M81

[astro mick]

Hi.

An image of M81 taken last night using an MX716 mono camera.

Conditions.(Patchy cloud,stiff breeze,and of course moon glow.)

6x600 secs Luminance.

3x600 secs Binned 2x2 RGB.

Cheers.

Mick.

[Quatermass]

Lovely image well done ;-) Hoping for a clear night tonight so I can have a go.

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[lukebl]

Nice image. Shows how capable the little MX716 is! I think a little tweak of the levels could darken the background a bit.

[astro mick]

Thanks for the comments guys.really appreciate them.

Luke the 716 is a lovely camera.An oldie but goldie.I left the background a bit light,as other people were telling me that i was over darkening it.Maybe somewhere in between should be ok.

Mick.

[ollypenrice]

Thats a good one for the limited time and sky issues. Nice colour contrast between core and arms. This one often comes out an all-over queezy green if you're not careful!

I don't know where your dark star haloes come from, seen against the galaxy. Maybe from sharpening or High Pass or Deconvolution? If you create a star layer using Martin B's method in his tutorials on here, or by using Noels Actions, you can isolate the stars when processing. I find this essential.

For a quick fix the clone stamp set to Lighten will usually do it.

Olly

[astro mick]

Thanks Olly,for your kind comments.

I,m thinking that the haloe,s originate from a DDP,in my processing software.

I,ll have a look at the Tutorial.

Regards.

mick.