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Started by Trannyguy, 02/22/2007 07:01PM
Posted 02/22/2007 07:01PM Opening Post
Hi,
I shot this Tuesday under poor conditions sad
Lots of haze in the sky at first then clearing up with very poor seeing.This combo really killed the resolution and caused a lot of bloating on the brighter stars.

I am going to post two versions of this image,one a little lighter than the other so I can look at both on another moniter.Let me know which one looks better to you?

Here is the specs on the image,
ST-2000xm at prime focus of my TEC140
L-12x600s RGB-6x480s both binned1x1
Darks,alignment and stacking in Images Plus.
I combined this in Photoshop as a LLRGB

No flats for this one,had to get to work before it was light enough!

Comments and suggestions welcomed.

Jason








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Posted 02/22/2007 07:04PM #1
Here is the slightly lighter version.
Which one do you prefer?

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Posted 02/22/2007 07:20PM #2
WHOW, Jason! that is gorgeous!!!
You hit the colors perfefctly and details are great!
for bad conditions You sure got it as good as possible!
very nice!!!
smile
diets

clear skies, guys!
Dietmar
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Posted 02/22/2007 07:58PM #3
Well done! 8)
I can't wait to see what you can pull under GOOD conditions... wink

Ivan Gastaldo 8)
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Posted 02/22/2007 08:50PM #4
Jason,

Wow! Excellent indeed especially given your conditions! I vote for the second (lighter) version, too!

Eric