M100 wide field in LRGB (Uwe Deutermann)

M100 wide field in LRGB

Revision title: And maybe my most favorite view on this area

This is hopefully (and I think it is) the last of the images for which I had major flat file trouble. A lot of manual corrections to make the overall image presentable.
A little bit "disappointing" since I had hopes to see more galaxies in the wide field, but man, although there are many many of them, they are as well so tiny tiny 😊. Still, for me another view into the vastness of the universe, with "spots = galaxies" here and there popping up. M100 is the main target of the field, but several others try again to steal the show.
I targeted M100 before in my early years, and I definitely can see major improvements, but I am also aware that the 925mm are not the end of the story.
With the 6200 field one can easily split this image into 3 seperate ones, even at higher zoom the image is still looking ok, well ... at least IMHO.
The raw data have an asteroid showing in the Lum channel, so my next steps need to be finding out how to present this in the best possible way. Have to do some digging, definitely something new for me, never tried it before to extract those little photobombs 😊.
Version C shows the main target area in a slightly magnified view, with the size of the wide field this seems to be necessary. Shows some nicer details of M100 and the surrounding galaxies.
Version D shows the plate solved magnified part, was tempted to use it as an overlay image, but decided that the galaxies should not be "hidden" by the plate solve information.
Version E shows the wide field annotated image, again a 100+ 😊.
Version F shows the comparison between 2018 and 2022. Seems like yesterday, but there was a lot of changes since then. Amazing what technology could offer us backyard astro photographers!
Version G: maybe my most "beloved" view of this area in the sky!
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C

Title: Highlighting the main target area of the wide field image

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D

Title: Annotation of the magnified area.

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E

Title: Annotated image of the wide field

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F

Title: 2018-2022 Comparison

Description: I would have never imagined it to be able to capture these wonders of nature from the backyard! Thank you technology!

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G

Title: And maybe my most favorite view on this area

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