M64-L

[MikeD]

Quick process of last nights data.

33 @ 5 min's with my HX916 CCD and 10" newt on an EQ6 (guided with my 80Ed).

Hope to get some more L and some RGB soon.

Mike.

[harry page]

Hi

Some detail showing through , keep at it

Harry

[MikeD]

Will do.:p

Mike.

[moocher]

I know it will be a stunner when its finished Mike. Great so far!!!!!!

Alan:)

[steppenwolf]

Was this with an IR filter in place, Mike? The image is a little soft in comparison with some of your recent images but this is a notoriously difficult galaxy to capture as the detail is very subdued and there is not much to 'hang your hat on'.

[MikeD]

Thanks Alan.

Yes Steve an IR was in place(Astronomik L type 2) but I know what you mean.

I did mess with the draw tube position and re collimate last week.

The star test looked good but may be worth me having another look,

so thanks for drawing my attention to it.

Mike.

[MikeD]

A touch more High pass filtering in photoshop.

[jgs001]

Lovely Mike

[steppenwolf]

That's nice, Mike it has taken the HPF nicely without artefacts.

[MikeD]

Thanks John/Steve.

Steve the hp filter was applied to the core only as a masked layer.

Mike.

[moocher]

I`d love to see what you could do with M100.......

Alan:)

[daz]

Very nice Mikey!!!

How much more are you aiming for?

[MikeD]

I`d love to see what you could do with M100.......

Alan:)

I'll put it on the list Alan.

Thanks Daz.

I'll go for at least another hour on the L and then 1.5 hours each for the RGB and then a little more L if I think it will still improve the result( I like to bring out any background fuzzes if possible). I find the more data I get the less processing I need to do to get nice deep detail while keeping natural feel to the image.

Mike.

[RobH]

Very nice result Mike.

Looking forward to the colour too.

You are totally correct....the more data you have, the easier and more natural the processing becomes.

Cheers

Rob

[russ]

Already looking stunning and some great detail in there.

[Beyond_Vision]

A great result so far Mike looking forward to the full monty

Regards

Kevin

[MikeD]

Thanks guys.

Mike.