Rodd Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 TOA 130 and STT-8300. This is some old data that I was never able to process very well. The shortage of blue and the general noisiness of the data were obstacles I could not overcome. I wish I had gotten more data--I really like M78 at this scale. The image is still pretty rough, but much better than previous attempts 17 10 min red 17 10 min green 6 10min Blue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzostar Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 Wow, wish i could take pics like that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodd Posted May 5, 2019 Author Share Posted May 5, 2019 1 minute ago, gonzostar said: Wow, wish i could take pics like that! Thanks Gonzostar! I am sure you can--Keep at it. Rodd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodd Posted May 6, 2019 Author Share Posted May 6, 2019 Some fine scale sharpening. Not much more I can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKB Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 Oh! That’s really beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodd Posted May 6, 2019 Author Share Posted May 6, 2019 14 minutes ago, AKB said: Oh! That’s really beautiful. Thanks AKB! One of my favorite nebulae. Rodd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan potts Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 Very nice indeed, see I still have a lot to learn Rodd. I feel getting a purpose built camera will help no end. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodd Posted May 6, 2019 Author Share Posted May 6, 2019 7 minutes ago, alan potts said: Very nice indeed, see I still have a lot to learn Rodd. I feel getting a purpose built camera will help no end. Alan Thanks Alan-Don' we all! ?. A camera will help indeed. Rodd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodd Posted May 6, 2019 Author Share Posted May 6, 2019 I came up with this idea--I resized this image and blended with my widefield shot (that hadb a lot of data)to quite the noise. Still trying to decide if it is worth pursuing. EDIT: Actually--I cant decide which level of brightness I like--a little bit more or a little bit less. Seems trivial--but with this image it is critical. Which one is the stronger image? On my computer both are quite dark. On my ipad the second one is much brighter (so is the first-but not as much). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodd Posted May 7, 2019 Author Share Posted May 7, 2019 Not to beat a dead horse, but I made an improvement. While the image as a whole is a 50-50 blend with the FSQ widefield shot--the cores of the nebula are full TOA cores. Don't know why I did not think of this before--but they are definitely improved--though it may seem minimal to most. I have found that the devil is in the details so to speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigella Bryant Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 11 hours ago, Rodd said: Not to beat a dead horse, but I made an improvement. While the image as a whole is a 50-50 blend with the FSQ widefield shot--the cores of the nebula are full TOA cores. Don't know why I did not think of this before--but they are definitely improved--though it may seem minimal to most. I have found that the devil is in the details so to speak. Love the wider field of view, seems to frame it better from an artistic point of view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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