Carina Nebula

[Cyberman (Rob)]

Hello all. Here is my go at Carina nebula.
250 F4 Newtonian, EQ6R, Modded canon 600D DSLR
317x45sec lights over 3 nights
30 each of D, F, DFs on each night
ASTAP, SIRIL, GIMP
Might have overdone the sharpening a bit!
Comments, advice welcome,
Rob

[AstroViking (Steve)]

Hi Rob,

A good image for sure, but you're right about the sharpening - definitely a bit overdone there.

Any chance of seeing a less-sharpened image?

Cheers,
V.

[Cyberman (Rob)]

Yep, got carried away. Did 2 lots of sharpening even though I thought it might have been a bad idea as I was doing it. Rob

[carlstronomy (Carl)]

Rob nice image mate, as you already mentioned try not to stretch that data too far

[Bodon (Steve)]

Well done Rob. I like them bright and sharp...dreamy.

[Cyberman (Rob)]

Steve, I finally managed a less sharp reprocess. Changed some techniques as well. Advice welcome. Rob
PS thanks Steve and Carl.

[AstroViking (Steve)]

Very nice - I like that one.

[Nikolas (Nik)]

Second version for sure, you can even make out Magic Mountain

[astronobob (Bob)]

2nd is much more pleasing to the eye, Rob, more normal natural colours too, you have done well here, quality post

[Cyberman (Rob)]

Thanks, Bob, Nik and Steve. I did a 3rd process which I think is my best and is attached here. It shows the mystic mountain better. It is a bit sharper but not as crazy as my first attempt. Rob

[Pierre_C]

Great job, Rob. I like the third one the best because of its clarity, graded contrasts and sense of depth - nicely balanced.