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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
Thanks Marcus 
Interesting observation mate...hey? perhaps, dunno?...but to be honest, not a biggy for me in the scheme of things  ....plenty of other cool stuff in the image I could probably enhance the fainty wainty stars back in a tad but de-emphasising the stars does help showcase the galaxy detail  ...think star removal and Topaz AI 
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Nah, forget AI - it's just a buzzword for automating somebody else's heuristic logic. Use your own RI (Real Intelligence) - much better results.
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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
Your comment got me curious though  ... HERE is a full res 1:1 comparison with 2.2m ESO data...if you look very closely, with a nice bright monitor, the missing stars are only the very tiniest faintest ones here and there but most can be faintly seen in both shots...apart form the missing fainty waity stars, ... |
Cool!
"Fainty wainty" eh?! Is that a new advanced astro-processing term?
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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
In the end, the reality is, limiting magnitude is essentially a function of aperture...and of course seeing (wobbly atmosphere scrubs out the faintest stars), ...
Mike
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You mean like the wobbly atmosphere last night that scrubbed ALL my fainty wainty stars?
Nice image Mike.