AstronomyUkraine Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 (edited) HaLRGB image of M81. I really needed more blue data for this image. I have twice as much red and green as blue, and more Lum would be useful too, but my prospects of imaging any time soon, seem remote to say the least. Overall I'm happy with it, but my galaxy processing definitely needs more improvement. Brian Edited February 13, 2021 by AstronomyUkraine 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skipper Billy Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Well done - tough one to image - I have never had any success on that target. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstronomyUkraine Posted February 14, 2021 Author Share Posted February 14, 2021 (edited) 56 minutes ago, Skipper Billy said: Well done - tough one to image - I have never had any success on that target. Thanks. I find galaxies are not the easist objects to capture, or process. I prefer nebula any time. Brian Edited February 14, 2021 by AstronomyUkraine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter shah Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 A fine image Brian....I also find myself very often short of blue I guess generally its the last filter for me to move onto... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstronomyUkraine Posted February 14, 2021 Author Share Posted February 14, 2021 2 hours ago, peter shah said: A fine image Brian....I also find myself very often short of blue I guess generally its the last filter for me to move onto... Thanks Peter. Depends on the moon phase for me. If it's a new moon I will do Lum first, otherwise it's RGB, but blue is generally last in line. It's just easier to put them in the LRGB order on the filter wheel. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcK Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 It’s looking good so far Brian. At least you can do RGB! I can’t do it with the light pollution I have here in my Bortle 7/8 and have to use my OSC with an IDAS D2 filter to get RGB broadband. For the mono camera I limit myself to narrowband and forget about RGB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gina Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Very nice 👍👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstronomyUkraine Posted February 14, 2021 Author Share Posted February 14, 2021 16 minutes ago, TerryMcK said: It’s looking good so far Brian. At least you can do RGB! I can’t do it with the light pollution I have here in my Bortle 7/8 and have to use my OSC with an IDAS D2 filter to get RGB broadband. For the mono camera I limit myself to narrowband and forget about RGB On a good night I can get 2 minute subs on my ASI 1600 in RGB, and 1 minute with my Lum filter. If the seeing is excellent, with no moon, which is rare, I could push it to 3 minute subs with the RGB. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstronomyUkraine Posted February 14, 2021 Author Share Posted February 14, 2021 10 minutes ago, Gina said: Very nice 👍👍 Thanks Gina. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P Holdsworth Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Great result 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkAR Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Very nice, good luck getting more blue data. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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