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Originally Posted by Mickoid
Love this shot Rodney, the hours spent in compiling this image has all been worth it and your careful processing has complimented it wonderfully. Soft and tasteful, without losing the fine details within NGC1532 and the many background galaxies which are accompanying it. The generated star spikes on the brighter stars also improve the overall presentation. Great job!  |
Thanks Michael, you are very kind. It does make for an interesting field with all of the stuff going on in addition to the complex shapes. I went the extra mile with the data acquisition as I planned to use drizzle integration knowing that I would have to crop down the field some. I find that it helps with the improved resolution. The star spikes are interesting in that they are not artificially generated even though I am using a refractor. My theory is that there are two possible effects that result in the diffraction spikes. One is a reflection in the imaging train and the other is as a result of the use of the masked stretch process in Pixinsight. Not that this is an issue as I have grown to like them actually.
Thanks again and let's look forward to some clear skies some time soon.