IC59/63 - HaRGB

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IC59/63 - HaRGB

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Hi
I posted my first image with my new ML8300 last week and after getting back from the Kelling Heath star party I managed to get out last night and take some RGB data to go with the Ha. The transparency wasn't very good last night due to a thin haze but nevertheless I am happy with the way this turned out.
It was taken with my Takahashi FSQ106ED at f5, FLI ML8300 (cooling set to -35c) on a Paramount ME, autoguided by a Lodestar and OAG.
It is 8x30 minutes for Ha and 12x10 minutes each for RGB
After full calibration with 24 darks and 50 flats/50darks the processing consisted of:-
Levels
Curves
Gradient removal
Contrast curves
Ha added as a luminance layer at 50% opacity
Colour balance
Further contrast curves
No sharpening or noise reduction/smoothing was used
One thing I have really noticed so far is how noise free this camera is
The Ha version can be seen on the 'Nebulae 2' page of my website http://www.imagingtheheavens.co.uk and a full size high resolution version of the final result can be seen at the following link
http://www.pbase.com/imaging_the_heaven ... 3/original
Thanks for looking
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Gordon

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Beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
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Beautiful! An improved effort. Thanks for sharing. [smilie=crying2.gif]
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Nice framing and subdued colors!

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Vice nice, like the colour mix, thank you for sharing.
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