M81L

[Freddie]

~180 mins total mainly in 10min subs but also ~60 mins of 1, 3 and 5min subs taken while testing my OAG. Stacked in DSS then PS

Lost my way a bit with the processing as the core is over done. Will need another go before I add the Ha RGB I have yet to process.

[x6gas]

Looking good Freddie!

Looks like you've done some high pass sharpening (or deconvolution, or something else) that has brought in some dark halos around the stars. If you add a star mask to protect the stars then that should fix it!

Nice work though - big fan of M81!

[Richie092]

Wow! That is a great mono pic. Thanks for sharing.

[andyo]

That's a great shot superb detail in the outer regions

[Stargazer33]

That is wonderful. I can't wait to see the final full colour version; not that it really needs anything else. It stands up well just on its own.

I am getting very jealous of peoples clear skies. I haven't had the scope out for 11 days!

[roytraveller]

That's a great shot full of detail. Can' t wait for the colour.

[iksose7]

Very nice Freddie! Is that a touch of IFN to the right of the galaxy that you have picked up?

[cfpendock]

Superb detail in the arms. Don't know where you got 180 mins of clear skies though...

Chris

[WaveSoarer]

Very nice indeed.

[Gina]

Superb

[Nicho]

Lovely detail in there. Very nice indeed.

[Coco]

Very nice indeed...

[morimarty]

A lovely sharp M81 freddie!

[Ewan]

Beautiful shot Freddie loving it.

[Freddie]

Thanks for all your comments.

Well spotted "X6gas" it was a high pass filter too far!! As I say, I was getting a bit lost during the processing and by the time I realised it was a few steps after the high pass so a bit late to go back. Didn't think it showed too badly at this scale so well spotted. I now have another version which I'll use with the HaRGB.

[x6gas]

Thanks for all your comments.

Well spotted "X6gas" it was a high pass filter too far!! As I say, I was getting a bit lost during the processing and by the time I realised it was a few steps after the high pass so a bit late to go back. Didn't think it showed too badly at this scale so well spotted. I now have another version which I'll use with the HaRGB.

Ha! It's definitely not too bad mate - and your image is really nice and sharp. It's those two bright stars in the galaxy at roughly six o'clock in your image that give the game away a little bit - as you know I've recently attempted this target and I had plenty of trouble with those! There is something a bit soft about my image but yours looks like the making of a fantastic luminance layer...

I've taken to saving my processing at ridiculously frequent intervals, but then I'm still a learner driver and I never know what stage I need to go back to. I needed quite a creative star mask to sort the halos but it can be done.

Terrific image though. You should be well pleased with that .

[x6gas]

Oh and I love the image scale!

[Ewan]

Could take it down a notch with Guassian Blur that might work, if i use the High Pass filter i tend to pull the slider back a bit & apply then do another smaller iteration but select Soft Light.

I'm not teaching you howe to suck egg's Freddie as you have probably used PS a lot more than me to date.

Good luck though even though weather is terrible & i look forward to seeing your M81 finished.