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[xelasnave]

Via Askar 130, 2 hours 60 second subs.
Again not sure about colour.
LRBG image.
Up all night so I have to stop here.

alex

[Doogs38 (Alex)]

Great image, Alex! It’s a tack sharp right across frame, including the small dust/gas clouds you’ve captured in the outer halo

[Nikolas (Nik)]

Colour is just slightly magenta/yellow but overall a great image

[oska (John)]

Lovely again Alex. What gain are you using? At 60s I expect you should be at unity (100)? I am on the 1600 (139).

[xelasnave]

Thank you gentlemen.

Oska..John I was at 300 gain. Experimenting...well a mistake really it carried thru from something else I was doing but as I ended up with two hours of something I used it. I stacked in DSS and went with 3x drizzle

alex

[xelasnave]

A crop and attempt to improve colour...mmm those rings around starts???

[oska (John)]

In my experiments with the 2600mc I never needed (couldn't) to go over 200. The 1600 can go as high as 350 but it's no where near as sensitive (I think).

Ignoring the cores, I'm not sure but it might be the ST thing with the star mask not being quite right and then getting fluffy stars. I could never work it out. But they're tight as, and the detail is great for 2 hours.

[xelasnave]

Thanks John for that.

I was just playing with the Hamberger while waiting for the Prawn to surface.

Star Tools.. yes..I recall I played with the settings in " Shrink" which I rarely do and at that point I was falling asleep during processes and probably did not " before" and "after" check...it is all very fuzzy.

Anyways I am rather pleased with the Askar as it seems rather sharp ...or maybe I have the autofocus dialed in better than on the rest

I have had lots of sleep but still feel very tired so I probably won't be very productive today.

Alex

[Bodon (Steve)]

Alex, lovely photo! Well done.

[xelasnave]

Originally Posted by Bodon

Alex, lovely photo! Well done.

Thank you Steve

alex

[Dave882 (David)]

That s wonderful shot Alex - really nice detail through the core and got the contrast just right to standout from the background. Great job!

[xelasnave]

Thank you David.

alex

[AstroJason (Jason)]

Can see the outer halo of stars with only 2 hours of data, nice work! I like the detail in the dust lane in the second image too. Nice one Alex

[AstroViking (Steve)]

Excellent work there, Alex. You've nabbed a lot of detail in the central dust lane and that lovely 'glow' of all the stars - well done!

Only downside I can see is that the bigger and brighter stars appear to be over exposed / clipped.

Cheers,
V

[xelasnave]

Thank you Jason and Steve...
Alex

[kinetic (Steve)]

Beautiful result Alex!,


Steve

[xelasnave]

Originally Posted by kinetic

Beautiful result Alex!,


Steve

Thank you Steve. I hope you are doing well.
alex

[Nikolas (Nik)]

Well done Alex

[xelasnave]

Originally Posted by Nikolas

Well done Alex

Thank you Nik.
alex