M81 Now In Color

[AstroAndy]

Hello folks

I finally got the chance to get the color for M81, so here is 4:20h in 26x10min L subs, 1hr each RGB, so a total of about 7:30 hrs (7 G subs), C11 on EQ8 R Pro, Atik 384L plus, OAG guided by ASI 294mm pro and PHD2, no Moon, processed in PS CS2, slightly cropped (rim artifacts).

C&C welcome.

Andy

Edited May 8, 2021 by AstroAndy

[Clarkey]

Nice detail with good stars. Almost looks like its had some Ha added in the outer galaxy.

Maybe a tad too much blue?

[peter shah]

Its a little magenta on my screen but the detail is fabulous

[Stargazer33]

Yes, a little magenta on my tablet too; but hey, who cares! It's a great image and you've controlled the core really well. 👍

[teoria_del_big_bang]

Some great detail there - a very nice image 🙂 

Steve

[AstroAndy]

Thank you all for the comments, @Peter, Stargeezer and Clarkey, I may have toggled the color balance sliders a bit too much, and will check that out.

Thanks for the feedback.

@ Clarkey, it kind of looks like that, but here's a little confession, when trying to shoot the ha, my filterwheel, unbeknownst to me, was at position one (Luminance), even though 2 softwares reported it on pos. 6, where my ha filter is, hence one more hr. of Lum. instead of ha.

Andy

[Mr Spock]

Really nice image. Plenty of detail and subtlety in there. Excellent tracking too at a difficult focal length.
My first thought also was a bit too magenta. Easily fixed though. 

[Dave61]

That's a lovely image,  if any of mine are ever like this I will be well chuffed.

[AstroAndy]

Itaren, Spokh (for the muggles, thanks, Mr. Spock), seems the consensus is too much magenta; I'll have another go (or 10) and see what I can do with it. Tried to get the tracking as well as I could, even though I developped a bit of a backlash issue that night.

Dif-tor heh smusma (LLAP)

 

Thanks, Dave..this is an image I can live with. 🙂

Andy

[Clarkey]

14 hours ago, AstroAndy said:

@ Clarkey, it kind of looks like that, but here's a little confession, when trying to shoot the ha, my filterwheel, unbeknownst to me, was at position one (Luminance), even though 2 softwares reported it on pos. 6, where my ha filter is, hence one more hr. of Lum. instead of ha

Not the first time the wrong filter has been used. I did nearly a whole night on M51 with a blue filter. Although in that case it was self inflicted incompetence!

Cracking result none the less.

[AstroAndy]

Thanks, Clarkey, I guess it worked out well enough, there was at least someone who thought it had an ha-ish quality. 😂

This is a strange game we're in, where literally every error is >magnified.

[AstroAndy]

A slightly toned down version, less heavy-handed on color balance. I reprocessed it from the ground up.