Yet another M13 :)

[trevboyd]

Haven't been able to get out for ages now with hoidays and then weather , but Saturday night was a good one. Spent a lot of time on M51 (image to follow) and then spotted Hercules rising above the neighbours' rooftop, so had a quick go at it. I'm quite pleased, but the background feels too bright and it feels like there's a lack of contrast because of it.

Canon 350D, SkyWatcher 120mm f/8.3 achro, EQ5 SynScan. Stack of 21 frames of 10s, 15s and 20s @ ISO-1600.

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Trev

[algol]

nice glob there trev, and is there a galaxy lurking towards the top left?

[barkis]

I hope you don't mind Trev, I've had a dabble with you picture as I need the practice. Maybe others will too, and improve on my effort.

Ron.

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[trevboyd]

I hope you don't mind Trev, I've had a dabble with you picture as I need the practice. Maybe others will too, and improve on my effort.

Ron.

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Hi Ron - no problem at all! Feel free to "dabble" as much as you like! That's a big improvement - what did you do to remove the background? I can post the TIF output from DSS if you'd like to practice further.

Trev

[CELESCOPE]

super Glob Trev , nice and tight , excellent work

Rog

[barkis]

I just used levels in CS3, together with a bit of sharpening. Actually I shocked myself, as I am no expert at image processing. I just remembered what others have been saying, and did the same. I thank you for the offer, but I will need to understand better what is taking place with these tools, so I can give a proper explanation of what I am doing when asked.

There are so many plug ins available for Astro image processing too, but all need to be understood, and my knowledge absorbsion is slowing up.

Ron.

[zhgutas]

Maybe others will too, and improve on my effort.

Well, Ron was right I cannot afford to let the opportunity to play with good data to slip away, since I cannot image myself for a while :insects1: So, here it goes I too hope it's fine with you Trev.. It's a really lovely image, and I am sure there is much more to pull out than what I did

Marius

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and the center only (it was easier to edit that way)

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P.S. I've noticed the image lost quite a big deal of sharpness and colour after uploading.. :?

[barkis]

Much better Marius. A complete transformation in fact.

[SteelRat]

Nice M13 capture Trev with a lil galaxy in there too 8) Ron and Marius put some nice edit's in there - my go was an abomination fit only for the trash can

Good work gents

Cheers

Matthew(SR)

[Sam]

What an excellent M13 Trevor! Loads of detail. Good job Marius for finding all of that detail in there.

[trevboyd]

Thanks for all your kind words everyone! Much appreciated. And well done in pulling out all that extra detail, Marius and Ron.

Trev