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M81&82

Started by Trannyguy, 02/24/2009 01:25AM
Posted 02/24/2009 01:25AM Opening Post
Hi all,

I've gathered subs on this pair of galaxies over several nights the last few weeks,good nights have been scarce lately.

I set out to capture some of the flux around this area as well as the galaxies themselves and picked up quite a bit of it in the luminance. The night I took the RGB was not the best as the sky hazed up late forcing me to throw out half of the RGB data I was hoping to have. It needs more RGB but I have processed what I have since it looks like I won't have a good night for awhile.

I acquired luminance on Feb. 3rd,4th and 19th,a total of 120x300s. I had to throw out 40 of these subs due to a focus issue so this is 80x300s Luminance and 9x480s each RGB.

I hope to shoot more RGB when I get some clear skies as I had to stretch it real hard and could not get the color to look quite right.

Taken with my TMB115 at F7 and ST10xme
1200gto guided with a remote guide head e-finder combo.

Thanks for having a look,your comments and suggestions welcomed.


Jason

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Posted 02/24/2009 03:24AM #1
Nice! Isn't it great to have a few good nights! I'm still waiting for mine....

Tom



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Posted 02/24/2009 12:18PM #2
Those look great. Good luck on getting some more clear skies.

Charlie


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Scope - Meade 16" LX200; f6.3 focal reducer
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Posted 02/25/2009 04:03AM #3
Very nice Jason!

Regards


LouieĀ  8)

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Posted 02/25/2009 04:55PM #4
Nice, Jason! I do see a bit of color blotching on M81 - maybe a bit of the haze when you gathered your RGB's? It's just a touch - mostly some "green around the gills" that look like what I see a lot with my light-polluted frames.

Eric
Posted 02/25/2009 06:18PM #5
Jason,
The image looks great to me. I can't see the color Eric mentioned, but perhaps his monitor shows the color a bit better than mine. To my eyes, it's about perfect. My compliments on a nice piece of work.

"The expression of the beautiful is in direct ratio to the power of perception acquired by the artist." (Gustave Courbet)
Posted 02/26/2009 05:12AM #6
Sweeeet! Love it.

I wish that galaxy were in the Southern Hemisphere along with M63.

Maybe we can do a trade of some galaxies hehehe.

Greg.