Tricky triplet

[ollypenrice]

Well now I know that combining three dee sky targets is much harder than combining two. I can't get the background sky any better than this - I know it's too dark and uneven. However, it is better than my previous shot of the Triplet in the Genesis. This is a 3 way job with the Meade 127, using bits from the old image to fill in the gaps.

Glad that's over!! It would be easier to have a big chip sometimes...

Olly.

[CELESCOPE]

Olly thats is excellent mate , a really lovely image ,well detailed as well ,

Smashing result

Rog

[brendant]

Well done Olly , makes a great mosaic, each image on its own is superb but bringing them together is fantastic.

Brendan

[Beyond_Vision]

Never mind about the background those glaxies look gorgeous. Fantastic job Olly

Regards

Kevin

[Psychobilly]

tres bien mon ami....

much better than my 30 year old school french....

Billie'

[Vega]

I love the smooth look of the galaxies. Nice one

Matt

[centroid]

Very nice indeed Olly, a work of art even

Dave

[661-pete]

Well, gradient/blotchy or not, a spectacular result there, I especially like your NGC 3628 (almost appears the brightest of the three, though it's really the faintest...) I would have been sure that it would be possible to even out the sky glow more, especially around the M66 component, without too much trouble - although it's only noticeable if I stare hard at my bright monitor. But you say no?

And I'd suggest this, have you got any data outside the area of the image on display? If so, try cropping not quite so hard perhaps?

But a first-rate image even without any more done to it. Few triplets are of this quality.

[Ant]

Wow I like that.

As the others have said, a few minor thins that you're not happy with - don't worry about it.

That's a great result.

Ant

[barkis]

A glorious group of galaxies. The discrepencies matter not, the outcome does.

Ron.

[ncjunk]

Cracking shot, good looking pic that.

NC

[RobH]

First class Olly. Well worth the hard work combining them

Cheers

Rob

[MartinB]

Wonderful composition Olly, the resolution is fabulous.

[markcol]

Great detailed triplet, Olly.

Mark