m31 from keiling

[sonic190178]

this is 1hr 30min of data no darks

am not happy with it but it the best i could do

[Uranium235]

Plenty of signal there, did you use Ps to process it?

Its just that there is a hint of green/teal, which could be corrected with the HLVG (hasta la vista green) plugin. Its free, get it here:

http://www.deepskycolors.com/archivo/2010/04/26/hasta-La-Vista-green.html

You will probably find yourself using it on everything!

[Crebles]

That's really lovely Sonic. Looks like you're using the ED80+HEQ5 combination I'm saving up for. Your image certainly inspires me to keep saving!

[Chris]

Very nicely processed, I like the rich background, no clipping there, well done

[Spikey]

Very detailed for the exposure time. What a difference dark skies make.

[NoelinLiverpool]

Nice one Barry !!!!

[James]

As above - I'd remove just a little bit of the green, a pretty nice image

James

[James]

Hope you don't mind Sonic but I've fiddled with the image a little

You may of course feel that I've massacred it somewhat; I've removed some of the green and enhanced the dust lanes then done some noise reduction.

James

[Hytham]

Sonic,

You have a load of signal in there and as James showed you, there is plenty of potential. 

What program(s) do you use to process?

[Gina]

Nice one

[Daniel-K]

Hope you don't mind Sonic but I've fiddled with the image a little

You may of course feel that I've massacred it somewhat; I've removed some of the green and enhanced the dust lanes then done some noise reduction.

James

what is your noise reduction method james thats a pretty good improvement, im still yet to fathom a method out yet

[James]

what is your noise reduction method james thats a pretty good improvement, im still yet to fathom a method out yet

I masked off M31 then applied PixInsights TGVdenoise routine pretty savagely to the rest of the image. I then inverted the mask and applied it much much more gently to M31..

James

[ultranova]

Cracking M31 James, well done

Paul

[James]

It wasn't my M31 It was the OP's, sonic190178

All I did was fiddle with it.

James

[Crebles]

Hi again Sonic - I've taken the liberty of using this thread to answer another forum question from someone wondering whether to buy a 600D.

http://stargazerslounge.com/topic/197365-which-camera/#entry2075743

I reckon if you can get an image like that - its a big+1 for the 600D  !!!

[sonic190178]

hi thank guys

I used deepsky stacker and cs6

james thanks for fixing my image 

[Quatermass]

How can you not be happy with that shot its a great m31 well done

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[dwr3000]

Well I think it looks fantastic. I'm no expert but I know a great image when I see one. I love the detail in the galactic core.

[earth titan]

Why wouldn't you you be happy with that? It's excellent!

[earth titan]

what is your noise reduction method james thats a pretty good improvement, im still yet to fathom a method out yet

Hi Danni.

As James says below, Pixinsight has some fabulous routines in.

I masked off M31 then applied PixInsights TGVdenoise routine pretty savagely to the rest of the image. I then inverted the mask and applied it much much more gently to M31..

James

I'm still on a learning curve after having purchased it last year but I'm now a convert. Makes my images look quite good.

Although a little expensive, it's well worth it.