M51 in Wide Field

[mightymonoped]

Actually captured nearly 6 hours worth over 3 nights but dropped the integration down to 4 hours as I wasn't happy with the quality of the stars. I thought less might be more in this case!

It's never going to be detailed given the scope and camera but it's all good practice.

Had to do a lot of cleaning up (need to have a look at my L-Pro filter) but it's not like there's any imaging that can be done given the current weather, so I'm happy to noodle around on processing at the moment.

 

4 hours worth of 180s subs plus calibration.
SW 80ED with L-Pro filter
ASI294mc pro
EQ6-R
ASIair pro 

 

Integrated and light-pollution cleaning with Astro Pixel Processor

Processing with starnet++, Topaz Denoise AI and Photoshop CC

 

Tony

[SimonHutch]

Very nice! 👍🏼

[mightymonoped]

Thank you 😊

[wesdon1]

15 hours ago, mightymonoped said:

Actually captured nearly 6 hours worth over 3 nights but dropped the integration down to 4 hours as I wasn't happy with the quality of the stars. I thought less might be more in this case!

It's never going to be detailed given the scope and camera but it's all good practice.

Had to do a lot of cleaning up (need to have a look at my L-Pro filter) but it's not like there's any imaging that can be done given the current weather, so I'm happy to noodle around on processing at the moment.

 

4 hours worth of 180s subs plus calibration.
SW 80ED with L-Pro filter
ASI294mc pro
EQ6-R
ASIair pro 

 

Integrated and light-pollution cleaning with Astro Pixel Processor

Processing with starnet++, Topaz Denoise AI and Photoshop CC

 

Tony

Oh wow this is gorgous work Tony! I spotted atleast 5 background Galaxies in this image too! After enjoying the taget image, I always go "other object" hunting through images, because I often find little gems hiding in plain sight! Great work mate! Thanks for sharing! 

Wes, Liverpool UK.

[Mr Spock]

Beautiful image. I love seeing wide field images. I can see several other galaxies in there too.

[mightymonoped]

Thanks guys! I like capturing some galaxies in the wide-field precisely for this reason 😊

I’ve tried not to lose any faint fuzzies in star reduction too. 

Edited February 13, 2022 by mightymonoped

[niallk]

Beautiful! 👍👍

[MKHACHFE]

That's a beautiful image mate. Nice work.

[mightymonoped]

Thanks all! 🙂