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Originally Posted by alpal
that's an excellent shot.
It's a very sharp picture - you must have had top seeing conditions.
Yes - I would increase the saturation of the galaxy a bit.
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Thanks Allan. Seeing wasn't too bad I think. I've just upped the saturation marginally on Astrobin. Thanks.
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Originally Posted by Anth10
I'm yet to try imaging this object, this is an inspiring shot taken from one of my favourite places in Oz.
Well done, you should be very happy with your work.
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Thanks Anth. Good luck with it!
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Originally Posted by cometcatcher
That's a beauty. Very clear. I don't see many pics from RC8 scopes. I'd up the saturation a bit too.
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Thanks Kevin. Tweaked it a tiny bit. Yes, the RC8 is quite a nice little scope but there aren't too many around it seems.
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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
This is a good image Paul.... detail across the galaxy is perhaps looking a bit dotty, I am assuming from decon/wavelettes ? but still, really enjoyed the view  .
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Thanks Mike. Decon? Me?

Just a smidge!
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Originally Posted by traveller
Very nice Paul,
I remember camping at the Flinders Ranges in the late 90's, it certainly is a very nice and dark place!
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Thanks Bo. Yes, very dark - even more so when cloudy as it was on the last night there
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Originally Posted by Placidus
Many good things going on here. The two little galaxies close in at 7 o'clock have two tiny fellows clearly visible next to them.
Well done.
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Thanks Mike and Trish. Hadn't noticed them. Did an image annotation in PixInsight from the PGC catalog, and they're not in that!
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Originally Posted by Rigel003
Very nice image with lovely fine detail. I once took my C11 up to Wilpena. It was dark but I was surprised to find the transparency not all that good. Eventually worked out that there was a layer of smog coming from all the campfires around the area. Sure was cold too.
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LOL! Thanks Graeme.
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Originally Posted by andyc
That's very good indeed, really sharp and deep. Nicely processed too, loving the details within the Galaxy, and the two little galaxies are sharp - you could up the saturation if you liked, but I don't think that's a big deal. Looking at the astroron data - were your subs all 20min? How many of each?
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Thanks Andy. Yes 20 min subs. A one-shot color camera so just 15 color shots.
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Originally Posted by topheart
A very good M83 Paul!!
Well done!
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Thanks Tim.
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Originally Posted by codemonkey
Nice work Paul! Contrary to my recent effort on M83, I quite like the more subtle saturation of yours, it's definitely more believable. The galaxy is nicely resolved; some nice detail.
I probably would have left the background a bit darker on this. Not sure if it's the camera, or perhaps noise reduction, but the background looks a bit blotchy to my eye. Anyway, that's just what I would have done differently, take it as you will.
Oh, and congrats on getting a "Top pick" selection on Astrobin! Could be a IOTD soon!
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Thanks Lee. I think your M83 is superb - a different take on the colour, for sure, but you have remarkable clarity and smoothness there. Re the background, I've tried to tweak it a bit darker (on Astrobin). My camera is fairly noisy, which doesn't help, but it could be the MLT transform used for noise reduction.
Oh, and thanks for letting me know re Astrobin. Hadn't seen that!