Centaurus A

[mill (Martin)]

Centaurus A with the QHY9.
45 Min RGB and 45 Min L
I think i had a bit of focus shift so the picture looks a bit soft and i have to redo it tonight and more luminance.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

You've processed this one beautifully Martin.

[mill (Martin)]

Thank you JJ
It needs some better and sharper Luminance

[TrevorW]

Appears a bit soft as you said but I think more could be teased out of it do you have you got a link to a larger image Marty

[alpal]

Looks good to me but maybe it's not the right time yet?
This target doesn't reach it's highest point until about dawn.

[mill (Martin)]

Originally Posted by TrevorW

Appears a bit soft as you said but I think more could be teased out of it do you have you got a link to a larger image Marty

Trevor the full res picture is a bit noisy ( a smaller picture looks better because it is harder to see the noise ).
Will post a full example when i get some more done tonight.

Originally Posted by alpal

Looks good to me but maybe it's not the right time yet?
This target doesn't reach it's highest point until about dawn.

Thank you

I start imaging Centaurus A when it is at about 45 Degrees up so i get about 9 LRGB shots each before it is too light.

PS: Welcome to Ice in space

[alpal]

Originally Posted by mill

Thank you

I start imaging Centaurus A when it is at about 45 Degrees up so i get about 9 LRGB shots each before it is too light.

PS: Welcome to Ice in space

Thanks,
I've been posting for years on Cloudy Nights with the same name.
I think I'll wait till March before I image Centaurus A again
& of course M83 - the Southern Pinwheel.
I never had much luck with targets low in the sky.

[atalas]

Originally Posted by mill

Thank you JJ
It needs some better and sharper Luminance

Have to agree with you there Martin....but a great effort anyhow!

[Rigel003 (Graeme)]

Maybe a bit soft, but very nice image with a lot of detail and a generous image scale. What was the scope?

[Paul Haese]

Martin, lots of good things about the image. Stars look good for shape so focus is most likely the issue. You can do some selective sharpening which might help.

The colour is ok but there does not appear to be any blue in the blue stars. Also your image looks a little to warm (ie orange cast), maybe back off the green just a little and add some blue to the back ground tones.

Better luminence will work on giving you sharper detail.

[mill (Martin)]

Thank you Louie, Greame and Paul.

Tonight i can do all Luminance and focus the crap out of it
Luckily i have all the color i need and might do some more blue frames when it is high up.

[Ross G]

Hi Martin,

Great detail and beautiful colours.

Really nice composition also.

Thanks.

Ross.

[mill (Martin)]

Thank you Ross

[multiweb (Marc)]

+1 Great details on a challenging object. Well done.

[mill (Martin)]

Thank you Marc
I snapped a better one last night

[RickC (Richard)]

Hi Martin,
great effot, not such an easy target, looks good

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by mill

Tonight i can do all Luminance and focus the crap out of it

Yep, that is the key, focus, focus, focus without it you are hamstrung.

A lot of potential in this image for sure

If you get some good sharp Lum take this image, do the things Paul suggested, then blur it, increase saturation and use it as the RGB

Mike

[mill (Martin)]

Thank you Mike for the suggestions and the tip (didn't think about using this as a RGB)