Crickey, what's with this run of clear nights! M81

[Robculm]

So finally a fantastic run of clear nights. Have to admit, I feel guilty about not having set up again tonight, but need an early night after 3 in a row!

Here's M81. Was M81/M82, but wasn't too happy with how M82 was coming out so cropped & concentrated on processing just this one...

Cheers, Rob

Edited March 27, 2022 by Robculm

[cajen2]

That's a great shot with good detail, Rob.....although I'm not entirely sure that the galaxy is likely to be lime green? 😉

[ONIKKINEN]

Great detail in the core and everywhere else, beautiful image!

I do agree with cajen2 with the greens though. Try running SCNR (green noise removal) to fix it? Tried it in SiriL and seems to fix the green cast very nicely.

[Fegato]

Nice one. Amazing run of nights indeed. I wheel my setup out on to a patio from inside, and it's been sitting outside for its longest run ever - 6 days and nights. It's given me a feel for what having an obsy is like - no polar aligning, re-using a good PHD2 calibration night after night.

Looks like it's coming in today though.

[Robculm]

😆 Yep, definitely a hint of lime there now you mention it! Will have another run at processing it and fix with the cap green (startools).

Many thanks for the comments 😀.

[Shibby]

Truly superb detail! What kit are you using?

Yep, you just need to fix the colour balance and also watch out for the background during processing - it appears to be clipped.