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numchuck
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unguided galaxies

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Hey All , here is M65/66 . I took this January 5th from my work place parking lot in Boerne , Texas , with a QHY183m cmos and an ES127 FCD100 on an unguided CGX mount : 600 frames , each of 6 seconds . Thanks for looking .

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Hw9h9Q ... p=drivesdk
Last edited by numchuck on Tue Apr 30, 2019 12:53 pm, edited 4 times in total.
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oopfan
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Re: unguided galaxies

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Nice!

There is a lot of nebulosity that we are not seeing because you have the black level set too high -- that is why outer space is black. Can you reprocess it so that we can see space as a shade of gray?

Thanks,
Brian

PS: What's worse: the sky glow from San Antonio or Austin?
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Agree with Brian. There's a lot of detail you are missing from too high black point. The cores have lots of details and your stars are round to the edges. Well done!
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Nice
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Re: unguided galaxies

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Okay Brian , I tried to keep more of the galaxy's edge in tact ; but now you can see the mistakes I was hiding .

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Z-G82i ... p=drivesdk
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Looks good. 8-)
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Is there something that can be done to remove the artifact at the bottom of the photo other than clipping the black level? That's a tough trade to have to make, and I can see why you did what you did in the first photo.

By the way, I believe that outer space is indeed black. It is not gray. It is only the effect of our atmosphere that keeps outer space from being black from our perspective.

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Some interesting articles on the colour of the night sky and space here:

http://www.clarkvision.com/articles/col ... night.sky/

http://www.clarkvision.com/articles/col ... llar.dust/

There is more information on Roger Clark's web site.

Dave
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