[E_ri_k (Erik)]

Originally Posted by alpal

Nice one Erik,
I probably would have done some contrast adjustments
in the brighter areas using a blurred layer mask in Photoshop.
I have a feeling you can get more out of your data on this one.


cheers
Allan

Thanks Allan, have had a rework of the whole thing. I don't use PS but manage to get a better result in Pixinsight i think.

Erik

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Overall a very decent image of this big baby Erik, nice work Some more fiddling with contrast and Ha blending could improve it, but a fine result none the less.

This is a good field to see a full res of too, lots of faint fuzzies all over the place

Mike

Thanks Mike, blending the Ha introduced a lot of noise which was difficult to tackle, but I'm pleased wit this version. So many cool little galaxies in the background!

Erik

Originally Posted by codemonkey

Nice one, Erik! I'd like to photograph this one myself, but it's one of few galaxies that are too big for my FOV and I don't really want to do a mosaic.

I'm guessing the lack of blue is related to the blending of the Ha data. How did you go about mixing the Ha in? Not sure I can offer much advice there, since I've only done it a couple of times, but I'm sure others with more experience can chime in on that.

Thanks I wouldn't know where to start with a mosaic! I used PixelMath in Pixinsight, and a tutorial from Harrys Astroshed. worked really well, actually surprised me!

Originally Posted by Placidus

Very fine.

You can get much more contrast without losing any information just by tweaking the zero points as attached.

Best,
MnT

Thanks for the tip!

Erik