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Old 01-05-2022, 06:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Ant0nio View Post
Thanks Allan,

In an effort to maintain scientifically correct colours I usually refer to a select few reference images for guidance. In this case the native colour correction of the scope after stretching the data resulted in a fairly close match to this image by Rob Gendler/ Roberto Colombari,
http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/Eta-HST-ESO-M.html
My first thoughts were inline with your comments but I decided to run with it anyway & embrace the "dark & dripping with colour look" .
Thanks for the feedback Allan.

Cheers,
Tony



Hi Tony,
it's artistic license.
Gendler tends to go for over saturated chocolate box colours.
I prefer a milder look as per this APOD:
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap181227.html


cheers
Allan
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