[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by ua1

Beautiful image of a tough object. Well done, objectives achieved!

Thanks Andrew

Originally Posted by alpal

That's excellent Mike,
surely that is APOD worthy?
You've got detail right inside the core too.
The Ha has highlighted the numerous nebulas.


cheers
Allan

Cheers Allan, yeah using only the best data for the details in the galaxy seems to work, if I watch the atmosphere and collect the Lum when the conditions are ripe, I seem to be able to collect enough Luminance data at FWHM's of under 1.8" for most images now, it's great

Originally Posted by petershah

another stunning image....beautiful colour balance and detail

Thanks a lot Pete

Originally Posted by Startrek

Mike,
Beautiful image of Pavo from your vantage point above the clouds
Star colours are something else, some of the best I’ve ever seen , true colour temperatures
Well done !
Q: how did you calibrate your flats ( flat darks ? ) field is perfectly flat and even !!

Cheers
Martone

Thanks Mr Warhol

Yeah I guess it's no secret but a mixture of yellow, white and blue are the main colours we should see in stars, with the odd reddish one.

I don't calibrate my flats with flat darks, in fact I don't use dark frames at all, the SX camera is so low noise, I just rely on a three pixel dither guide and median combine, works very well and much less bother.

Mike