Too Red?

[Tandum (Robin)]

This is my M16 ... looking at other threads, is it too red ya think.

[theodog (Jeff)]

Hi Robin.
Looks fine to me.
Well done.

[vash (Ashley)]

I don't think that it's too red, It just stands out more with the really black background more so than it's too red.

[Alchemy (Clive)]

looks fine to me too.

[Jeffkop (Jeff)]

Looks OK to me too .. Ive seen many pictures of this object that colour.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Don't know about being too red..?..perhaps? There appears to be a lot of outer nebulosity there that just can't be seen too well, like you have clipped the data..? Still a pleasing result huh?

Mike

[Tandum (Robin)]

Cheers guys, vash is right, it's too black, I'll have another go at it.

[PCH (Paul)]

I've seen many less red ones and enjoyed looking at them, but this deepish red together with the really black background looks great imho.

Cheers

[Tandum (Robin)]

Cheers Paul, but there is a fair bit missing as Mike says. Check out this one by Clive as a guide.

[Garyh]

quiet a pleasing image to view Robin, my versions have a little more magenta in them but like Mike mentions maybe some black clipping there?
cheers

[AlexN]

yep.. the sky looks like someone spilt a jar of black ink all over it.. other than that, she's a beauty... the diamond looking stars are a bit odd, but iirc they are the norm for a VC200L

[beren]

looks good Robin

[Tandum (Robin)]

Originally Posted by AlexN

yep.. the sky looks like someone spilt a jar of black ink all over it.. other than that, she's a beauty... the diamond looking stars are a bit odd, but iirc they are the norm for a VC200L

Yes the big obstruction makes some stars square.

The data is there, bad flats hid it in the original. Here's a rework in progress.

[AlexN]

had a quick play.. dont know if its better or worse, but its different...

curves/color balance/maximum entropy deconvolution/smart sharpen

bored i guess

[Tandum (Robin)]

You've brought in a 5hit load of noise. I can give you the raw process file to play with if you want but it's 60meg

[AlexN]

noise came in during JPEG compression.. I cropped it down but still had to compress it to 62% quality before it made posting regulation size...

60mb.... eh - i got nothing better to do.... gonna upload it somewhere for me/email or what?

[Tandum (Robin)]

Check PMs. It's built from 6x10minute subs and no flats so there's a little bit of skyfog and gradient to deal with.