M106 Old data combined.

[tomato]

I stayed out for 4 hours last night hoping a cloud front would clear so I could capture some new data, but no luck, so here is a combination of some existing Esprit 150/ASI178/IMX571 data, just to keep my hand in. 8.68 hrs combining the data in APP then further processing in PI and AP. The main aim was to preserve the dust detail in the core which I think is OK, but the fainter outer reaches have suffered accordingly.

 

[ONIKKINEN]

Does affinity photo have some kind of HDR tool that can lift the shadows without touching the highlights? Photoshop has a 'shadows and highlights' tool that i found useful on my last year's effort of this galaxy (should reprocess that one as well).

Nice image by the way.

[tomato]

Thanks for the tip, It does indeed have a HDR tool, I’ll take a look.