[Atmos (Colin)]

Originally Posted by Ryderscope

That's a lovely canvas Collin.
Whilst I see your point about the stars, the detail and colour in this rendition of a classic object is excellent.
Thanks for sharing your processing challenges as well as it helps others to observe and build their skills.

Thanks Rodney, I am slowly coming to the conclusion that I am always best off drizzle integrating even if it doesn't increase resolution as much. My laptop doesn't like it so much but it does seem to make details come out more.

Originally Posted by Placidus

Hi, Colin,

The level of detail, the overall colour and saturation, and the handling of the shock fronts in particular is magnificent.

Perhaps a slight tendency to become a bit diagrammatic or map-like due to the handling of the high dynamic range.

For me, the stars are never the point of a narrowband image, it's all those other things that you've gotten exactly right, and it bothers me that we are collectively bothered by the stars. I'm starting to think that embracing them and leaving them violet is actually the most authentic thing to do.

Very best,
Mike

Thanks Mike. I actually don't mind having magenta stars, it's just the halos that do my head in for the most part. I find them a massive distraction, especially when zoomed out and there are numerous bright fluorescent pimples scattered throughout a nice nebula
I may have to try matching FWHM and see if that helps, they're close but not exact.

I have tried to be gentle with the dynamic range but I have certainly significantly flattened the image. Haven't actually seen what it would look like at full range yet, have to give that a shot