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Originally Posted by alan meehan
well shot Marcus iam imaging this area at the moment if it comes close to yours wow,very nice.
AL
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Thanks Al! Look forward to seing your rendition!
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Originally Posted by h0ughy
wow huge difference, can even see it in the thumbnails
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Yep, and it's a good illustration of what doubling your data does for you - I processed each version very similarly (from scratch) and stretched both as much as I could get away with. Thanks Houghy!
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Originally Posted by RobF
Oh My! That's stunning.
Its as if someone turned the lights on Marcus. It sounded like you worked hard to get this one, and the effort really shows. Benchmark image for sure.
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Cheers Rob! You got that right mate - one of the longest processing runs I've done and quite fiddly. Spent most of my time pulling out the signal in the faint areas. Also, the flats I get with my 1.6 extender are less than perfect so gradients were a problem (note to self - do better flats!!!!). Anyway, I'm glad it's done and I'm quite pleased with the result. I'm sure I'll go back and tinker, but not for a while!
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Originally Posted by CoolhandJo
Lovely image. Wonderful collies and depth to it.
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Thanks Paul, glad you liked it. There aren't too many images around that go deeper, folks usually stop at the bighter refl nebs - even with 12" reflectors!!
. I always use reference images as a reality check and the only one that went deep enough was
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100302.html - the deepest I've ever seen!