Sculptor- my latest, an improvement

[spearo (Frank)]

Hello,
all the positive feedback on my last NGC253 motivated me and here's my latest attempt at it from last night. in the end I decided not to be too agressive with the unsharp mask happy enough with this...a bit too much noise though
still an improvement i think on my last one
really worked on the focus and tracking as well as on processing levels unsharp mask and dust/scratches etc for noise management...should have taken better darks
anyhow, here it is with my earlier one for comparison
cheers
frank

[Garyh]

You done a good job on removing most of the noise yet retain the fainter details...good job Frank!!

[Lester]

Very nice Frank.

[spearo (Frank)]

Thanks Garyh and Lester,
wont be trying my luck tonight...clouds rolling in...
fingers crossed for rain!
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[Ric]

Very nice and detailed images Frank.
There's a lot of cloud over me at the moment so it will probably be arriving your way soon enough. Nothing dark at the moment just white and fluffy so to say

cheers

[spearo (Frank)]

thanks Ric,
yep completely clouded over here...
i guess I'll be watching movies tonight!
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[EzyStyles (Eric)]

big difference from your previous ngc253 pic. the colours are abit different but the new one is definitely more sharper. nice frank

[spearo (Frank)]

Thanks Eric,
the focus and tweaks on the agressiveness of the autoguiding made a difference
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