What method do you use for colour calibration? Last year I captured the same target and processed it with PixInsight using photometric colour calibration, but my result was much more yellow and not as natural looking as yours...
Thanks Mike. Trying to make the most of galaxy season.
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Originally Posted by multiweb
Love it.
Thanks Marc.
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Originally Posted by kosborn
Outstanding image!
What method do you use for colour calibration? Last year I captured the same target and processed it with PixInsight using photometric colour calibration, but my result was much more yellow and not as natural looking as yours...
I use the TLAR method. (That Looks About Right) lol.
Hurly burly, what a swirly!! Gorgeous rendition! Great detail, great colour and great processing! Very nicely done Kevin!
Thanks Marcus!
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Originally Posted by alpal
Excellent shot Kevin.
The standards get higher and higher.
cheers
Allan
Thanks Allan, my best M83 so far.
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Originally Posted by PKay
Superb result Kev, a benchmark image.
Adding Ha might add a few candles...
Very well done
Thanks Peter. I will think about Ha, but for now I'm rushing a few other targets I really want first. I'm only getting a couple of hours before it clouds up after sunset. Silly weather.
Shots like this put an arrow through the heart of the rule that you can only have 50-60% max capacity in weight on your mount.
This is a massive telescope that weighs just under the weight limit, and with all that added gear? You're probably over it, yet here we have an absolutely blindingly good image. Absolute precision.
Well done!
edit, I was looking at the wrong scope.. Your one is actually over the NEQ6 weight limit! Wow... mind blown.
That is some amazing detail! You can even see 2 smaller galaxies on the left!
Just WOW!
Thanks Ahmed. The 2 smaller galaxies are pretty easy to pick up.
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Originally Posted by AdamJL
Shots like this put an arrow through the heart of the rule that you can only have 50-60% max capacity in weight on your mount.
This is a massive telescope that weighs just under the weight limit, and with all that added gear? You're probably over it, yet here we have an absolutely blindingly good image. Absolute precision.
Well done!
edit, I was looking at the wrong scope.. Your one is actually over the NEQ6 weight limit! Wow... mind blown.
Well it's probably 26kg or more with guidescope on top. The mount is modified - belt, bearings and zero backlash. It does track very smoothly, which is what I wanted for planets. However it doesn't handle wind at all. The observatory shields it a bit with northerlies but south winds are bad. I know it's mad doing imaging with a 12" on an EQ6, but there's now way I can afford an EQ8, so it's this or nothing.
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That's a superb M83 Rodney. Perfect processing as well.