Bicolor NGC1499 20 hours

[adamphillips]

stellarvue SV80 with .8 reducer to f/4.8

QSI6120wsg-8 astrodon 3nm filters

Ha- 39x900sec

OIII- 41x900sec

[Trevor N]

Brilliant. Lovely image

[Pompey Monkey]

I love the colours/contrast.

However, your noise reduction has wiped out much of the delicate structure in the nebula.

[adamphillips]

ya,people always mention that. I could try it without it, but it seems to make it better, at least when im looking way up close, maybe im wrong.

 

[adamphillips]

by popular demand I reprocessed this and didn't do any noise reduction. I did make the colors a bit brighter but im curious if this looks better to anybody else without the noise reduction

[SIDO]

3 hours ago, adamphillips said:

by popular demand I reprocessed this and didn't do any noise reduction. I did make the colors a bit brighter but im curious if this looks better to anybody else without the noise reduction

A little better on structure but the saturation is a little hot I think,  I was initially impressed with the first image though and both are actually very nice examples...

[graemlourens]

Hi Adam.

Great image! Certainly something unique you have here.

I am wondering with what software are you processing images? I'm wondering if you're using layers / masks to for example only apply noise reduction in the areas where it is necessary, without loosing detail in the high signal areas.

Kind regards, Graem