This is a much better image than your last one; well done.
Focus is better, nice tight stars, good detail in the galaxy and I like the colours.
Awkward to image as Messier 51 is high up at this time of year, which is good optically, but on a medium length refractor the camera comes up against the tripod pillar (be a lot worse without that extension pillar). Perhaps a meridian flip would help; we can look at that after the polar alignment but before the star alignment.
Astronomical twilight is from 9:20 pm to 11:30 pm and with a half moon not too far away it's worth starting at say 10 pm and if the early frames are too early you can pick a frame starting point and discard the earlier ones. A lot depends on the processing but with the Optolong L-eNhance Narrowband Deep Sky Imaging Filter you could be lucky - the idea is to get as many frames in before the pillar gets in the way. Another idea is to pause the imaging until M51 has cleared around the other side, and it'll still be high and in a darker sky.
Whilst a galaxy uses the full light spectrum the use and choice of this filter is negate light pollution, and moon glow to some extent. It also accentuates the nebulae in the arms and it looks like that has worked.
Again, a pleasing image; well done and thanks for sharing.
William
On Tue, 10 May 2022 at 23:09, Kevin Phillips <
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Thank you Tim, very nice for you to say so, it takes time to learn to process amd it will continue to get better.
Kevin
On Tue, 10 May 2022 at 20:56, <
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That’s a very nice image Kevin. The colours are really good and the image is nice and bright with plenty of detail. Great to see the improvement in the images you are producing so keep up the good work!
Best wishes
Tm C
On Mon, 9 May 2022 at 16:07, Graham Cluer (CAS) <
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Another excellent image. I love the colours
Graham Cluer
On Mon, 9 May 2022 at 15:58, paul stenning <
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Your pictures certainly have improved learning the techniques has payed off well for you, well done Kevin keep up the good work.
On Mon, 9 May 2022 at 15:35, Kevin Phillips <
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