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Old 14-09-2014, 12:16 PM
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Finally got around to processing this years M16 data and I'm pretty happy with it. Still lots more to learn in PI but I'm absolutely loving it so far

Bigger/better here:
http://hughsblog.wordpress.com/2014/...nebula-in-sho/

SII – 6x20min + 16x30min
Ha – 10x20min + 4x30min
OIII – 2x20min + 5x30min

Taken from Rushcutters Bay in Sydney.
Takahashi TSA-120 / SW EQ6 / SBIG STT-8300M / FW8G + AO-8T / PixInsight / PS

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Old 15-09-2014, 08:45 AM
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Maaannn.... this is uber cool. You're on a roll.
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Old 15-09-2014, 09:34 AM
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Maaannn.... this is uber cool. You're on a roll.
Agreed. Some awesome SHO images lately.
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Old 15-09-2014, 09:43 AM
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A bit green for my taste but detail is good. Well done, Hugh!

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Old 15-09-2014, 10:13 AM
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A bit green for my taste but detail is good. Well done, Hugh!

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Old 15-09-2014, 10:23 AM
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Very nice, lots of detail. Best to pump up the reds in narrowbands as otherwise you get excess green. Curves, pixel maths, combine ratos etc do it.

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Old 15-09-2014, 12:34 PM
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Thanks Guys!

Greg and Rick, that's good feedback, thanks
Are you looking at the ones on this page or the one on my blog?
I ask because I've just realised how terrible these attached 200k jpegs look! the ones here are all soft and have more green in them.

I'll upload a smaller and more colour accurate one here tonight anyway.
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I looked at the image on the blog, Hugh, although admittedly on my laptop which doesn't have a calibrated screen. I'll check it on my good screen when I get home.

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Hmmm, thanks Rick.
I'm looking at it on my work monitor which is pretty good, not calibrated but it's a 2 week old HP Dreamcolour. There's definitely some green around the outside of the image but it's a fairly subtle green (kind of pale olive colour) which was intentional, but I'm not a fan of too much green in NB images either.

I did actually pull a bit of red out of the image right at the end as I felt the image had a bit of a magenta wash over it, perhaps I went too far
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I always find it tough to tweak the colours in my own narrowband images. I'm working on a SHO palette image of SH2-190 at present. You may feel I took too much green out of it when I post it, Hugh

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Gorgeous, love it and a really interesting palette. And great to see such nice images from the 'burbs
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A most excellent m16

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I always find it tough to tweak the colours in my own narrowband images. I'm working on a SHO palette image of SH2-190 at present. You may feel I took too much green out of it when I post it, Hugh

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Me too!
Looking forward to seeing what you come up with

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Gorgeous, love it and a really interesting palette. And great to see such nice images from the 'burbs
Thanks Simon, just trying to do the best with what I've got... and unfortunately what I've got is a balcony next to Sydney CBD...

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Lovely! and the more traditional (and many would say correct) HST like palette looks quite good...enjoyment is the main thing in this game, we shouldn't get too wound up in just trying to make so called perfect images and forget the other rewarding aspects of what we do and love

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Lovely! and the more traditional (and many would say correct) HST like palette looks quite good...enjoyment is the main thing in this game, we shouldn't get too wound up in just trying to make so called perfect images and forget the other rewarding aspects of what we do and love

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Nice photo Hugh.

Great detail.

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