M106

[alan4908]

Whilst waiting for clear weather, I decided to reuse some data that was previously acquired by my Skywatcher ED80 and my Esprit 150.   I used the Esprit data to get maximum detail on M106 and its companion NGC4248, whilst I reprocessed the ED 80 data such that the resultant background showed very faint objects.

The ED 80 data is LRGB whilst the Esprit data also contains a Ha blend into the red channel. On the processing side, I used RegiStar to align the Esprit 150 and ED 80 images and then used Pixinsight's Gradient Mosaic Merge to create a seamless image. 

Alan

M106

M106 (annotated)

[Sunshine]

Fantastic image, such subtle detail visible in NGC4248.

[tomato]

Superb result, great framing, colour and detail.👍

[peter shah]

love it....super colour and detail

[alan4908]

On 10/02/2021 at 15:06, Sunshine said:

Fantastic image, such subtle detail visible in NGC4248.

Thanks for the comment 

23 hours ago, tomato said:

Superb result, great framing, colour and detail.👍

Thanks.

 

23 hours ago, peter shah said:

love it....super colour and detail

Thanks Peter  - I think I prefer the colour in this reprocess of the ED 80 data - this time I used Pixinsight's Photometric Colour Calibration process. 

Alan

[glafnazur]

Superb image, so much detail 👍

[alan4908]

11 hours ago, glafnazur said:

Superb image, so much detail 👍

Thanks for the comment 

Alan

[Adam J]

Great image! 

[alan4908]

14 hours ago, Adam J said:

Great image! 

Thanks for the comment Adam.

Alan