M81 & M82 mosaic

[wimvb]

This is a 2 pane mosaic of this popular galaxy pair

The lower half (M81) was captured during april, and the upper half (M82) dec 2021 (Ha) and march this year

Since I have the habit of aligning the long sensor side with RA, framing this duo was easy, even with the old Ha data.

I have published the two panes as individual images previously

[StargazerUK]

Amazing picture

[Coco]

@wimvb Thats fantastic, would look great in a frame on the wall.

[wimvb]

5 hours ago, StargazerUK said:

Amazing picture

 

4 hours ago, Coco said:

@wimvb Thats fantastic, would look great in a frame on the wall.

Thank you, both.

I’ve tried printing my astro images before, but I was never happy with colour balance and crispnessbof the prints. Mind you, that was on my own printer.

[Coco]

It will have to be an online photo print service, maybe crop the image in photoshop to A3...

[ollypenrice]

39 minutes ago, wimvb said:

 

Thank you, both.

I’ve tried printing my astro images before, but I was never happy with colour balance and crispnessbof the prints. Mind you, that was on my own printer.

I do my own prints on an Epson 15000 ink tank printer. It's cheap to run, does up to extended A3 and, although it's only a 4 ink system, I'm very happy with the quality.

Olly

[wimvb]

53 minutes ago, ollypenrice said:

I do my own prints on an Epson 15000 ink tank printer. It's cheap to run, does up to extended A3 and, although it's only a 4 ink system, I'm very happy with the quality.

Olly

I have the Epson ET-2850 ink tank, which is up to A4. It generally produces great images, but astro images come out with a colour cast in the background, even if the "colour picker" puts R, G and B at almost the same intensities. It may just be a set up issue.

[Rodd]

Nice--especially the background.  The closest thing I can compare it to is like looking deep into the night sky!....so real