after a year- M83 in colour

[richardo (Rich)]

Hi folks,
yes, it's taken a year to get the rgb data on this M83 lum I had
lying around.
The weather this time last year was dismal as I remember.
Had this nice lum data and then the night sky wouldn't play ball till
M83 was over the meridian and into the worst part of my sky.

Here's a link to my front page if you'd like to take a look
http://www.baytop-observatory.com/

If you've recently visited, hit the refresh or F5 to get it.

Hope your getting out and having fun...

All the best for now
Rich

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

It's a very nice result Rich. Well done.

Peter.

[bluescope]

A very smooth rendition right down to the galactic centre Rich... worth the wait to get the image you wanted !

[multiweb (Marc)]

Dude! That's insane! Best I've seen around

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

It's a beauty

great to work on an image for a year ... huh?

Mike

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Some nice detail there and pleasing colour. A pleasure to view.

[pgc hunter]

wow what a stunner!

[leinad (Dan)]

Beautiful!

[RB (Andrew)]

That is gorgeous Rich !!!

It leaps out at you and I love the colours, very nice indeed !

[Garyh]

Very enjoyable image! All the elements fit together beautifully
Well done Rich!

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

A great image there Rich - nice scale, good detail & colour!

Cheers, Marcus

[gregbradley]

Oooh, lovely image. Really nice.

Only thing I would add would possibly to reduce the star sizes a bit as the stars are fine but they take attention away from the galaxy a bit.

2 ways

Deconvolution on your masters for LRGB or a bit of minimum filter ( a tad)
after you get the stars selected using the colour range tool.

I wonder if there is a bit of detail in that inner core that could be brought out by lassoing the core and using shadows/highlights or even curves?

Greg.

[Paul Haese]

Makes mine look very ordinary. Superb image, nicely done.

[richardo (Rich)]

Originally Posted by peter_4059

It's a very nice result Rich. Well done.

Peter.

Thanks Pete!

Originally Posted by bluescope

A very smooth rendition right down to the galactic centre Rich... worth the wait to get the image you wanted !

Thanks Steve..
Patience is a virtue

Originally Posted by multiweb

Dude! That's insane! Best I've seen around

Thanks a bunch Marc!

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

It's a beauty

great to work on an image for a year ... huh?

Mike

Thanks Mike..... but it wasn't a reprocess ... so it don't count

Originally Posted by Bassnut

Some nice detail there and pleasing colour. A pleasure to view.

Cheers for that Fred!

Originally Posted by pgc hunter

wow what a stunner!

Thanks Peter!

Originally Posted by leinad

Beautiful!

Thanks Leinads

Originally Posted by RB

That is gorgeous Rich !!!

It leaps out at you and I love the colours, very nice indeed !

Cheers Andrew !

Originally Posted by Garyh

Very enjoyable image! All the elements fit together beautifully
Well done Rich!

Thanks Gaz....
The waiting is the hardest part..... I actually forgot what I had till something in my hazed mind clicked..... ouch

Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

A great image there Rich - nice scale, good detail & colour!

Cheers, Marcus

Thank you Marcus

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Oooh, lovely image. Really nice.

Only thing I would add would possibly to reduce the star sizes a bit as the stars are fine but they take attention away from the galaxy a bit.

2 ways

Deconvolution on your masters for LRGB or a bit of minimum filter ( a tad)
after you get the stars selected using the colour range tool.

I wonder if there is a bit of detail in that inner core that could be brought out by lassoing the core and using shadows/highlights or even curves?

Greg.

Thanks Greg for your comments.
I actually find the star sizes fine ... they could be a wee bit bloated no doubt due to the sub lengths on the lum. in conjunction with F4 and being pushed.... but
and yes, on some images I've taken in the past, I've selectively masked stars and used minimum '1', then faded by 50%.... but in all honesty, I feel this image doesn't need it imo. Thanks for your thoughts any way...

I'm always aware of trying not to burn out the core on these bright galaxies.... this one has got me.... unfortunately the core is already gone with out any processing at all.... Aint no detail there I'm afeard !
Could always go back and do a swag of shorter subs and add to the master lum.....
but over all, I'm pretty happy with the final result.

Thanks all for your comments and input.
Always appreciated.

Cheers for now
Rich

[atalas]

Another beautiful piece of work Rich!

[richardo (Rich)]

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Makes mine look very ordinary. Superb image, nicely done.

Hi Paul, thanks for the comments...
and yours is also a fine image.. just at a much larger fov.

Originally Posted by atalas

Another beautiful piece of work Rich!

Thanks louie

[mexhunter (César)]

Hello richardo:
It is an extraordinary photo, the colorful one of the structure of the galaxy is wonderful.
You have a great capture there.
Many greetings
Cesar

[Quark (Trevor)]

Really nice job on a classical object,

Love the image scale, overall structure and colour. I agree with Greg that there is more detail to be had within the core, specifically with this object, there are two very fine offset streams of material that imping into the core from the spiral arms. Most images of this object tend to burn that delicate detail out, however there are examples around that manage to capture it.

This a stunning image and bringing out the aforementioned detail would top it off.

Regards
Trevor

[jase (Jason)]

Mission complete Rich. Colours are spot on IMO. As others have said, perhaps a little more detail could be extracted surrounding the nucleus. Overall a great image. Well done.

[richardo (Rich)]

Originally Posted by mexhunter

Hello richardo:
It is an extraordinary photo, the colorful one of the structure of the galaxy is wonderful.
You have a great capture there.
Many greetings
Cesar

Big thanks there Cesar.
Yes it's a lovely big and bright galaxy so just great to image.
Lots of detail to be seen.

All the best
Rich