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Beautiful image and a great fov. Really nice detail on “The Eyes”!

That is a beautiful image! Very nicely processed. Your first delve into PI is definitely a success! No criticism here! Actually, your image looks very similar to my recent image of M44. Also short integration at 62 minutes. I was testing my new oag. Well done! Jim

That is a beautiful repro Rodd. Great color and spectacular detail !

This is a great start on this beautiful target. My apologies, but I haven’t been here in quite a while and was curious about what equipment you used. My weather has been poor and this was my last target from my B6-7 backyard and I only selected it to try to test new guiding parameters. Never had noticed this target before and wow, it is beautiful! I was lucky enough to catch almost 7 hours over two evenings and can’t wait until next season to catch more data. I believe that you will see a significant increase in detail with more time on target. This nebula is very dim and very stubborn to give up details. Best of success! My attempt so far. https://astrob.in/qcy4gj/D/

That is just beautiful! Just two hours too! Super image David. I really like the depth that you have brought out. Jim

Man, that sounds like AP paradise! I don’t think that I have ever seen that many stars. The dark nebulae is very clearly defined. Awesome! Beautiful image! Jim

That is really a beautiful image! The color palette is very pleasing to the eye and the details are super. Very nice! Jim

Thanks guys. I should have stayed in my lane.

I simply meant in PM starless (image name)+stars (image name) = create new image. So, with the combined star and starless image, I then use the EZstar reduction and Adam’s method to reduce the stars. Simple and works for me. Jim

Hi Rodd, I am way on the basic scale! ”combine starless and stars (images) in PM, then apply EZ star reduction using the Adam Block method”. This is where I am and so far, it works for me. Very basic.

Interesting. Ill have to give this a try. Not sure what the variables are, but all that I have done before is separate the stars from starless, work on each, combine starless and stars in PM, then apply EZ star reduction using the Adam Block method.

That works! Nice processing! Jim

Very nice M101! This target has many "looks" and yours is very pleasant! Very nice coloration and details. Low noise and really nice stars. Nice work! Jim

Thanks @geeklee and @Mr Spock! i was glad that the stars were decent enough to allow for peeping in on the faint galaxies!

Took about 15 seconds with default settings. You did an excellent job at processing. I just couldn't resist trying. Probably could have reduced the nr setting. Jim