A couple of new shots - REPROCESSED

[marco (Marco Lorenzi)]

Originally Posted by alpal

I prefer the 2 latest versions.
Frame them & put them on the wall.
They are top APOD standard pics.
That's the sort of work we'd all like to do if we had
a decent dark site & proper high end equipment.

cheers
Alpal

Thanks Alpal!

Originally Posted by Rigel003

Wonderful images, Marco, as are all the others on your webpage. Apart from the central objects I also love the background fields with the natural looking and colourful stars. The TEC 140 looks to be a great scope for imaging.

Thanks Graeme. I am quite happy with the TEC, color correction is very good and the field is flat and corrected to the edge of my large chip using the dedicate FF. Overall it is a great OTA for imaging

Originally Posted by multiweb

Love that Dumbell. Never seen the extensions before.

Thanks Marc!

Originally Posted by atalas

A couple of very nice shots Marco.

Thanks Louie, glad you liked them

Originally Posted by Fabiomax

very beautiful both, Marco!
Ciao,
Fabiomax

Grazie FabioMax

Originally Posted by richardo

Lovely stuff Marco!

Always a pleasure to look at your images.

All the best
Rich

Thanks Rich

Originally Posted by iceman

Stunning images Marco, really saturated. Love it!

The NGC253 image is now IOTW.

WOW, thanks Mike, I am very surprised and happy about the recognition!

Originally Posted by TheDecepticon

Two very nice images. The galaxy would be my favourite though! Well done!

Thank you!

Originally Posted by stardust steve

Congrats on IOTW Marco. Absolute cracker of an image that Silver Dollar galaxy. When i first saw it just after you posted it, i remember saying a WOW out loud, my wife turned around and wondered who i was talking to haha It looks so sharp and 3d like. I have never seen an image of this Galaxy before (or in real life either). Well deserved

Thanks Steve, appreciate

Originally Posted by RickC

wonderful images Marco, always a pleasure to see your photos
well deserve IOTW
cheers
Richard

Thanks Richard

Originally Posted by cventer

Very nice images Marco. the detail on 253 is brilliant.

Im not so sure about the colors though. I have looked at it on my calibrated monitor and a non calibrated one and the blues in the spirals and pinks of the h2 regions seem oversaturated. The pinks look hot pink.

Maybe its because I have never seen a version of this captured properly before

Thanks Cventer, it is difficult to find the proper balance of colors and saturation, I am personally more on the "saturated" side but this is a very personal taste. On my monitor saturation looks just ok, but perhaps you are right. I am also a bit surprised by the Ha regions turning out pink, actually Ha data was added as pure red but the luminance value of the area plays its part in changing a bit the cast, as often happens when one's add Ha data to galaxies shots..

Thanks again to everybody for the nice words

Clear skies
Marco

[prokyon (Werner Probst)]

Hi Marco,

I am very impressed. Your images are awesome. So sharp, so detailed, so colorful... simply wow.

I am waiting for my TEC 140, your great results increased my anticipation.

Regards

Werner