M45

[rancid ocean]

i've made small collab with my friend @cerulean cloud on this target, ive captured Luminance, he was shooting RGB.
127x180s L
20x180s R
20x180s G
20x180s B
scopes: TSAPO65Q, Evostar 72ED with reducer x0.85
cameras: ZWO 533MM Pro, SVBony SV605MC
mount: 2x HEQ5
software: pixinsight and photoshop

[rigid sluice]

Man I gotta say this is a solid job for sure. I know some people arent a fan of pushing that much star color out or even color in the nebula but I love it. Nice framing, clean image, good sharpness.. really nice!

@urban wing I dont usually like tagging mods but this man deserves mini nerd

[hazy lance]

prob the nicest pleiades i’ve seen, imo needs a little NR

[lapis sand]

nahh it will look too clean

or blochy

[rancid ocean]

nr could ruin whole image, i always use it gently

[rancid ocean]

thank you!

[rancid ocean]

bonus: galaxies near behind pleiades clouds 🙂

[brave marsh]

@rancid ocean I really like your orange stars. They dont really have much of a white core and the color looks good. Is this in your processing or is it an evostar thing? Would like to know myself thanks

[hazy lance]

i feel like a tiny amount could help it

[brave marsh]

I think the noise is fine personally. I dont mind a touch of grain. Keeps the image natural

[rancid ocean]

thats a processing 🙂

[hidden bronze]

What do you usually do for the stars? I can never seem to make mine look like that when i try and give them color

[rancid ocean]

first i stretch them with histogram and arcsinh at star mask i use scnr twice, one on inverted image and one on normal. then i play around with curves

[hidden bronze]

thank you for this

that scnr really does seem to help a lot making the colors look better

[rancid ocean]

ive made script for this, you can check: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kopersyn/kscripts/main/