Virgo Cluster - M86/M84/The Eyes region

[coatesg]

A set of data I took back in March and April this year of the Virgo Cluster, centred around M84, M86 and The Eyes (NGC 4435/8).

Taken through FLT110 with FR using an ST-2000XM, riding on the Losmandy Titan. L:R:G:B = 240 (24x10min) : 75 : 70 : 70 (RGB binned 2x, 5min subs)

I struggled with processing this lot - I'm putting most of the issue down to the flats which didn't seem to apply very nicely, and I landed up with some very odd gradients in all 4 channels, which I struggled to remove with tools like DBE and SNCR in Pixinsight. I think I might have been able to pull out more faint stuff without those issues going on. The colour is very subdued here so I think extra colour data wouldn't make a huge difference - but if I was going to do anything else it would be to start over with fresh subs and better flats - I'm going to put this off until any future equipment changes like larger FoV! Comments/criticisms more than welcome - thanks for taking a look!

 

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Incredibly rich field!

[Paul73]

Great detail. Delicately done!

Paul

[coatesg]

Thanks for the likes and kind comments (in usual fashion, made a slight tweak to try and flatter the bg out again).

[PatrickGilliland]

Well done - nice details on an area where it is hard to get detail!  Like it.

[coatesg]

3 hours ago, PatrickGilliland said:

Well done - nice details on an area where it is hard to get detail!  Like it.

Thanks Paddy Frustrating with the flats but did my best to rescue it!