NGC4244

[astro mick]

Hi.

Looking for something to image during a full moon in LRGB is,nt the best idea,but I settled on NGC4244 in Canes Venatici,not exactly very far from the Moon as well.

I used my ED80 scope and an Atik 314L+ mono to take 12x240 secs in LRGB.Longer subs were a washout,so kept them fairly short.

Calibration frames were essential especially Flats.I used Bias Frames but not Darks.I intergrated the Luminance at only 50% opacity.

Processing was carried out in Photo-shop.Unfortunately my efforts at removing Gradients were less than successful.

Mick.

 

 

 

[ollypenrice]

Doesn't strike me as gradient-afflicted. In fact that's a nice flat sky to my eye, though I might bring in the black point a tad in the interests of contrast. Nice natural image.

Olly

[astro mick]

Thankyou Olly,nice of you to comment.

Mick.