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Much better seeing

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The high cloud layer was gone, the atmosphere was steadier, and there was a bright new prom (on the WNW side in this image) when I took a quick look after work yesterday.
Had to take a picture


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Re: Much better seeing

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Wow! the proms are magnificent :hamster: :bow much more exciting than the disc :)
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The prom was quite bright when I first looked at it. It was fading as I made my full disk exposure. A mere 8 minutes later, only enough time to screw the 5x Powermate in place, refocus and readjust, and the prom had faded considerably.

I think they show up best if you click on the BW image

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Yes the B&W is :bow
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Thanks Alexandra

I tried reworking it today with some suggestions from Mark Townley's processing video. Two things in particular were helpful:
1) Flattening the brightness range of the image using a heavily median filtered copy of the image and
2) Keeping an eye on the histogram as you're making adjustments
Thanks Mark

I like the detail in the disk better, but I lost some in the proms. Flattening the image takes a little practice to see what works best. The simple Darken curve didn't work for me and I used the Curves dialog as normal, which produced a good result. You have to play a bit. I have always relied heavily on the histogram, but I hadn't realized that Photoshop's dedicated histogram window shows both the original and the result of your adjustment as you're doing it. Very helpful.
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Bruce:
Very good, you got very clean and sharp images.
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Nice images Bruce. The LUNT80 is great


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Nice images Bruce


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Thanks all
And thanks for making your video tutorials, Mark. I should have mentioned your use of the iterative unsharp mask also. It is clear that a 10% USM, applied 10 times is superior to a 100% USM of the same size. Sometimes after applying the action, I find that the 10x is a little too much, but the History allows me to step back into the succession of USM applications and choose the sharpness that I like. Another advantage.
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Glad you find the tutorials useful Bruce


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Wow, incredible images and fine details, especially in proms :bow


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Excellent capture and processing Bruce...well done :bow

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Nicely done, Bruce. Lovely prom images.

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That last image came up well thanks for the pics Bruce.


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