bwana Loc: Bergen, Alberta, Canada

Shot a couple of galaxies with 2x2 binning just to see what I could get. First off, no color. Second, half the size.

Both images used in-camera alignment and stacking

Enjoy!

bwa

M101 - 2x2 binned


M101 Colorized in Photoshop


M51 - 2x2 binned

CraigFair Loc: Santa Maria, CA.

Nice job Brian. The colorization is very interesting.
Craig

bwana Loc: Bergen, Alberta, Canada

SonnyE Loc: Communist California, USA

Don't drink the Kool Aid....
It makes you do all manner of funny stuff with your pictures....

bwana Loc: Bergen, Alberta, Canada

But they were the colors I saw when the skunk got me...

bwa

Albuqshutterbug Loc: Albuquerque NM

Nice captures and now you need to capture that skunk.
He apparently has magical powers..

SonnyE Loc: Communist California, USA

I was thinking of you the other night when I stepped out back to do something at the mount (Probably to remove the Bahtinov filter... )

There was the distinked smell of a wompass kitty.
Made me stop, look around, and listen as critters ran away.

Doot, doot, doot, lookin out my back door...

JimH123 Loc: Morgan Hill, CA

2x2 Binning increases sensitivity because each pixel is now 4 pixels and it is gathering 4x the amount of light. But it also is now 1/4 as much resolution since you now are working with 1/4 the numbers of pixels.

One thing I use binning for is finder mode. I set it to 2x binning and speed up my sample rate so that I can see my target but that it is still responsive enough to see it move on the screen if I adjust the scope to center it for instance. Once done with that, back to normal mode and 1x binning.

There is also a good use for binning. If you take a 'L' image in 1x binning mode, you can take the 'R', then 'G' and then 'B' in a higher binning mode to save time. When combined, the 'L' portion provides the fine detail while the RGB portion carry the color which doesn't need to be with the same resolution.