humble dome
Preview image here is cropped a lot, and doesn't use the luminance data. Stars are not great, should take some shorter exposures to capture the stars better?
https://obj.bortle.org/deepsky-observer/m51_fsq85_210x180s_l.tif
https://obj.bortle.org/deepsky-observer/m51_fsq85_219x180s_r.tif
https://obj.bortle.org/deepsky-observer/m51_fsq85_228x180s_g.tif
https://obj.bortle.org/deepsky-observer/m51_fsq85_228x180s_b.tif
rapid linden
I'm impressed Discord allowed me to embed this
Had some serious issues with background extraction on this image for some reason. Just strange. I dont think theres anything wrong with your data though
peasant sensor version
humble dome
Had some serious issues with background extraction on this image for some reason...
What's your background extraction process?
rapid linden
What's your background extraction process?
I generally do a very subtle background extraction, the goal is to remove gradients. I don't typically take much more. I probably had smoothing too high looking back on it. 7/x/0.6 probably on yours. I think there might be a slight light leak, but I really can't say for sure. Been awhile since I processed this :-p
On a side note, I don't think you'll get much better details with an 85mm. It is pretty sharp though, for what it is.