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Here is a rendition of the
Sombrero Galaxy for your
consideration. The image was
processed with a progressive
layering technique that shows
rarely seen details surrounding
the core, including some
globular clusters. The
luminance layer was actually a
combination of the true
luminance data with a
synthetic luminance
component from the RGB data.
Sharpening was performed
using a "restrained
combination" of various
methods, including LR decon,
high pass filtering, unsharp
masking, and wavelets. The
result looks less like a
sombrero, but avoids the
burnt-out core typically seen in
other versions of M104.
M104, aka NGC4594 resides
in Virgo.
Sombrero Galaxy for your
consideration. The image was
processed with a progressive
layering technique that shows
rarely seen details surrounding
the core, including some
globular clusters. The
luminance layer was actually a
combination of the true
luminance data with a
synthetic luminance
component from the RGB data.
Sharpening was performed
using a "restrained
combination" of various
methods, including LR decon,
high pass filtering, unsharp
masking, and wavelets. The
result looks less like a
sombrero, but avoids the
burnt-out core typically seen in
other versions of M104.
M104, aka NGC4594 resides
in Virgo.
16" RCOS @ f/11.3
Apogee U9 imager
SBIG 402 guider
Astrodon Series I LRGB
LRGB:
L= 10 min x 21, 1x1
R= 15 min x 12, 1x1
G= 15min x 12, 1x1
B= 15 min x 12, 1x1
Data acquired at CTIO
Processed with CCD
Inspector, CCDsoft,
Registar, Sigma
Combine, Neat Image,
and Adobe PS;
additional image
processing using
PixInsight courtesy of
Dr. Jack Harvey
Apogee U9 imager
SBIG 402 guider
Astrodon Series I LRGB
LRGB:
L= 10 min x 21, 1x1
R= 15 min x 12, 1x1
G= 15min x 12, 1x1
B= 15 min x 12, 1x1
Data acquired at CTIO
Processed with CCD
Inspector, CCDsoft,
Registar, Sigma
Combine, Neat Image,
and Adobe PS;
additional image
processing using
PixInsight courtesy of
Dr. Jack Harvey
M104 -- the Sombrero Galaxy
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