A re-do of April 19th Mosaic

[WestCoastCannuck]

In the complete absence of new data....  I have gone back to stuff I thought I may improve.  Pretty happy with this.     New from the raw data.

APM140 + Siebert Optics Barlow at 2X + ZWO183MM + Baader Green 520nm.  4 panel Mosaic.  Reduced in post to F9.8 view.

First some crops....

 

And the full mosaic.

 

Hope you will indulge me....  was a great night. 

I just took delivery of another scope (VMC200L)...  so have likely guaranteed continued clouds out my way.    

 

Clear skies to you all!

 

Mike

 

[neil phillips]

Lovely work Mike. processing looks very nice, highly detailed and natural as per your usual very high standards. Looks like you dropped your brightness levels a touch ( just a impression i could be wrong) Getting ready in a few weeks to try a 178 mono with the EVO 120, and 245mm Newtonian. Though stuck with low elevation here untill later in the summer (30 degrees max and dropping) Question the limb blur i can see here, ( very slight in one area ) was this because seeing dropped off ?  sometimes if you sharpen the same across all panes some areas respond less well (often the limb actually ) In such cases sometimes those areas can be sharpened a little extra just to give it a lift, Not a ton of course but enough to blend the effect of the sharp detailed areas to any areas that are for what ever reason less sharp. But this only applies to the full mosaic of course, and i am being picky because i believe that helps anyone who is at the top of there game. Which you are. I always know when i click. your images i am in for a treat. You influence my eye so much. But i have told you this before. I take it your doing all your processing in 4 k now ?  I am well behind with just standard HD. Oh yeah congrats on the scope

 

Edited June 12, 2021 by neil phillips

[WestCoastCannuck]

3 hours ago, neil phillips said:

Lovely work Mike. processing looks very nice, highly detailed and natural as per your usual very high standards. Looks like you dropped your brightness levels a touch ( just a impression i could be wrong) Getting ready in a few weeks to try a 178 mono with the EVO 120, and 245mm Newtonian. Though stuck with low elevation here untill later in the summer (30 degrees max and dropping) Question the limb blur i can see here, ( very slight in one area ) was this because seeing dropped off ?  sometimes if you sharpen the same across all panes some areas respond less well (often the limb actually ) In such cases sometimes those areas can be sharpened a little extra just to give it a lift, Not a ton of course but enough to blend the effect of the sharp detailed areas to any areas that are for what ever reason less sharp. But this only applies to the full mosaic of course, and i am being picky because i believe that helps anyone who is at the top of there game. Which you are. I always know when i click. your images i am in for a treat. You influence my eye so much. But i have told you this before. I take it your doing all your processing in 4 k now ?  I am well behind with just standard HD. Oh yeah congrats on the scope

 

Hiya Neil!   You must be looking forward to having your pair of slayers in action - especially the big Newt!   I look forward to posts!

Thanks much on critique and comments!!!   As always it is VERY much appreciated.  I also noted the soft limb.....   and was just too tired to back up and attempt to fix it.   Too long ago now to know why it happened....  seeing or focus shift possible - I am HOPING the cause is too many reference points for an area that did not have much contrast - confusing AS!3 - in which a fix is possible.   I DID drop the brightness a tad....  there was some stacking artifacts just off the terminator that were annoying me and it was the only way I could remove them cleanly.   Tried to brighten back up with a brush as much as possible.... but still darker than I like.  Going to have a go at restacking shortly..............

 

Thanks on scope.   We shall see how I like it compared to 180MAK.   I will end up selling either the MAK or the Vixen - can't justify keeping both with the number of days in a year I can use them.

 

:)))))))

Edited June 12, 2021 by WestCoastCannuck
clarity

[callisto]

Ooh, that's nice 

 

Mark

[WestCoastCannuck]

4 hours ago, callisto said:

Ooh, that's nice 

 

Mark

Thanks Mark!  :))))

 

[Spacecake2]

That’s so detailed! What scope and camera were you using?

[Trevor N]

Nice shots as usual Mike. Always worth revisiting the data. I have a bad habit of wanting to do the processing too quickly. Small adjustments to a workflow seem to have a marked effect sometimes

look forward to seeing what you can do with the Vixen !