Les Tilly Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Well I finally got out the clouds vanished about 10:00 to give me a nice clear sky I was at my local dark site the only reason it is darker is because of the elevation is about 840 ftScope C11 @ 6.3Canon 40D Modified3 hours of 5 minute subs with some 8 minute subs mixed in ISO 800 I found it kept the color betterGuided with PHD and Celestron 80Had an issue with star shape once I set PHD to 0.2 from 1.0 it was ok Thanks Les Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychobilly Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Luverly Jubbly.... now thats the sort of M51 I am after Billy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Tilly Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 Thanks Billy I ran it again in CS2 and like this version better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aza Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 That is very good indeed, nice work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Tilly Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 Thanks Aza I am still working on the color a little Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imahumanbeing Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 WOW! That is fantastic! One of the best M51s I have seen on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAO Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 LesLooked at M51 last night and it was pretty impressive, however your image is just stunning.Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary1968 Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 STUNNING. Pushes me to get to grips with guiding mate, I really must do better.Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkis Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Lordy Lordy, how much better can these Images get.This is really something Les. I have spent most of today logged on and looking at Images as they came in, and the quality is unbelievable. This one is just outstanding. Ron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beyond_Vision Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Now that's one for the album. I like the second process as the colour was a bit oversaturated on the first.RegardsKevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Tilly Posted March 23, 2009 Author Share Posted March 23, 2009 Now that's one for the album. I like the second process as the colour was a bit oversaturated on the first.RegardsKevinI have to agree the first was rushed as we get excited and the secound is better balanced but I am improving on it as I type Thanks for the Kind words Guys Les Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Tilly Posted March 23, 2009 Author Share Posted March 23, 2009 Ok played with it some more and did the old registar trick and added an older version into this one then tweaked and tweaked till my eyes are Bleeding m51-part-2-pb.jpg photo - Les Tilly photos at pbase.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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