ic434 first atempt

[astrokat]

finaly got some clear sky though moon was out in force ,this is the first time ive been able to have a crack at this wicked subject, ive been waiting for months to have a go so i manage to get 4 and half hours data of which only 3 and half was used ,there all 3 min subs at iso 800, if some one could help explain or any good tips for processing i have ps cs3 and noels actions il also posted a jpeg of the stack

thanks for looking

toby

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[dark knight]

Toby that looks fantastic, are you now guiding?? Great detail and composition, stars are nice and tight,,,well done, hats off to ya.

Carl

[astrokat]

hello bud no guiding yet sorting out a ob in back gardan at the mo soon as ive finished gonna give guiging a go processing the main problem at the mo wish some one would right a book on how to process from start to finish they would make a small fortune lol

[Deneb]

Toby, there still some more data you can extract from it

[astrokat]

sorry to be a pain deneb is there any chance you could explain how to thanks toby

[astrokat]

ive been having another play and come up with something better though i have a problem when i save the image it goes funny how can i explaine the image goes white with some bits highlight its a big file of 98mb when i convert the white distoted image to jpeg it goes black and white !!!!! i cant figure it out

[astrokat]

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sorted that problem out

[Deneb]

That looks better, a might have a play later !

[astrokat]

thanks bud this processing malark is a very steep learning curve lol

[dark knight]

What was causing it Toby and how did you cure it??

[astrokat]

some thing i used in noels actions it think when i looked in the channels there was rgb and two other things though not sure what they were though lol though sorted the problem