M1 Crab Nebula

[Alchemy (Clive)]

The remnants of the Supernova in 1054 seen by the chinese during the daytime for 23 days, now only seen dimly in telescopes


7 x 6 min (plus Darks and Flats) Exposures shot through a 12 inch Newtonian with a Cannon Digital Camera

[theodog (Jeff)]

Nice image of the Crab.
The sky seems very black, is it possible to lighten the image to bring more detail out? Maybe an unsharp mask as well.

These are genuine questions, definately not criticisms (as per another inflamed forum).

Plenty of detail in the filiments and the colour looks OK.
Well done.

[leon]

Very nice i reckon well done.

Leon

[edwardsdj (Doug)]

Beautiful image of the Crab

[Alchemy (Clive)]

Originally Posted by theodog

Nice image of the Crab.
The sky seems very black, is it possible to lighten the image to bring more detail out? Maybe an unsharp mask as well.

These are genuine questions,
.

Not a problem, i give you the original (a crop) Stacked in DSS using K Sigma and Med both darks and Flats, Also the one posted -more or less as i recropped from TIF file, a quik curve lift and unsharp mask 2 pxels 1 level and 100% . Just like coffee add sugar to taste, the final unsharp version is at 100% so degradation apart from being 8 bit is minimal, have a play if you like.

your comments are taken in the genuine nature that they were given in, should you have a specifc suggestion to improve it or a technique you might use i would only be too glad to hear.

[EzyStyles (Eric)]

great shot alchemy. heaps of details in the inner core.