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m51 (intes micro m500+atik16hr)

Started by lonnic, 07/08/2007 04:03PM
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Posted 07/08/2007 04:03PM Opening Post
Nico Lonetti
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Hi,
this is my first attempt in binning 1x1 ..

http://www.lonnic.com/astro/m051.2007.07.07.1h4min.html

Nico
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Posted 07/08/2007 08:05PM #1
Greg Bradley
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Very nice!

One thing, the stars are oversharpened. If you have Photoshop there is a nice tutorial about how to selectively sharpen objects in the image using layers at Don Waid's site.
Otherwise, back off the unsharp mask a tad so the stars don't get that harsh edge to them.

Greg.
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Posted 07/09/2007 12:39AM #2
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Very nice shot Nico! 8)
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