Lagoon Nebula:- Processing test.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by sjastro

Any better now?
http://members.iinet.net.au/~sjastro/Lagoon_test2.jpg

Clear skies

Steven

Yes, now the detail looks real and the stars have improved

Mike

[sjastro]

Originally Posted by gregbradley

I like it. Pay the Vets fee and you are all clear!

Greg.

I'm going to have to take out pet insurance on getting rid of those worms Greg.

Originally Posted by RickS

Looks good to me!

Thanks Rick.

Originally Posted by multiweb

Sweet shot. Looks very good.

Thanks Marc.

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Yes, now the detail looks real and the stars have improved

Mike

Those deworming tablets worked fine Mike.

Clear skies

Steven

[sjastro]

I've decided to add one final process to the image.

It is a stretching function I developed in Pixinsight where the pixels are mapped to the following function newpixelvalue = oldpixelvalue*exp(-0.2*oldpixelvalue).

This function allows the fainter areas to be stretched without increasing noise in the background.

High resolution here:
http://members.iinet.net.au/~sjastro/Lagoon_test3.jpg

Clear skies

Steven