M13 Atik 16hrc first light

[Ford Prefect]

Hi all

Well it’s been a while since I have been able to post in this section of the forum. Had a few issues over the past few months especially with the weather , however skies stayed clear all night last night so I thought I had better take advantage:)

This is the first light with my new Atik ( thanks Rog ), it is also the first proper image I have posted that was taken through my SW 190 MN as well a being my first ever cluster!!!

To be honest I have struggled with the star colour ( there doesn’t seem to be any ) , so any suggestions will be gratefully received.

Cheers Jon

OTA: SW 190 Mak Newt

Guiding: William Optics 90 DSI pro II PHD

QHY8 MaximDL, 30x300s

Stacked using: DeepSkyStacker

Processed using PSCS2

[Paxo]

nice image Jon, especially for a first light. You normally have to saturate the colour in the image with DSS, up to 20% I seem to remember (one of the tabs that appears with the image after processing), it might be a place to start if you haven't already done so.

Steve..

[Psychobilly]

Never mind the lack of Colour its beautifully resolved down to the core

Did you boost the saturation before saving it from DSS? I'm finding i need to set at least +10 to +15% in DSS ... I also make sure that I use the apply to image before saving rather than the embed changes option.

Billy...

Paxo beat me to it....

Billy go Bye Byes and dreams of a night on M81-82, M101, and NGC7000...

[ngc2403]

this image is very good, like billy said resolved to the core.

it almost looks mono, apart from the sky background, but even without the colour it is lovely

[Doc]

Wow what an image.

Really well resolved and crisp.

A big thumbs up.

[Stephen Green]

Great detail great image Jon

Stephen

[Whippy]

Very nice Jon, I do like the ickle galaxy (of the name escapes me atm!) in the top right corner as the icing on the cake so to speak.

Tony..

[Ford Prefect]

Thanks for the comments guys,

Steve, billy, thanks for the DSS tips , i might give that a go later, but as you said its too bad in mono

[Ford Prefect]

Now, with added colour

[SteveL]

Yay! You got everything working and got first light. How long did you sleep on Saturday?

[barkis]

That is a cracking Image Jon.

Superb resolution. Almost as good as SteveL's

Ron.

[MartinB]

Go back to the first one Jon its absolutely stunning. You've lost all the vibrancy with the second process

[Ford Prefect]

Yay! You got everything working and got first light. How long did you sleep on Saturday?

Steve, after staying up on Friday until 5.30, I actually slept for 12 hours last night

Go back to the first one Jon its absolutely stunning. You've lost all the vibrancy with the second process

I agree martin, just need to get rid of that strange gradient that’s in the first image