The Seven Sisters

[gregbradley]

Its been a while since I imaged this one and I often miss it as its not really very high in the sky and its not up for imaging that long.

http://www.pbase.com/gregbradley/image/165251660/large

http://www.pbase.com/gregbradley/ima...51660/original looks best in this large size.

Greg.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Quite lovely Greg, well done,, you seem to finally have that Honders singing with the FLI attached I can't wait to have a crack at this once the FSQ-PL16803 is up and running

Mike

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Quite lovely Greg, well done,, you seem to finally have that Honders singing with the FLI attached I can't wait to have a crack at this once the FSQ-PL16803 is up and running

Mike

Thanks Mike. How's progress on the FSQ/16803? A classic combo.

Greg.

[Atmos (Colin)]

That's really nice Greg, I am going to have to image this area some day... maybe next year.

[JA]

Wonderful Image Greg

Best
JA

[RickS (Rick)]

Take a look at the histogram, Greg. Looks like all channels have some hefty black clipping?

[Andy01 (Andy)]

Echoing Rick's comments, that makes for a very dramatic presentation

[SimmoW (SIMON)]

Yeah, my favourite target done in a really punchy and dramatic way, lovely! Good to see it with decent data.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by RickS

Take a look at the histogram, Greg. Looks like all channels have some hefty black clipping?

Couldn't see this at work but now at home, yeah, pretty obvious Greg, still the makings of a fantastic image dude, just fix the clipping

Mike

[Peter Ward]

I rather like the high key look to the image that you achieved by having, well, black blacks.

Actually, I think it's one of the best images you have produced in quite a while.

Nice one

[LewisM]

GX UGC 02838 stands out beautifully in that image Greg. NICE.

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by Atmos

That's really nice Greg, I am going to have to image this area some day... maybe next year.

Thanks for that.

Originally Posted by JA

Wonderful Image Greg

Best
JA

Thank you, appreciated.

Originally Posted by RickS

Take a look at the histogram, Greg. Looks like all channels have some hefty black clipping?

Yes the red channel was a bit messy and required some balancing which led to some clipping. I didn't think it was too bad but its worth a redo to see if I can balance out the red properly without causing the black clipplng. A repro coming up.

Originally Posted by Andy01

Echoing Rick's comments, that makes for a very dramatic presentation

Thanks Andy. I wasn't able to get as much red as the other channels and some of the red had some gradients (observatory wall gets in the way as this one sets).

Originally Posted by SimmoW

Yeah, my favourite target done in a really punchy and dramatic way, lovely! Good to see it with decent data.

Thanks Simon.

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Couldn't see this at work but now at home, yeah, pretty obvious Greg, still the makings of a fantastic image dude, just fix the clipping

Mike

Yeah I think I can do it. I may have to resort to using PI hehehe.

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

I rather like the high key look to the image that you achieved by having, well, black blacks.

Actually, I think it's one of the best images you have produced in quite a while.

Nice one

Cheers Peter. Clipping blacks does punch up contrast! but at a cost of some subtle shade details. I think there may be a bit of dust in the star areas that could be revealed with more careful processing.

Originally Posted by LewisM

GX UGC 02838 stands out beautifully in that image Greg. NICE.

Which one is that Lewis - the little galaxy near the top of the image?

Greg.

[gregbradley]

I have fixed the clipped blacks and done a hundred lines of " will not black clip my histograms".
It did bring out more star colour and some of the dust in the area which I presume is the same dust near those bright stars that is being lit up.

Same links:

http://www.pbase.com/gregbradley/image/165251660/large

http://www.pbase.com/gregbradley/ima...51660/original looks best in this large size.



Greg.

[RickS (Rick)]

That's great, Greg. Looks more natural, to me at least!

[topheart]

Just lovely Greg!!

Nice to see the sisters without diffraction spikes.....my BRC + PL16803 has a similar view, but with spikes.....

I really like the un-clipped redo .....very well done!
Cheers,
Tim

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by RickS

That's great, Greg. Looks more natural, to me at least!

Thanks Rick. It was a bit lazy of me really. I knew it was blackclipped but thought I would have to go way back in the processing and it didn't look too bad. You're keeping me honest Rick!

Originally Posted by topheart

Just lovely Greg!!

Nice to see the sisters without diffraction spikes.....my BRC + PL16803 has a similar view, but with spikes.....

I really like the un-clipped redo .....very well done!
Cheers,
Tim

Thanks Tim. I think the best version I had done of this previously was with a BRC250. Diffractions spikes are a matter of taste. I don't mind them really.

Greg.

[Atmos (Colin)]

The outer regions are showing up a lot nicer, presumably because they're actually there now

[LewisM]

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Which one is that Lewis - the little galaxy near the top of the image?

Greg.

PGC13696 / UGC 02838 - the one next to Electra (right hand side, half-way up)

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by Atmos

The outer regions are showing up a lot nicer, presumably because they're actually there now

Yes black clipping is for sinners and losers! It does look better as I was hoping to catch some of that dust I've seen in other deep shots.

Originally Posted by LewisM

PGC13696 / UGC 02838 - the one next to Electra (right hand side, half-way up)

Thanks Lewis. I noticed that when I was processing the image. Its amazing what modern cameras and scopes can pick up.

Greg.

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Especially like the repro Greg all the detail in the wisps