A kick in the Bodes - LRGB

[Uranium235]

Ive taken this one as far as I can now the moon has arrived, I tried getting some more RGB last night but the washout was just too strong. I did think about adding Ha to it, but blending that with the R channel is a trick I havent learnt yet. I'll try to find a tutorial later on.

This was taken at two different focal lengths (before and after I got the FF/FR), so there was a bit of faffing about with maxim before I could merge the channels. But I wasnt going to waste all that L data I had collected previously, so it all had to go into the mix.

It was also the first time ive used the Hasta la vista green PS plugin.... and i have to say its fantastic! not bad for free.

M81 + M82: Bodes nebulae

SW ED80, Atik 314L+, SW FF/FR

14x450+6x300 (L), 10x300(R,G,

Calib: Flats

Setpoint -10

Guiding hassle: Zero

13/04/11 EDIT: Have now added some Ha - though the seeing was quite bad when I took it, so its effect has been minimal. I also did a G2V star calibration and applied a couple of Noels actions to help with the star colour, looks quite nice now

PS: If you use Photoshop.... get Noels actions... now! Im now tempted to reprocess everything

New & Improved version:

Old "Mk1 version"

[beamish]

Fantastic details caught there-love it !!

[RogerTheDodger]

Lovely

[jwr]

That's a corker.

James

[trevboyd]

Great detail there - love the deep orange/red colours :-)

Trev

[Uranium235]

Thanks guys!

Hopefully I will add more at the end of the month when the moon has gone, we've got loads of time off about then (with easter etc..) so fingers crossed for a bit of clear sky

[prokyon]

Wow, details are great! Thanks for sharing.

Cheers

Werner

[Beyond_Vision]

Looking really good so far with the Ha filaments in M82 showing well

Regards

Kevin

[barkis]

This is a terrific image of this popular duo.

I like the colour and details, plus excellent framing of the pair.

Lovely job.

Ron.

[peter shah]

great detail and rich colour...nice!

[Uranium235]

Thanks for the encouragement guys

If its clear tomorrow im going to bite the bullet and grab some Ha to really nail the red in M82. Might take a while to process though, its going to be a "learn as you go" process

[Tim]

Some nice detail coming through

For the easiest colour combination and Ha+R techniques possible you might like to look at a program called Registar. It will match up all your colour subs, and even any taken at different focal lengths etc. Combining red with Ha is a doddle with it, and if you move on to narrowband imaging, also combining and assigning to the HST pallete takes a matter of seconds. I cant recommend it highly enough

Cheers

Tim

[johnkirkpatrick]

detail is smashing

[msinclairinork]

agreed...fantastic result!

Well done,

Michael

[Uranium235]

Right, the forecast says clear tonight so im going to try and grab that Ha.

But how much do I need? another 10x300?

While im there, Im going to try and find a G2V star so I can do some further RGB calibration.

[Uranium235]

Have now added Ha and better processing, please see original post for updated version - thanks!

[Fay]

Very nice, lovely colours. What prog do you do your RGB with? I need some tips.

Thanks,

Fay

[Uranium235]

Very nice, lovely colours. What prog do you do your RGB with? I need some tips.

Thanks,

Fay

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