This is the current colour scheme that I am looking for, it is a single 10m each in SII, Ha and OIII. Took this one about two months ago purely as a test.
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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
That's a fine result Colin. I too think the milkyness in the lanes is indeed real but you could probably still up the contrast a little as Mike says.
Refocusing?...hey just stay up and drink beer coffee and whisky like I do, and do it yourself, aaah great fun!   ...then sleep in and get out of housework 
Mike |
I do think I flattened the image a bit too much in the curves, brightened the background considerably and dulled down the Keyhole area.
I'd really struggle staying up all night doing the focusing, I don't drink beer! Try to get up every hour or so to do the focusing but sometimes I do sleep in until morning! Mostly difficult as I need to leave for work at 6am :/
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Originally Posted by multiweb
That looks very good Colin.  As Mike pointed out the lanes in the center are the right tone of grey. They're not that dark. |
Thanks Marc, good to know I wasn't being too paranoid about black clipping
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Originally Posted by Slawomir
Nice result Colin, I will be looking forward to seeing the fruits of your experimentations with this object |
Sometimes I think I spend too much time experimenting
My job this weekend is to dismantle my EQ6 Pro and regrease it, the PHD guide graph is getting some random 4 arcsec jumps that I am hoping I might be able to smooth out. Did some Googling last night and apparently some people get as high as 17 arcsec jumps!