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Originally Posted by Placidus
We've had a closer look now. You are right that there is an issue to be fixed: a handful of the brighter stars have assymetrical green fringes, especially a green smudge toward bottom right of the star. It's not overall colour balance: reducing the green channel strength hopelessly messes up the colour balance for the image as a whole. Looking at the faintest stars, the registration of R, G, and B on the great bulk of fainter stars seems pretty accurate, so it's not a registration error. We could apply a finger-painting cosmetic fix, but that would be wicked and sinful. We throw up our hands in dismay. Please avert your gaze, and enjoy the galaxies!
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Hey guys,
First of all I want to reiterate that it's a great image, no question about it, as attested by all the other comments in this thread.
Since moving to a newt and dealing with errant star shapes for months I think I've become hypersensitive to stars. I've looked back at some of my own data since and been amazed that I hadn't noticed issues that are clearly obvious to me now.
Could also be a difference in monitor calibration, though I did calibrate mine recently and I'm sure you guys have done the same.
Anyway, I wouldn't lose sleep over it and I hope I didn't offend. I tend not to post too much on other people's images because usually I have nothing to offer other than "great work"... I do try to offer what I see as opportunity for improvement, even if slight as I feel like that adds some value.
Cheers,
Lee