AstronomyUkraine Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 (edited) Finally managed to get enough data to make a decent image. The full moon and low altitude didn't help much, but I'm quite pleased with the result. Need a few more hours of Lum to bring out more detail. 5 hours each of RGB 3 hours of Lum. Brian Edited April 29, 2021 by AstronomyUkraine 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwillits Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 A very beautiful photo. The colour is perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcK Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Nice work Brian. I always like the dust clouds surrounding the nebula subdued and you have nailed it brilliantly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter shah Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 superb work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstronomyUkraine Posted April 30, 2021 Author Share Posted April 30, 2021 9 hours ago, rwillits said: A very beautiful photo. The colour is perfect. Thanks, much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstronomyUkraine Posted April 30, 2021 Author Share Posted April 30, 2021 4 minutes ago, peter shah said: superb work Thanks Peter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstronomyUkraine Posted April 30, 2021 Author Share Posted April 30, 2021 2 hours ago, TerryMcK said: Nice work Brian. I always like the dust clouds surrounding the nebula subdued and you have nailed it brilliantly. Thanks Terry. I wanted the focus to be on the reflection nebula, and getting the colour right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterBolt Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Another beautiful image Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstronomyUkraine Posted April 30, 2021 Author Share Posted April 30, 2021 3 hours ago, PeterBolt said: Another beautiful image Thanks Peter. Glad you like it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkulin Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Hi Brian, I thought there was loads of dark stuff that you were missing out on and sure enough there is loads, just had a quick play and yep its there, just needs tweaking out: - I'm sure there is loads more to pull out and with your skies it will produce a wonderful image. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstronomyUkraine Posted May 1, 2021 Author Share Posted May 1, 2021 12 hours ago, Jkulin said: Hi Brian, I thought there was loads of dark stuff that you were missing out on and sure enough there is loads, just had a quick play and yep its there, just needs tweaking out: - I'm sure there is loads more to pull out and with your skies it will produce a wonderful image. I will have another play with it John. I know there is more background nebulosity in there. Was more concerned with getting the core right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkulin Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 When I did it in November I worked on the outer stuff and then masked up the centre to get the detail, with my skies it was hard to pull any more data from the background, but with your superb skies I am sure you will pull a beautiful image. https://www.astrobin.com/vpgt3u Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstronomyUkraine Posted May 1, 2021 Author Share Posted May 1, 2021 5 hours ago, Jkulin said: When I did it in November I worked on the outer stuff and then masked up the centre to get the detail, with my skies it was hard to pull any more data from the background, but with your superb skies I am sure you will pull a beautiful image. https://www.astrobin.com/vpgt3u I managed to tweak a little more out of the background. I applied a blue colour mask to the image and got a little more out of it. I also used EZDenoise before stretching. It's the first time I've used it, but it did a great job. It is based on TGVDenoise by the looks of it. Brian 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkulin Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 Brian, that core is superb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstronomyUkraine Posted May 1, 2021 Author Share Posted May 1, 2021 Just now, Jkulin said: Brian, that core is superb Thanks John, I did bring out a touch more nebulosity, but held back a little. I like the contrast between the dark and the blue reflection nebula. I fixed the core with a dose of HDRMultiscaleTransform, on layer setting 5. I usually use 6 or 7, but that tended to blow the core. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkAR Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 Wow, combine your core with Johns faint outliers and Bobs your auntie. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob-c Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 A very nice image Brian. Bob. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstronomyUkraine Posted May 3, 2021 Author Share Posted May 3, 2021 37 minutes ago, Bob-c said: A very nice image Brian. Bob. Thanks Bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstronomyUkraine Posted May 3, 2021 Author Share Posted May 3, 2021 4 hours ago, MarkAR said: Wow, combine your core with Johns faint outliers and Bobs your auntie. I tend to be a little on the conservative side when it comes to stretching. It's so easy to give it one extra tweak and bring out strange artifacts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gina Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 Superb! 👍👍👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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