my first M16

[h0ughy (David)]

well i managed to get 3h 25 min of M16, my first time. Will end up doing it again after getting some advice...

127ed cooled canon40d with cls filter on a g11
stacked in DSS processed in Pixinsight 1.7 and PS

EDIT - included is a pixinsight only repro.....

EDIT2 - added a blend of the two

I MUST IMPROVE MY PROCESSING SKILLS-----> EDIT 3 ADDED NEW TWEAKED IMAGE 4

[FlashDrive (Poppy)]

Nice shot ... good detail in it to.... I like it.

Well done David.

Flash

[John Hothersall]

Thats a very good result, that cooled 40D seems pretty noise free. Plenty of faint nebulosity all over.

John.

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by FlashDrive

Nice shot ... good detail in it to.... I like it.

Well done David.

Flash

thanks though i think that i could wring a bit more out of the image

Originally Posted by John Hothersall

Thats a very good result, that cooled 40D seems pretty noise free. Plenty of faint nebulosity all over.

John.

thanks John

[allan gould]

Nice shot shot David, you are getting your money's worth out of the 127mm.

[Ross G]

Great shot David.

Sharp, so much detail and great colours.


Thanks.


Ross.

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by allan gould

Nice shot shot David, you are getting your money's worth out of the 127mm.

well and truely - its a great scope and the moonlight focuser is a great investment -

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by Ross G

Great shot David.

Sharp, so much detail and great colours.


Thanks.


Ross.

thanks Ross

[wysiwyg (Mark)]

Nice one David

I wish I had the focal length for this object as its one of my favourites.

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by wysiwyg

Nice one David

I wish I had the focal length for this object as its one of my favourites.

thanks Mark, when i get the 14" going this will be a target for another day

[DavidU (Dave)]

Plenty of depth & detail there Dave. I would love to see what you can do with the 14"

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by DavidU

Plenty of depth & detail there Dave. I would love to see what you can do with the 14"

thanks Dave - see the original post as i have added a repro

[h0ughy (David)]

third image added - blend of two

[multiweb (Marc)]

Great details but you have to tweak your color balance. The red's overwhelming and there a lot of blue stars in there. I assume you've used a UHC-S nebula filter or something similar? That would shift your reds right up.

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Great details but you have to tweak your color balance. The red's overwhelming and there a lot of blue stars in there. I assume you've used a UHC-S nebula filter or something similar? That would shift your reds right up.

CLS filter - point taken

[h0ughy (David)]

REPRO 4

[multiweb (Marc)]

Well that looks heaps better doesn't it? Blue star clusters and you've even got the dual tones in the core coming up now. Nice one.

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Well that looks heaps better doesn't it? Blue star clusters and you've even got the dual tones in the core coming up now. Nice one.

See you only have to smack me around the noggin a few times before i come around Thanks Marc - as i said first time i have done this one - thanks for the pointers

[tornado33]

That last repro is the best.Perfect colour balance and a dark but not overly black sky.
Scott

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

it's a hard one to get just right. I had a hell of a time processing the one I took with ponders modded 20d
Lovely image though. Really nice.