Cen A - Now in HaLRGB - Page 2

codemonkey (Lee) · #21 15-05-2016, 07:48 AM

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Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Niiiiiiiice

I can see the SN in there too! Crisp natural sharpness, a really good job.

Mike

Oh yeah, I forgot about that haha. Thanks Mike!

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Originally Posted by Rex

That is really sweet Lee! Very sharp and nicely processed.

Thanks Rex! :-)

Slawomir (Suavi) · #22 15-05-2016, 07:55 AM

The colour version has turned out really well Lee

marc4darkskies (Marcus) · #23 15-05-2016, 09:01 AM

Yep, colour version looks great Lee!

. I reckon the colour is a little bit understated though (for my taste anyway). You could easily get away with adding a bit more vibrance.

Cheers, Marcus

alpal · #24 15-05-2016, 09:25 AM

Nice image Lee,
You could even add a bit more contrast & saturation to the brightest parts
of the galaxy with a blurred layer mask - if you wanted to.
It's amazing to go so deep with a 120mm refractor.
You must have had good seeing.

cheers
Allan

codemonkey (Lee) · #25 15-05-2016, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Slawomir

The colour version has turned out really well Lee

Cheers Ray!

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Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

Yep, colour version looks great Lee!

. I reckon the colour is a little bit understated though (for my taste anyway). You could easily get away with adding a bit more vibrance.

Cheers, Marcus

Thanks Marcus. I've taken your feedback on board and upped the vibrance/saturation on the Astrobin version. I'll upload the adjusted one here shortly.

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Originally Posted by alpal

Nice image Lee,
You could even add a bit more contrast & saturation to the brightest parts
of the galaxy with a blurred layer mask - if you wanted to.
It's amazing to go so deep with a 120mm refractor.
You must have had good seeing.

cheers
Allan

Thanks again Allan! I've also taken your feedback on board and given more contrast to the dust lanes.

alpal · #26 15-05-2016, 10:08 AM

Hi Lee,
just saw the updated new version.
It's great with more contrast & saturation in the core.
Well done.

cheers
Allan

Atmos (Colin) · #27 15-05-2016, 10:20 AM

The colour version is fantastic Lee! You're really pushing the capabilities of that little <5" refractor

RobF (Rob) · #28 15-05-2016, 11:49 AM

+1

In fact the only thing you could do to improve it now is collect another 100 odd hours. Who would do that on Cent A though....

RobC (Rob) · #29 15-05-2016, 01:08 PM

Top Marks Lee. Congratulations. Sombrero next.

Cheers

Rob

codemonkey (Lee) · #30 15-05-2016, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by alpal

Hi Lee,
just saw the updated new version.
It's great with more contrast & saturation in the core.
Well done.

cheers
Allan

Thanks mate! I think I made that one a bit too blue though.

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Originally Posted by Atmos

The colour version is fantastic Lee! You're really pushing the capabilities of that little <5" refractor

Cheers Colin! :-)

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Originally Posted by RobF

+1

In fact the only thing you could do to improve it now is collect another 100 odd hours. Who would do that on Cent A though....

hahah. He's a bugger, that guy. You can do a good job, but it's still not Rolf Olsen 120hrs good.

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Originally Posted by RobC

Top Marks Lee. Congratulations. Sombrero next.

Cheers

Rob

Thanks mate! I actually did sombrero recently, but it was a poor effort and more of an experiment than anything. I'm thinking about giving it another go actually.

In other news, Suavi kindly provided me with his great H-alpha data, which I have now combined with my LRGB. It really brings out that relativistic jet and some nice detail in the dust lanes. Thanks Suavi!

The HaLRGB is available on Astrobin in full res, and I'll update the original post to include a lower res version in a moment.

alpal · #31 15-05-2016, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by codemonkey

Thanks mate! I think I made that one a bit too blue though.

hahah. He's a bugger, that guy. You can do a good job, but it's still not Rolf Olsen 120hrs good.

I don't think it's too blue - at least not on my monitor.

Rolf Olsen has shown us the way:
long integration times to get more depth than giant professional telescopes -
to show us formerly invisible halos.
What's more - those huge halos may very well be where dark matter is hiding.

cheers
Allan

Slawomir (Suavi) · #32 15-05-2016, 02:41 PM

I think the new LHaRGB version looks great! Awesome processing Lee

Bart · #33 15-05-2016, 03:42 PM

Not bad, mate, not bad!

Atmos (Colin) · #34 15-05-2016, 03:49 PM

Looks good with the added Ha, some of it even looks like it is on fire!

RobF (Rob) · #35 15-05-2016, 05:02 PM

Wowser. I was day dreaming what these two datasets would look like together a bit earlier. Very happy to see you've both collaborated.

Top stuff!!

Paul Haese · #36 15-05-2016, 09:46 PM

The HaLRGB image is certainly striking. The Ha data makes for a different perspective. Your image is the second image tonight I have seen the extended jet right up the top left of you image. I like the colour overall. Well done.

edit, just read that the Ha comes from Suavi. Great combination.

gregbradley · #37 16-05-2016, 09:04 AM

An image to be proud of Lee. Nice processing and the stars look very good as well.

Greg.

RickS (Rick) · #38 16-05-2016, 09:30 AM

Excellent work on the combined image, Lee!

multiweb (Marc) · #39 16-05-2016, 09:33 AM

Wow, that's really nice. I like the red ha bit. It really enhances the shot and balances the blues on the other side. Very pretty.

codemonkey (Lee) · #40 16-05-2016, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Slawomir

I think the new LHaRGB version looks great! Awesome processing Lee

Thanks mate... it's that lovely Ha data that did it ;-)

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Originally Posted by Bart

Not bad, mate, not bad!

Cheers Bart!

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Originally Posted by Atmos

Looks good with the added Ha, some of it even looks like it is on fire!

I agree, that extra Ha data really adds to the final image.

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Originally Posted by RobF

Wowser. I was day dreaming what these two datasets would look like together a bit earlier. Very happy to see you've both collaborated.

Top stuff!!

Thanks Rob! It was very kind of Suavi to offer his data.

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Originally Posted by Paul Haese

The HaLRGB image is certainly striking. The Ha data makes for a different perspective. Your image is the second image tonight I have seen the extended jet right up the top left of you image. I like the colour overall. Well done.

edit, just read that the Ha comes from Suavi. Great combination.

Thanks Paul... and yep, that's why you saw the extended jet in mine. You could faintly see something there in the original LRGB integration, but the Ha data really brought it out.

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Originally Posted by gregbradley

An image to be proud of Lee. Nice processing and the stars look very good as well.

Greg.

Thanks Greg! I think it could probably do with a touch more contrast, so I might make a slight tweak to it yet, but I'm pretty happy with it right now.

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Originally Posted by RickS

Excellent work on the combined image, Lee!

Thanks Rick!

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Originally Posted by multiweb

Wow, that's really nice. I like the red ha bit. It really enhances the shot and balances the blues on the other side. Very pretty.

Thanks mate; fully agree with the colour contrast that ha data provided.