Roads less travelled CED-214 and SH2-86

[Stub Mandrel]

These are two images from last 20 September, again 5-minute subs using my cooled 450D with the 130P-DS and a 7nmn Ha filter. They have been stretched in FITS Liberator and very lightly adjusted in photoshop, with noise removal in Astra Image. again the challenge is 'posterisation', so the darkest areas have been masked out and blurred a little to make the transitions less harsh.

SH2-86 - the 'Poor Man's Pillars of Creation'

CED-214

[tooth_dr]

Would you mind posting the unprocessed fits? Id like to try processing the top one if that’s ok!

[Stub Mandrel]

41 minutes ago, tooth_dr said:

Would you mind posting the unprocessed fits? Id like to try processing the top one if that’s ok!

I'm glad you asked - it's made me check and I've discovered I've been saving the FITS with the default DSS curve applied. This is compressing the dark part of the image, hence the posterisation!

I'm running through some quick reprocessing then I'll try and upload a FITS or two.

[Stub Mandrel]

For some reason I'm now getting a dark strip top and bottom, so I'm cropping those out.

Important to reset FITS liberator after loading a new image - I still don't have a clue how it works...

Here's a new CED-214:

And SH2-86:

[Stub Mandrel]

Here's a proper FITS:

 

SH2-86.FTS

[tooth_dr]

Cant wait to get a look at this later  cheers. 

[Stub Mandrel]

and CED 214:

CED-214.FTS