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M16 - The Eagle Nebula
Imaged from the CCCA Observatory, May 18/19th.
This is one of my on-going projects for the summer. So far I have only got about 1.5 hours of good exposures, but plan on adding more. I suppose I could have waited until then to post this, but I'd love to here some constructive criticism on the processing.
21 x 240" ISO 1600
Stacked with darks
ES ED80
ASCG-5 GT
Orion Mini Guidescope
Meade DSI II
Canon 450d unmodded
Stacked in DSS
Processed in PS CS5
Albums: Nebulae
Location: St. Catharines, Ontario
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Comment by Steve Byrne on May 23, 2012 at 11:54am
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Trevor, there are some EXCELLENT tutorials there! One thing to note, as stated earlier, download the astronomy tools actions.
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Comment by Trevor Jones on May 23, 2012 at 11:30am
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Thanks for the input Russ. I am currently awaiting my acceptance to the group!
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Comment by Russ Ruggles on May 23, 2012 at 9:56am
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I think your stars are blown out because you pushed it too hard for detail. Now that you're in the DSLR processing group you'll see ways to help prevent that.
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This is with the "Shrinking Stars" technique applied. Bob, I do not have that actions set. I will give a try!
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Thanks for the comments guys! Steve, about the stars, it is an on-going issue for me. I found a tutorial for shrinking stars but it looked a little unnatural. Any tips for me? I assume better focus is the answer?
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Nice image. I rarely see this imaged with an unmodded cam. Its a nice change when the blue channel isn't completely swamped out by the red channel. My only critique would be the stars are a little blown out.
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Comment by Steve Coates on May 23, 2012 at 3:37am
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Post 'em if you got 'em! Nice image Trev! You have quite a bit for 1.5 hours. Nice work.
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