Re: [APML] Orions Sword - Supra 400

[<cschur@cybertrails.com>]

Dave, there is certainly good potential here in your setup.  Id bring the
background up 10 percent or so, you may have to go back to the original
data if this image is black clipped.  Look at the histogram and leave a
small gap at the bottom left end.

Chris

> Hi All,
> I finally found some time to process my first TV85 images (taken last
> month)  and I feel like I'm making a little progress in climbing that
> steep learning  curve.  I used Jerry Lodriguss's procedure for combining
> two exposures and  Matt BenDaniel's star shaping routine in processing
> the image and would like  to thank them for sharing their expertise on
> their respective web-sites.   These routines were extremely helpful in
> both processing this type of image  and in learning my way around
> Photoshop.  I'm not sure I used Matt's routine  to the fullest due to
> hard saturation on a couple of stars but it certainly  helped.
> This image is a combination of two Supra 400 exposures; a 45 minute for
> the  faint stuff and and a three minute to recover the saturated core of
> M42.  I  still have some saturation in the Trapezium region so I guess
> I'll try to  capture and combine a one minute shot sometime in the
> future.
>
> More details with the image:
> http://www.zianet.com/dave.dockery/orionsword.htm
>
> I was a little unsure on the final color balance and background levels
> so  any feedback on this (or anything else) would be greatly
> appreciated. Dave
>
> Dave Dockery
> Las Cruces, NM
> http://www.zianet.com/dave.dockery/AstronomyPage.htm
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