Last night's M101

[shifter]

I thought I'd give this galaxy a bit more time than I usually would......So here's the data.... 40x30s, 10x40s, 10x50s, 10x60s, 10x70s, 10x80s, 10x90s and 10x120s....all @ iso 400 with the canon 350d, processed using AA and Photoshop cs.

I think I've done it justice with the equipment available....Hope you like it......Brian

Mono

Colourised

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

Looking good those images. It's a nasty target that one, one that I've not got to grips with yet. Nice pics.

Captain Chaos

[dazza1639]

Great stuff nice pics

Darren

[moondog]

Like the images, particularly the coloured one.

Difficult target and not easy with an unmodified DSLR

Well done !

8)

MD

[shifter]

Message for MartinB......Work ya magic on these if ya would an then tell me ya secret .....Brian

[CELESCOPE]

Nice image Shifter , whilst waiting for Martin i had a tinkle ,

Rog

[shifter]

Ok Rog c'mon what am I missin here....that is 300% better than the original.....what's the secret, is it just experience or something else........Brian

[CELESCOPE]

Hi Brian , well the main thing with these or any images , is getting as much data as possible , this is done with what we call the luminance image , b/w is more sensitive and produces a far better base for colour , having said that the data you managed was good , but the colour not so good , far longer exposure is required for good colour images, so with yours i had a good colour image of m101, first i worked on the back ground of your image as it showed some gradiant , once that was done , i uploaded my image , and matched the back ground, then i used the colour data from my image by using layers to uplift yours , flattened and tweaked a bit on photoshop ,and that was it , you are doing fine ,just remember the more subs you can get ,the better data to play with. takes time , huge learning curve , but what fun eh , just look how CC and Martin have progressed, keep at it

Rog

[shifter]

Hmm, food for thought Rog, I think when I get my guide system up and running correctly and start taking flats things might get better eg longer exposures. I can only get 90s max at the moment...As ya say it is a huge learning curve and while I'm somewhere near the bottom I'm determined to climb it. Thanks for the info, its very much appreciated.....Brian

[geppetto]

That's a nice image Brian and Rog has tweaked an even better one

out of it 8)

Well done, keep posting what you get

[Astrodragon]

Mmmm, the colour image is a bit too green, I think.

I think M101 is mainly bluish in the arms...

[CELESCOPE]

yes you are right there Dave , just altered it a bit .