Ic 1396 Nelly the Elephant's trunk

[TiffsAndAstro]

Taken with my stock Canon 600d taken on 5th of 6th or the 6th of the 5th this year  i think i could have stretched it a bit more, but i remember being a bit disappointed. 

 

 

[TiffsAndAstro]

taken last night 9-1am until mist/fog/toxic fumes rolled in  my best focus and guiding ever  

two quickish previews. blue version is over stretched and blotchy but potential is there. 15480 seconds

 

 

 

 

[TiffsAndAstro]

just stretched and processed output from graxpert looks better.

seems everything i do after this early stage makes things worse  my framing wasn't great i think  

 

Edited September 16 by TiffsAndAstro

[Mr Green]

39 minutes ago, TiffsAndAstro said:

just stretched and processed output from graxpert looks better.

seems everything i do after this early stage makes things worse  my framing wasn't great i think  

 

This looks quite natural, definitely your best attempt out of the one's you've shared.

It's a shame that you've missed some of the outter areas but as you've said, framing could be better.

If this is a stock DSLR, I'd be well happy with this!

[TiffsAndAstro]

4 minutes ago, Mr Green said:

This looks quite natural, definitely your best attempt out of the one's you've shared.

It's a shame that you've missed some of the outter areas but as you've said, framing could be better.

If this is a stock DSLR, I'd be well happy with this!

3:2 is stock dslr from 6 months ago. Square images are 533 colour and sv220 filter

(If there is a) Next time, I'd frame it so trunk is more central, I've missed a lot of dust

Edited September 16 by TiffsAndAstro

[Mr Green]

I did think it looked like a 533mc image.

I don't know much about the SVBony filters but one thing I recommend is getting a decent narrowband filter as you'll get even better results.

[TiffsAndAstro]

11 minutes ago, Mr Green said:

I did think it looked like a 533mc image.

I don't know much about the SVBony filters but one thing I recommend is getting a decent narrowband filter as you'll get even better results.

Sv220 is Ha/Oiii 7nm bandpass

[TiffsAndAstro]

Struggling with this to make anything that looks "good" going to try some other stacking options

[PhilB61]

5 hours ago, TiffsAndAstro said:

taken last night 9-1am until mist/fog/toxic fumes rolled in  my best focus and guiding ever  

two quickish previews. blue version is over stretched and blotchy but potential is there. 15480 seconds

 

 

 

 

I like the blue version, lots of dust detail. 

[TiffsAndAstro]

7 minutes ago, PhilB61 said:

I like the blue version, lots of dust detail. 

Me too but if you zoom in, it's speckled which means noise. Well I assume it does. I did only get about 4 hours instead of the 8 I was expecting

I will try stretching it less but then maybe dust less obvious

[TiffsAndAstro]

ok, so it seems gimp's curve tool has a use after all.

i might be getting somewhere now

[TiffsAndAstro]

far from perfect, but im much happier now. can improve on this lots, as i've over cooked it