M87 - with well hidden jet

[Datalord]

I saw someone post a picture of the black hole jet and figured it would be fun to try to capture it myself. As I was capturing the subs, it was very, very clear in the individual subs, but somehow it drowned a bit in the stacking and processing. It is interesting to me that the jet is more prominent in blue and green subs, while a tiny bit more faint in the red. Maybe it is because it is drowned out in the red, but nevertheless, interesting.

Acquisition:

• Everything shot in Bin 2.
• Shot from E-Eye
• R: 55 * 180s
• G: 51 * 180s
• B: 52 * 180s
• L: 29 * 600s
• 12h 40min total integration
• Flats, darks, bias

Gear:

• CFF RC12"
• Celestron CGX
• Moravian G3-16200
• Lodestar X2 guide
• Baader LRGB filters

Processing:

• PI all the way through MLT.
• PS for final touches, selective denoise and sharpen and fixing the largest star blow outs.

Here is a screenshot of the individual subs nuked in PI.

[Laurin Dave]

Very nice..   to get the jet to show in the stretched image you can use a curve  stretch with just the lower bit raised..  ie a straight line with an upwards bump on the lower 25% or so using the picker to set the appropriate points, then just use this as a layer over M87