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Originally Posted by awyong
Hi! Iceman,
Do you have good sky in your area? Any light pollution?
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I'm not the Iceman, but I deal with seriously light polluted skies all the time. As RickJ said in his response, you need to take many exposures and combine them. You should also use software tools available in Photoshop and/or PixInsight to address the light pollution in the images.
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Originally Posted by awyong
It seems it is impossible for me to take a long shot for more than 1 min. Even I have use the Light Pollution filter. My background will become very bright. Any suggestion for me?
- Televue NP101
- prime focus
- no dark or flat
- 1 min
- Light pollution filter
If I don't use light pollution filter, my image will become the second images.
- Target Comet Holmes
- 30 second
Aw Yong.
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I took the two images you posted, used PixInsight to flatten the background, then adjusted the histogram so that the peak was just a bit to the right of the far dark end. I did a small curves adjustment to the Holmes image. As you can see, there is detail in the images you have that can be pulled out with the proper tools.
I firmly believe we must always keep looking up and keep imaging no matter where we are, even if we are in the middle of the city.
Clear Skies,
--Andy
P.S., And Mike, this is a great M42 image. Great detail in the nebula, not washed out in the bright areas. Very pretty.