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[Slawomir (Suavi)]

Ahoy comrades!

I was hoping to capture further detail with longer subs, and this time did not apply noise reduction at all. In total nearly six hours of sky data. Also planning to collect OIII and SII data in the coming weeks.

Full resolution: http://www.astrobin.com/full/165710/0/

Any feedback that would help to improve the image will be very welcomed.

Slawomir

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by Slawomir

Ahoy comrades!

Any feedback that would help to improve the image will be very welcome.

Slawomir

Nup..nuttin, looks pretty well perfect to me

Of course, the real challenge comes with the SIIHaOIII combine ...good luck!

Mike

[RickS (Rick)]

Nice detail, Slawomir. Look forward to the colour version.

[rustigsmed (Russell)]

Great stuff Slawomir looking forward to it hitting the plate!

[Slawomir (Suavi)]

Thank you Russell, Rick and Michael for encouragement.

Since it rains today, I reprocessed the image with the aim of enhancing contrast and reducing noise while maintain detail.

The result is here: http://www.astrobin.com/full/165710/B/

Also tried Drizzle Integration in PI; it worked quite well for me - might be a neat way for up-sizing the images for a larger print.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Superb shot. Really good.

[Slawomir (Suavi)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Superb shot. Really good.

Thank you Marc

[alistairsam]

Originally Posted by Slawomir

Ahoy comrades!

I was hoping to capture further detail with longer subs, and this time did not apply noise reduction at all. In total nearly six hours of sky data. Also planning to collect OIII and SII data in the coming weeks.

Full resolution: http://www.astrobin.com/full/165710/0/

Any feedback that would help to improve the image will be very welcomed.

Slawomir

Looks really good.
I really like the sharpness and detail.
How long were the subs and did you do and decon or sharpening?
that 102mm scope is quite something.

I think a version inbetween the first and the last might be good as the last version is a bit too contrasty and the stars detract from the neb IMO.

Cheers
Alistair

[Slawomir (Suavi)]

Thank you Alistair for you very kind feedback.

First version (A) was not tempered with by any processing, other than subtracting bias frames and stacking them and of course stretching.

Version B (the one you preferred) has minor noise reduction and soft HDR applied in Pix Insight.

Version C is a result of Drizzle Integration, as well as HDR.

Subs were 500s long.

To be honest, this telescope is just okay with narrowband (useless for RGB), what makes a difference is the 3nm Astrodon filter.

Thanks
Slawomir