Here is my shot at a deep M45 from a few nights ago when we had some very
clear, steady and dark skies. I had to battle a little with gradients, and it was made tougher by the fact that there really is a lot of faint reddish dust in this area, and one doesn't want to confuse it with a gradient.
In the end, I think I beat the data. This is a total of 230 minutes data, LRGB of 80:50:50:50 all shot unbinned with the STL-11000XM and FSQ-106N. This is a greatly reduced version to be "web friendly."
The full-resolution original is here:
http://www.pbase.com/jhapeman/image/37575842
Thanks for looking....
Jeff
clear, steady and dark skies. I had to battle a little with gradients, and it was made tougher by the fact that there really is a lot of faint reddish dust in this area, and one doesn't want to confuse it with a gradient.
In the end, I think I beat the data. This is a total of 230 minutes data, LRGB of 80:50:50:50 all shot unbinned with the STL-11000XM and FSQ-106N. This is a greatly reduced version to be "web friendly."
The full-resolution original is here:
http://www.pbase.com/jhapeman/image/37575842
Thanks for looking....
Jeff
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