NGC 6188 - Dragons of ARA

This image has been a long time coming. It was when I started this I first experienced my guiding issues which I've only (kind of) just sorted out. Add to this the cloudiest period around here in a long time, certainly last winter was awash with clear nights compared to this winter.

Enough of the whining.

There's about 12 hours of data here and processing it has tested my rubbish PS skills to the limit, so I'll be doing a lot more research and so on to get more from this ... and probably even finish getting all the calibration frames I should use too

ASI2600MC
William Optics GT81
Optolong L eXtreme filter (my goto filter)
NEQ6
APT/PHD2/PS etc.

Hope you like it.

Beautiful image.

I'd love to do some collaboration work with you. Have you shoot some southern hemisphere stuff and let me process it and then I could do likewise with some northern hemisphere objects and have you do the processing.
How are you stacking your individual subs because you only mentioned Photoshop in your description above? DSS?

Thank you ... and that would be great.

My processing skills are at 'beginner' level but I am getting there.

Stacked in DSS, then processed in PS.. mainly levels adjustments and star size reduction.

that's about it.

I sent you a PM here.