M108 from April

[kirkster501]

114 x 300s exposures in total.   L = 42 and R,G,B = 24 each - everything binned 1x1).  TEC140 and Atik 460CCD camera with Astrodon 1.25  Gen2 E series.

Just got round to processing after regaining my astro mojo again.  I lost interest in DSO after the shocking winter last year but getting it back.

[ollypenrice]

That's a really crisp image, bold in colour and resolution.

Just lose those bloody spikes to collect full marks! 

lly

[kirkster501]

Lol, I know Olly, I have tried to disguise the fact that when I did a reduce star size routine it left me with some holes where the haloes had been so I tried to disguise them with the spikes.  I know it is a cludge and need to revisit later.

[kirkster501]

Better?  Whaddayareckon?  Controlling the star at the top is stumping me......  I used star reduce in PI and then blended 50:50 with the none star reduced.

[Roy Foreman]

Nice image - and I prefer the star spikes !!!

[kirkster501]

You can't please all of the people all of the time to quote Bob Marley 😁

[tomato]

Spikes or no spikes, I’m looking at the galaxy, and that’s first class👍