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Originally Posted by marc4darkskies
Thanks a lot David! It's always a challenge to make an image pop without going fluro. I was hoping I'd achieved this. You'll probably have to hurry to give it a go this year - I only gathered the RGB by the skin of my teeth (to image at a respectable altitude).
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Yes it looks good - I believe that galaxy images need more subtlety when it comes to colour saturation than nebulae to keep that natural look, as people in general understand what a galaxy "looks like".
I'll have to wait till next year for this though, I already have a few uncompleted image captures due to all the lousy weather!
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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
I think I need a new monitor though because on mine the sky looks jet black (clipped) with an abrupt edge to the galaxy  ...from the other comments I have to assume others are not seeing this and while I can see a couple, I can't see lots of background galaxies that others seem to be able too 
This makes me wonder what my images are looking like on other monitors now, since my good monitor died last year, I am using a kinda crappy monitor that Angie used as a TV when she was living in Sydney last year... it looks like I need to go and get a proper monitor...?
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I recall that you made the same comment for on one of my images too Mike! For gawd's sake go and buy a new monitor!
Seriously though, I had a simlar problem with my old monitor and I eventually bought a new Dell U2410 which had some good reviews and is one of the best for the price range (~$600); the prices rise dramatically for the next level.