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  1. Nice comparison. Good to know the filters deliver what they should/claim to!
  2. I couldn't resist stretching this to see if you'd picked up any nebulosity. I don't believe so, however I think this is around Atlas, which isn't where the main nebulosity of M45 is.
  3. That's lovely. Great work. I agree, except for some cracking reflection nebulosity around the flaming that you can pick up in the blue channel if you tame that red a little.
  4. That's interesting @Captain Scarlet I did wonder if it could handle more... Since even the AZ GTI (supposedly) has a capacity of 5kg. I'm asking as I'm looking for an cost-effective, easy-to-use, visual AZ mount for my 150PDS, which weighs in at around 5.3kg without accessories.
  5. Hi, Can you tell me what the payload capacity of the mount is... also, do they not sell the mount separately?
  6. Once more, with the colour balance addressed!
  7. Thanks! I very much appreciate the feedback and it's interesting to know that everyone prefers version 1! Can I ask, is that only because of the colour balance? I think what I've done is focus too much on the noise and star reduction that I lost track of the colour balance. I totally agree that the first is more natural looking. @ollypenrice I did use star removal this time before reducing noise and lifting the background in an attempt to bring out more of the galaxy's structure. I then utilised the starless layer to reduce star bloat using @Xiga's photoshop action: https://stargazerslounge.com/topic/398793-i-made-a-photoshop-action-for-bill-blanshans-new-star-reduction-method-based-on-pixel-math/
  8. Poor 460ex Mine will live on for now! Nice image, by the way!
  9. Hi, I've been trying out some new techniques for star reduction, noise reduction and sharpening so thought I'd post an updated (hopefully improved) version of this image!
  10. The PacMan in Cassiopeia Captured over 2 nights (30th Sep + 8th Oct). Ha (7nm): 16x600s Oiii (3nm): 16x600s Sii (12nm): 16x600s Atik 460ex MN190 on a Mach1GTO Stacking: DSS Processing: HSO palette with Photoshop, Starnet
  11. Thanks all! I think I agree that the SHO version looks better, but that may be partly down to the overly-pink hue of my HOO version. You're quite right. Here is an updated version with a more neutral background. I've also given it a little lift - it's so difficult to get the brightness right across a range of monitors. Also, my new monitor has incredibly rich colour compared to my old one so that might mean I'm posting images with lower saturation than normal.
  12. Very nice! I love the Soul nebula and have for a long time been planning to attempt do it justice myself; as you have here. Any plans to extend the to a mosaic?
  13. Excellent. Impressive what you're achieving from such a light-polluted location - gives us all hope for the future.
  14. Yep, it looks like the star forming regions are concentrated in the outer parts of the spiral arms, which might explain why @gorann's dual-band image (and one of the Hubble images) produces a ring-like appearance.
  15. It looks to me like the outer ring might actually be the faint spiral arms. The overall appearance is a bit clearer in this Hubble image: https://hla.stsci.edu/cgi-bin/display?image=HST_11219_54_NIC_NIC2_total&izoom=1.000000&detector=NIC2&aperture=NIC2-FIX&title=11219_54 NIC2 detection (combined) UGC7329 (The one you posted, @wimvb, I *think* is through a UV filter) Unfortunately I didn't manage to get out there last night to have a go at it myself.
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