Its been a while since I've done anything related to astrophotography as I felt I needed a complete break.
Havn't even touched a scope since Astrofest last year nor had I bothered to look at any of my images that I took at the camp as I've been too involved with street photography and general imaging with a couple of new cameras.
However I did try to process some images from last year that I had not done and the first of these was M17 which was a blend of 10x5min each RGB; 10x10min Luminance and 4x15min Ha. The scope was my 5"APO on an EQ6 (Hypertuned and belt drive modded) using SGP with auto focus etc . I will have to reprocess this with Pixinsight as I feel there is a lot more in the data but since my PC has had to be re-built I need to find the download and passwords etc.
Comments welcomed,
Allan
UPDATE
After getting Geoff Biggs to assist with Pixinsight I realised that I had Ha data that could be added to the image so I tone mapped it into the LRGB data. Geoff had massaged the Ha to reveal a wealth of dust and I was pleased with the combination that this added to the image.
As usual - comments welcomed.
Allan
Last edited by allan gould; 17-02-2015 at 10:19 PM.
I will have to reprocess this with Pixinsight as I feel there is a lot more in the data but since my PC has had to be re-built I need to find the download and passwords etc.
Comments welcomed,
Allan
There's nice sharp detail Alan and you are right about there being a lot more data. I had a go with your image in PixInsight and there's a lot of background nebulosity lurking there. Also looks nice if you kick up the saturation with Curves (PI version) while using a background mask.
Geoff
Looks good Allan. Are you going to astrofest? Adam and I have managed to get the school to cover us so we can go for the whole 10 days as professional development.
Looks good Allan. Are you going to astrofest? Adam and I have managed to get the school to cover us so we can go for the whole 10 days as professional development.
Yes, wouldn't miss it for anything - but I'm going to keep it very simple this year and concentrate only on a few objects. See you two there.
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Welcome back
A nice change from all the narrowband images of M17, Allan.
Hey Allan good to see the old been awhile nebula I have seen lots of those ,good processing you have done better than me I have not done anything for over 12 mths,except for build a new obs ,and buy a new mount and new scope, will have next week
AL
Very nice image, good to see you're still active, hopefully we'll make Astrofest this year as well.
Will see you there and its good to see Im still active (especially when I wake up).
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Originally Posted by alan meehan
Hey Allan good to see the old been awhile nebula I have seen lots of those ,good processing you have done better than me I have not done anything for over 12 mths,except for build a new obs ,and buy a new mount and new scope, will have next week
AL
Looks like we have all been a bit quiet Alan, but at least you are getting together new Kit and I wish it all comes together sweetly.
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Originally Posted by h0ughy
well, since i haven't imaged deepsky since astrofest 2013 i think the drought does need to be broken and your duck does look a treat
Thanks for the comments David. Much appreciated but I hope the new obs in its new location gives you a lot better enjoyment but remember its a longer trip to Bunnings now if you need the odd nut and bolt
And just for you I went along to Geoff Biggs and he applied the mastery of Pixinsight to my image (and then I had a little fiddle with PS-couldn't help myself).
See attached.
Added 4x15 min Ha data to LRGB after Pixinsight and PS3 processing to bring out the extent of the dust surrounding M17.
More extensive than I thought.
Allan
That's a winner in my books Allan the stars leap out ,and the dust is lovely,worth putting into this years photo comp
