Re-processed Version of Super Widefield around Perseus

[Beyond_Vision]

Wow! It's amazing what can be achieved through post processing. Holmes really stands out! and the milky way is just awesome - thanks for posting the update!

yep I was amazed that this much popped out.

Regards

Kevin

[Roy Batty]

Kevin - Great pic

Hope you don't mind but I had a go at using the SBLUR command in IRIS on your pic and here's the result.

RB

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[jgs001]

Kevin, that's simply stunning. I just wish I could work out what you guys do to the images when you process them.

[Cloudwatcher]

Looking at that you can understand why it was called 'The Milky Way'. I imagine one would see something like that with the naked eye in the days before the industrial revolution.

Great Image.

CW

[Beyond_Vision]

Kevin - Great pic

Hope you don't mind but I had a go at using the SBLUR command in IRIS on your pic and here's the result.

RB

I think that looses some detail in M31 and Holmes and looks a little overprocessed

[Roy Batty]

Kevin - Great pic

Hope you don't mind but I had a go at using the SBLUR command in IRIS on your pic and here's the result.

RB

I think that looses some detail in M31 and Holmes and looks a little overprocessed

I guess it's a matter of personal taste - realised that my tweak needs to be viewed enlarged to get a good comparison.

cheers

RB

[LostNSpace]

That is a superb widefield image Kevin.

Good Job

Mark

[MartinB]

Kevin, I think you have pulled down the background sky glow very nicely and got it about right. My attempt is a little over cooked but I was aiming to pull out the dust lanes, wanted to get a bit of brown colouration but didn't succeed! You still ahave gradient around the milky way at the top of the image which would be dealt with nicely by gradient exterminator.

Roy, I think your monitor needs calibrating, I suspect that what should be showing black is probably looking grey. Although the process you have done will look great on your screen it is very black and clipped here. I also suspect that the background on Kevins image looks to bright on your screen. Just a thought

[SteelRat]

I have had another go at processing the pic to bring out the milkyway.

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Regards

Kevin

That comet looks flippin great in that edit Kevin 8) Really great pic mate.

Cheers

Matthew(SR)

[Roy Batty]

Kevin, I think you have pulled down the background sky glow very nicely and got it about right. My attempt is a little over cooked but I was aiming to pull out the dust lanes, wanted to get a bit of brown colouration but didn't succeed! You still ahave gradient around the milky way at the top of the image which would be dealt with nicely by gradient exterminator.

Roy, I think your monitor needs calibrating, I suspect that what should be showing black is probably looking grey. Although the process you have done will look great on your screen it is very black and clipped here. I also suspect that the background on Kevins image looks to bright on your screen. Just a thought

Martin

Had another look at this and I think the levels I took for this were too aggressive - hence the dark appearance. Had another go using the same technique but with adjusted levels.

See what you think?

cheers

RB