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Celestron EdgeHD 14" Processing Monochrome
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Benoit Schillings avatar
Benoit Schillings avatar
I took this image with my beloved C14 edge

https://www.astrobin.com/loa687/B/


I am always in a quandry on how to scale the images to something that would be pleasing, I may be stuck in some old fashion way to present images, advices would be welcome.

Also, does anybody still cares for monochrome images ?
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John Favalessa avatar
John Favalessa avatar
actually a very good image…the detail is superb.  yes mono is and always be valuable and beautiful…shows details lost in color.  I have no suggestions as like I said it's a really good capture and resulting image.  -john
Benoit Schillings avatar
Benoit Schillings avatar
thank you John. I may play again with a web based FITS viewer again something, to give more latitude to the person examining the image. FITS takes no prisonners and often the very faint background of galaxies is something you want to show. I just do not like compressing the dynamic range too much.
Frédéric Ruciak avatar
Frédéric Ruciak avatar
Hi Benoit, in my humble opinion, framing is really a question of taste and goals. I like to see DSO in their star field, close framing is concentrating on details and is less "poetic" to me. I told you it's a question of personal taste ;-) Your image is really beautiful and detailed, do you have a version with a wider FOV?. Regarding colors, for me sometimes it adds depth (most probably from a brain mechanism learned on earth) . But I can spend nights looking through my 22inches in pure B&W :-) CS Frédéric
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