Rodd Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Thi data was collected over 4-5 nights....over the last 2 months. This is Ha and RGB data--no luminance collected yet. I did integrate the RGB into a synthetic luminance, but not sure it helped much. I was expecting a bit more from the data. Seeing was atypically good--each stack has a FWHM between 2 and 2.5 (green being 1.9!) And I have over 4 hours of each RGB chanel--yet I sruggled with a very weak palette and a general fogginess throughout. I had to use every trick in my book, and then some, to eek out the color and definition seen here. (I have come to realize that saturation bootsts are rarely needed--especially large ones..... except in this case!). The reason for the post is to inquire about a proper luminance--should I spend the 10 hours or so on a luminance, or call it quits on this target and live to fight another day. I know a proper luminance will bring out the fainte extensions--but all the faint extensions in the galaxy won't mean much if the rest of the image is not "right". So--not sue about this one. Is it worth spending the time on a liminance? I would be much obliged for any feed back at all. TOA 130 with ASI 1600 Red: 58 300sec; Green: 60 300 sec; Blue: 55 300 sec; Ha: 87 300 sec--so nearly 23 hours already. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red dwalf Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 struggle looks worth it, looks amazing on my screen, lots of detail too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodd Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 4 hours ago, red dwalf said: struggle looks worth it, looks amazing on my screen, lots of detail too Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodd Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 (edited) On my other computer the above looks very dark--I made some adjustments. I am still questioning all of it. Will luminance really make a big difference? Edited April 14, 2020 by Rodd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkAR Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Looks pretty good to me. I think adding luminance will lift it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodd Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 23 minutes ago, MarkAR said: Looks pretty good to me. I think adding luminance will lift it. Thanks-I hope so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodd Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 (edited) I noticed it was fairly blue light, so i tweaked saturation while keeping the Ha regions the same (even a bit less) Edited April 14, 2020 by Rodd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodd Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 I came to my senses.....Why can't I just be sensible? Here is more what the data can handle until I get the lum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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