M33 a mosaic in progress

[MikeD]

Hi all.

I have been working on a mosaic of m33 since October 2012 and have so far got 5 frames of the 9 needed for the luminance and the RGB for one of the 9 frames needed.

The last good run I have had on this was back in December and now that M33 is too far west for me to get a good run on from my location, I have decided to knock it on the head for now and Finnish it later this year.

Tonight I thought I would have a go at processing the L data I have so far.

For now it's a 5 frame mosaic with frames ranging from 3 to 5 hours of 600 second exposures adding up to a total of just over 21 hours at the scope.

Link

Processing this has shown me that the core data was taken on a far superior night to the rest which has made the processing of the mosaic tough but hopefully it will come together better when processed as the full 9 frame mosaic next year.

Thanks for looking.

Mike.

P.S below is a link to the core with colour.

http://stargazerslou...65248-m33l-rgb/

[WaveSoarer]

That's looking great. I hope that we'll get clear skies so that you'll be able to complete it soon.

[Tom OD]

Some very good resolutuion in there. That'll be a huge image when its completed.

Tom

[Gina]

Another great project there and coming along very nicely - nice detail

[zakky2k]

Gorgeous detail! Cant wait to see the finished image

[Steve 1962]

That's coming along very nicely Mike.

[Mark72]

Serious work Mike,

Will look great when you finished. May be you can borrow colour from wide-field image, it's a painstaking job to gather RGB for 9 panels.

Mark

[MikeD]

Thanks all for the very kind comments.

May be you can borrow colour from wide-field image, it's a painstaking job to gather RGB for 9 panels.

Mark

I don't mind, after all, the fun is in the journey.

Mike.

[James]

Your M33 just keeps getting better Mike

James