[richardo (Rich)]

Originally Posted by Garyh

Excellent result Rich! Nice and deep as well. Can`t quiet get as deep with the DSLR here. Looking back at mine, I have to work a bit more on the color balance as looks a little on the red side compared to yours. Your`s looks just right over here!

Thanks Gaz!
Lots of dramas taming gradients with this. Have all the led's covered.. got me baffled.

Originally Posted by bluescope

Nice to see the colour version Rich ... lots of faint fuzzies around and good definition of the core and dust lanes of 104.

Thanks Steve!

Originally Posted by pgc hunter

very nice! look at all those faint fuzzy fleas swarming it.

Cheers Peter!

Originally Posted by CoolhandJo

Very nice close up image of M104. I took my very first DSLR picture the other night of this image and it looked like a spec in a very wide field!

Thanks Paul, yeah you'll need a larger apertured scope for getting up on this guy/ Gal with a DSLR!

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Awesome image. My monitor shows magenta in the inner halo though. That either should be whitish or slightly yellowish.
I am amazed by the amount of detail you caught. That is something I would normally associate with a 14 inch RC or bigger.

Greg.

Thanks Greg.
I thought to myself, the colour was a bit of a let down to the lum, as I knew it would be. Adds a bit to it though.
Although I adhered to my extinction factor multiplier routine with my rgb ratios, there was a gradient through the lower portion though. Tends to make balancing the background little hard to get it a good neutral colour.
I had to mask and reduce the red channel some what about the halo as I increase saturation to the overal rgb data on layer blending. Obviously some spligae across the whole image from the gradient. Other wise it would have been ugly magenta/ red. Even now it does show through though. So yes I'm aware the halo should be more white... my monitor too shows this.
Not overly happy with the colour data and the nights. Lots of work arounds to make it happen. Maybe a re shoot on the rgb with a better night.

Happy with the lum though! This primary mirror I have is exquisite when the conditions allow! F4 pulls it in quickly.

Originally Posted by telecasterguru

An amazing image. It is so crystal and detailed. Wonderful.

Thanks Frank!

Originally Posted by Bassnut

wow, very nice, really stands out hanging there in space. I can see a quite a few other galaxies in the frame too, top work.

Cheers for that Fred.
There's a heap in the lum version that are slightly taken out with the rgb data.

Originally Posted by spearo

very nice
i'm jealous!
nice and detailed
very well done
frank

Thanks Frank.
Taken a few years to get decent data on this one for me. Always been hit and miss in the past.. generally passed it up for something else due to conditions this time of the year.

Originally Posted by peter_4059

Great image Rich. The colour certainly makes M104 quite spectacular.

Thanks Peter!

Thanks all for comments and encouragement.
Might do a redux to the colour though. Not all that happy with what I've had to deal with... probably be worth the effort for satisfactions sake.

All the best folks.. hope your able to get out!
Rich