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Astronomy => Astrophotography => Topic started by: Carole on Apr 21, 2015, 14:02:52

Title: M63 Sunflower Galaxy from Kelling Heath
Post by: Carole on Apr 21, 2015, 14:02:52
Lum 6 x 10mins
RGB  300secs binned x 2
R3, G4, B3

Atik314 & focal reducer x 0.8
Skywatcher ED120

I also took some Ha but it didn't do anything for the target so have left it out.

(http://cdn.astrobin.com/images/thumbs/b8d61a12f0058f089ce9134ca9729cdf.1824x0_q100_watermark.jpg)
Title: Re: M63 Sunflower Galaxy from Kelling Heath
Post by: Kenny on Apr 21, 2015, 14:51:58
Wow that's fantastic! You can see the structure of the galaxy and dust lanes.
Title: Re: M63 Sunflower Galaxy from Kelling Heath
Post by: Kenny on Apr 21, 2015, 14:58:21
Looks even better from my PC.
Title: Re: M63 Sunflower Galaxy from Kelling Heath
Post by: MarkS on Apr 21, 2015, 19:46:08
That one is suffering from green again  :unwell:

Something has gone strange at the core also.


I think I prefer your other three Kelling images.
Title: Re: M63 Sunflower Galaxy from Kelling Heath
Post by: JohnP on Apr 22, 2015, 16:19:21
Looks nice Carole - very green though - also why have all the bright stars got a black halo around them - do you do something in processing?

John
Title: Re: M63 Sunflower Galaxy from Kelling Heath
Post by: Carole on Apr 22, 2015, 19:37:35
Thanks guys.  It's strange but I processed this a few times, and every time I got a different colour. 

Quotealso why have all the bright stars got a black halo around them
I think I did some high pass or sharpening to the galaxy and tried to isolate the stars so it didn't affect them as well, but looks like I didn't get the feathering right and the one on top of the galaxy which is the worst one was even more difficult to isolate. 

I did all the processing at Kelling in less than idea conditions, so might need to take another look at it now I am home.

Carole
Title: Re: M63 Sunflower Galaxy from Kelling Heath
Post by: Carole on Apr 24, 2015, 12:58:24
The De-greened version and I've attempted to rectify the stars, at least the worst ones.

(http://cdn.astrobin.com/images/thumbs/8263d13f60ea922ccb88380fbd4520b8.1824x0_q100_watermark.jpg)
Title: Re: M63 Sunflower Galaxy from Kelling Heath
Post by: Kenny on Apr 24, 2015, 15:05:52
That is better Carole.

There are other tiny galaxies in that shot aren't there?
Title: Re: M63 Sunflower Galaxy from Kelling Heath
Post by: Carole on Apr 24, 2015, 17:32:51
QuoteThere are other tiny galaxies in that shot aren't there?
I can see a couple of faint ones.

Carole
Title: Re: M63 Sunflower Galaxy from Kelling Heath + Ha data
Post by: Carole on Apr 26, 2015, 10:46:18
After a bit of a struggle with processing, I have now added the Ha to the image.

So same as above + 4 x 600secs Ha.

(http://cdn.astrobin.com/images/thumbs/436ee6001df776517023a1f17f1fa7ac.1824x0_q100_watermark.jpg)

Carole
Title: Re: M63 Sunflower Galaxy from Kelling Heath
Post by: RachelC on Apr 26, 2015, 13:14:26
Stunning Carole. Absolutely beautiful :)
Title: Re: M63 Sunflower Galaxy from Kelling Heath
Post by: Carole on Apr 26, 2015, 16:48:02
Thanks Rachel.

Carole
Title: Re: M63 Sunflower Galaxy from Kelling Heath
Post by: The Thing on Apr 27, 2015, 13:01:47
Really nice Carole. The Ha really brings out the star forming regions.
Title: Re: M63 Sunflower Galaxy from Kelling Heath
Post by: Carole on Apr 27, 2015, 14:59:39
Thanks Duncan. 

Carole
Title: Re: M63 Sunflower Galaxy from Kelling Heath
Post by: MarkS on Apr 28, 2015, 23:03:26
The colour balance and the Ha help a lot!

Mark
Title: Re: M63 Sunflower Galaxy from Kelling Heath
Post by: RobertM on Apr 29, 2015, 08:19:44
I like that Carole, nice job.
Title: Re: M63 Sunflower Galaxy from Kelling Heath
Post by: Carole on Apr 29, 2015, 08:22:21
Thanks Mark and Robert.

Carole
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