Second go at a galaxy….

[Stuart1971]

This M51, Whirlpool Galaxy was taken the same night as the M81 & M2 image that I posted, this is 100 x 2 min exposures, with no filter used…

 

Edited March 28, 2022 by Stuart1971

[juno16]

Very nice image!

[Shibby]

You've got some very good signal there. I would just drop the background level a bit and also fix the magenta cast of the galaxy.

[DaveS]

Yep, some good signal, but agree with Shibby, just needs the BG pulled down a touch and shift the colour balance a little.

[Stuart1971]

1 hour ago, Shibby said:

You've got some very good signal there. I would just drop the background level a bit and also fix the magenta cast of the galaxy.

 

48 minutes ago, DaveS said:

Yep, some good signal, but agree with Shibby, just needs the BG pulled down a touch and shift the colour balance a little.

Does this look a bit better….?

 

[Shibby]

Use curves to drop the background level, otherwise you can cause clipping. Can't do it perfectly with a jpeg, but it could be tweaked closer to something like this: