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Messier 104 (Sombrero Galaxy)


Messier 104 (Sombrero Galaxy)

Acquisition:

Bortle 7 skies
Nikon D7000 camera
Orion Apex 102mm telescope, 1300mm focal length
iOptron CEM26 mount
30s x 241 frames
f/12.7
ISO 400

Processing:

Siril:

Background extraction
Photometric color calibration*
Asinh transformation
Manual histogram stretching

* For galaxies, I have been using manual calibration (background neutralization on star-free area and color calibration on the core), but for some reason I liked photometric color calibration for this target.

RawTherapee:

Luminance and chroma denoising

GIMP:

Levels
Luminance curve adjustment
Slight color temperature adjustment
Slight black point adjustment






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