(https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/0autGMGMp4QN_1824x0_eSwbzPA_.jpg)
(https://cdn.astrobin.com/solutions/23cf3ca5-3621-4ca6-ac37-6912a6ad98c0-1554035376.jpg)
And Cropped
LRGB
46 x Luminance @ 150s
13 x RGB @ 150s Each
Processing with DSS 4 and Photoshop Cs2
Imaging telescope or lens:Altair Astro Lightwave 66ED-R
Imaging camera:ZWO ASI183MM Monochrome 4/3" CMOS USB3.0 Deep Sky Imager Camera
Gain 111 Offset 20
Mount:Skywatcher EQ6-R PRO Synscan
Guiding cameras:Skywatcher 9x50 Finderscope, QHYCCD 5L-II MONO
Focal reducer:Baader 0.8x Reducer-Field Flattener
Software:Astro Photography Tool, DeepSkyStacker x64 by Luc Coiffier, Tony Cook, David C. Partridge Deepsky Stacker 4.1 64bit
Filters:ZWO CCD LRGB Filter-Set 36mm, Baader Ha 7nm, zwo EFW 7-position Filter Wheel for 36mm Unmounted Filters
Accessory:QHYCCD PoleMaster
Resolution: 5496x3672
Dates:March 29, 2019
Frames: 83x150"
Integration: 3.45 hours
Avg. Moon age: 23.33 days
Avg. Moon phase: 37.51%
Astrometry.net job: 2615990
RA center: 202.858 degrees
DEC center: 47.234 degrees
Pixel scale: 1.581 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 352.232 degrees
Field radius: 1.452 degrees
Data source: Backyard
Roger
Nice capture Roger. The galaxy seems to have lost its colour though.
Carole
Hi Roger,
You've got some good data there. You even have the tidal streams coming off the galaxy. It's always good to find other galaxies in the background.
It's nicely processed but a bit green overall.
Mark
Thanks Mark and Carole,
Roger
Much better reprocess Roger. Still some green there that shouldn't be there. Have you got HLVG (Hasta la Vista Green) plugin for photoshop, it works well on green. I think there is an equivalent in Pixisight but I don't think you use that.
You should have posted into another reply as just amending the first post doesn't come up as an unread message, at least that's how I search. I wouldn't have known it was there if you hadn't E Mailed me.
Anyway, hopefully this post will alert members to know there is a new one to look at.
Would be interested to know what you did differently and whatever it was try to do that next time.
Carole
I only stretched with levels not curves before i joined LRGB.
I used levels for hue/saturation and increased saturation by a little.
I used layers in photoshop for levels and fine tuned red green and blue individually.
I used a luminance layer with unsharp mask to improve it.
A lot of fine tuning especially of rgb individually.
Roger
Good job, I find the processing so difficult as well. It's good data as Mark says, you've brought out the faint bits.
Thanks , Duncan,
Roger