Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  M 94  ·  NGC 4736
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M94 Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici, Elmiko
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M94 Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici

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M94 Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici

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M94 A beautiful Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici

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  • M94 Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici, Elmiko
    Original
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    M94 Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici, Elmiko
    C

B

Description: This target has been a real Challenge for me. I always wondered how some images of M 94 showed off the outer nebulous ring so well. So this morning, I finally sat down and created some "creative" Range Masks and Star Masks and used Curves to stretch the Halo into view. Also sharpened the galaxy a bit using MSLT. Reduced the stars in MT. And darkened the back ground.
Pretty happy with the results!
Mike

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C

Description: Once again, another reprocess from scratch. My goal was to try to produce a "less processed" looking image. This time I was more conservative on color saturation, and kept the stars tighter, less noticeable. I wanted the outer halo to reveal itself without being too prominent. And get rid of the splotches in the background.
Mike

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M94 Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici, Elmiko