Trifid Nebula LRGB AT8RC

[Rudeviewer]

Finally got out again last night and wanted to image something that i haven't imaged in a long time. Last time was a few years ago and it was nowhere near as good as this has come out. This needs a Lot more LUM as i have a few hot pixels in there which I need to find out why my camera is producing so many hot pixels even when cooled.  This image was processed in pixinsight and finished in photoshop.  I think for 2.5 hours time total it came out ok.  Will for sure add the LUM to it..

6x600 L
6x300 R
6x300 G
6x300 B With Bias calibs only on all filters.

[swag72]

I think this is looking really good  

[Rudeviewer]

2 minutes ago, swag72 said:

I think this is looking really good  

Thank you Sara.  That really means a lot coming from you!

[Rudeviewer]

Here is a an extra hour added to the LUM on the this target and reprocessed a bit different.  I think i see some dark halos around stars, which would have happened it photoshop, so i gotta figure that out.

 

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[Rudeviewer]

Here is the file before i messed with it in photoshop.  Seems i like to overdo things in photoshop a bit.  Sometimes its tough to know when to stop processing and just get more data that will bring detail out instead of overdoing the processing.  Let me know what you think.....

[wimvb]

Looks good. Personally, I would darken the background ever so slightly. This will make the neb stand out a little more, without having to increase colour saturation. (Viewed on my mobile phone, which has it's own mind about colours and contrast.)

[Rudeviewer]

On 7/18/2017 at 01:24, wimvb said:

Looks good. Personally, I would darken the background ever so slightly. This will make the neb stand out a little more, without having to increase colour saturation. (Viewed on my mobile phone, which has it's own mind about colours and contrast.)

Dropped the background down just a hair and desaturated a slight bit.  I did bring the contrast up a slight amount as well.  

[toxic]

lovely image i like the first and last versions the best 

[carastro]

Really beautiful, it has inspired me to go back and re-do the processing on my own M20.

Carole 

 

[Rodd]

I like #1 the best--but I agree that the black point in teh background can be nudged down a bit--but without decreasing the blackpoint in the dark dust lanes of the nebula (at least see how it looks).  I like teh scale on this image.

Rodd