so hardly your fault there are so many stars in there!

I also think 3 panels is the way to go unless you have a reducer for the ED. I can't use a reducer with the old Q.

I know, you go away to a dark site to do color not narrowband. It would be criminal to waste good skies on Ha/Oiii. But in this case I could make an exception. Well for next year I'll do Vela. It's right up ahead for us.