M81 - Bode's Galaxy from just outside NYC
Hi Matthew,
Looks really good for a Bortle 8. The details are nice and I guess we need 20 or 25+ h, I haven't invested that much time last year. The color balance is a bit odd, probably due to the Ha mix? The background tends towards violet. It would be really worth a color calibration or neutralization for the background imho, the details are very nice. Hope I'll be able to obtain something close to yours this year, galaxy season is generally depressing under Bortle 8 compared to summer SHO. Clear skies ! Bogdan
Looks really good for a Bortle 8. The details are nice and I guess we need 20 or 25+ h, I haven't invested that much time last year. The color balance is a bit odd, probably due to the Ha mix? The background tends towards violet. It would be really worth a color calibration or neutralization for the background imho, the details are very nice. Hope I'll be able to obtain something close to yours this year, galaxy season is generally depressing under Bortle 8 compared to summer SHO. Clear skies ! Bogdan
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Thanks! Heh, yeah I was fighting with Colormetric calibration and decided to just freestyle it so it's a little overbaked ;0)
I've also got a new version of M63 sitting here waiting from last year and almost have half the Leo Triplet to get processed too so quite far behind…Will post them here as well once I wrap them up.
I've also got a new version of M63 sitting here waiting from last year and almost have half the Leo Triplet to get processed too so quite far behind…Will post them here as well once I wrap them up.
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