Nicola
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At last I managed to shoot it properly.
Details and picture at my blog http://skymonsters.wordpress.com/
Clear Skies!
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Nicola
SkyMonsters - http://www.skymonsters.net
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bebert
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Really nice Nicola! I've got to add some time to my batch of M31 subs.
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s58y
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Fabulous M31 image
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Tonk
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Really really good!
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Nils_Lars
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Super detail and the Ha really adds some pop and color to it , excellent shot Nicola.
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Erik
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Williams Optics VII reducer
Celestron 8" SCT
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Agnotio
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Beautiful color in this image, and the heavenly glow from the faint stars at the edge is the icing on the cake. My only critique is that it looks as though the star background could use some more noise reduction, do you think there were enough darks?
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wrather1
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That looks mighty good to me; I'd be proud.
Che bella!
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Nicola
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Reged: 05/23/06
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Loc: Milan, Italy
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Thanks so much for having a look at it!!
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Agnotio: My only critique is that it looks as though the star background could use some more noise reduction, do you think there were enough darks?
Thanks for make me notice that, when your eyes get tired in front of the screen it is easy to overlook some details like that. I'll reprocess it and see what I can do. After completed I let you see the new results. 
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Nicola
SkyMonsters - http://www.skymonsters.net
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Agnotio
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Quote:
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Agnotio: My only critique is that it looks as though the star background could use some more noise reduction, do you think there were enough darks?
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Thanks for make me notice that, when your eyes get tired in front of the screen it is easy to overlook some details like that. I'll reprocess it and see what I can do. After completed I let you see the new results.
Sounds good Nicola. In case you haven't seen this before, I find this technique to be an excellent noise reduction procedure: http://www.lightbuckets.com/play/video/8/
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nickatnight
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Lovely Nicola. You consistantly have a natural look about your images. I tend to over-push the processing.
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Nicola
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Reged: 05/23/06
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Loc: Milan, Italy
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@Agnotio: thanks for the info, I didn't know it!! I can't now wait to go back home and try it!!
@nickatnight: thank you! I just started using dithering (manual at the moment) and I found out that I can stretch less the image while bringing up fainter details.
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Nicola
SkyMonsters - http://www.skymonsters.net
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