NGC 2903 in Leo

[kirkster501]

Data set I forgot I had.  Been away from astro for a while but been practising my processing on this data set.  TEC140.

 

[DaveS]

Just giving a "Like" isn't nearly enough, that's a fabulous image.

I've been fighting the same target with my ODK 12 / G3 16200 and not getting anywhere near that.

Bravo!

[tomato]

Great detail in the core, top notch. Has this been processed with BlurXterminator by any chance?

 

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

That is lovely. When it returns (and we get clear skies), I should point my Meade SN6 6" F/5 Schmidt-Newton at it again. I did go for it once, but got just about two hour of usable data at rather a low altitude. Not nearly enough

[kirkster501]

On 19/12/2022 at 19:46, tomato said:

Great detail in the core, top notch. Has this been processed with BlurXterminator by any chance?

 

Not heard of that.  I used deconvolution in PixInsight and a bit of sharpening on what is quite a clean data set.  I always remember the golden rule - less is more when it comes to using these sharpening/decon tools or you can overdo things. 

A good data set hardly requires any processing.

Edited December 20, 2022 by kirkster501

[kirkster501]

19 hours ago, michael.h.f.wilkinson said:

That is lovely. When it returns (and we get clear skies), I should point my Meade SN6 6" F/5 Schmidt-Newton at it again. I did go for it once, but got just about two hour of usable data at rather a low altitude. Not nearly enough

Yes it needs a lot.  It does not achieve a very high altitude in UK although not bad. It is also quite small.