Astromart

March 3, 2009 12:35 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

M81/82 Again!

Wow! This image is really looking great now. The extra data took this image into another class altogether. Sweet!
Cheers,
Tyler

March 3, 2009 07:13 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Floyd,
Thanks for the comments and for taking time to mess with the image a bit. Your version looks pretty good, but is a little overstretched and washed out on my screen. The background becomes a bit too mottled for my taste if I stretch too hard.

I think the stars are actually tinted red in this region because of all the dust and Ha emissions, so I'm not sure if it is appropriate to force them away from the red shading. It seems to me that the deeper red in the background needs to be there, and I processed to keep it there on purpose. I'm sure our monitors are probably not the same, so it is often hard to make comparisons. I use a spider to calibrate mine, but I'm not sure how effective it actually is in getting everything just right. I can easily see the nebulosity on my screen, but perhaps yours is a bit darker. I am always amazed at how hard it is to stop messing with an image and call it good. It seems that one can always tweak it a bit more. smile

Cheers,
Tyler

March 3, 2009 11:57 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Back from Winter Star Party 2009...

Posted By Tyler Allred

It sounds like Murphy's Law was in full effect at WSP. It never ceases to amaze me how consistently things go wrong! But, the images you did take were very nice Ivan. Thanks for posting them.

March 7, 2009 05:19 AM Forum: Birding Optics and Photos