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M81 / NGC 3031 - Bode's Galaxy, Alex
M81 / NGC 3031 - Bode's Galaxy
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M81 / NGC 3031 - Bode's Galaxy

Revision title: M81 / NGC 3031 - Bode's Galaxy (with Ha added)

M81 / NGC 3031 - Bode's Galaxy, Alex
M81 / NGC 3031 - Bode's Galaxy
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M81 / NGC 3031 - Bode's Galaxy

Revision title: M81 / NGC 3031 - Bode's Galaxy (with Ha added)

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It took me a while playing with the colours to get this somewhat right. Even my previous M101 was a challenge.

My PixInsight and laptop screen show the colours very different from what is displayed on my phone and uploaded here. I get everything looking very nice and blue in PixInsight but then it ends up being very purple on my phone and here when I upload. I've tried some colour management to calibrate my laptop monitor but hasn't been successful. Has anyone else experienced this or is experiencing it? If you have and found ways to fix this, please do let me know as it's been very frustrating and tedious.

It took a few nights and several subs being thrown out again due to poor transparency, seeing, and tracking issues, but I managed to put together nearly 9 hours of integration. We've had some clear skies lately but not too good on the transparency and seeing unfortunately.

CS,
Alex

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Title: M81 / NGC 3031 - Bode's Galaxy

Description: Decided to rotate the image properly as I believe it looks better.

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Title: M81 / NGC 3031 - Bode's Galaxy (Ha added)

Description: I managed to get some Ha data with my Askar 6nm Ha + Oiii filter and added it to the image. My first time adding Ha to a galaxy image with PixInsight.

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Title: M81 / NGC 3031 - Bode's Galaxy (Ha added)

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Title: M81 / NGC 3031 - Bode's Galaxy (with Ha added)

Description: I decided to try another method for getting more of the natural colour in PixInsight. Instead of forcing the colour with Curves, I used Luminance and Saturation to get more of the natural colour.

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