mightymonoped Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 Although conditions were very very windy last night, I managed to grab another 3 hours worth of lights. Only lost 4 frames from the whole session so not too bad on the whole. Added to the night before's session gives us just shy of 5 hours of data on this, which is the most I have ever had on any target. Tried to process the same as last time, light pollution cleanup and basic stretch through through APP, fine tuning, colour, star control and noise reduction through Photoshop. Redcat, ASI294mc pro and Star Adventurer capture rig. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstronomyUkraine Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 17 minutes ago, mightymonoped said: Although conditions were very very windy last night, I managed to grab another 3 hours worth of lights. Only lost 4 frames from the whole session so not too bad on the whole. Added to the night before's session gives us just shy of 5 hours of data on this, which is the most I have ever had on any target. Tried to process the same as last time, light pollution cleanup and basic stretch through through APP, fine tuning, colour, star control and noise reduction through Photoshop. Redcat, ASI294mc pro and Star Adventurer capture rig. Very nice image. The extra data certainly improved the nebulosity. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmot Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 That’s a nice image of what is one of my favourite viewing targets. The Pleiades may not be a hard target to find, but it is a thing of great beauty and your image does it justice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkAR Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 Easy to find in the sky, not that easy to image and process. A very nice example you have achieved. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 That is a great result and shows what is possible. What are your skies like? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightymonoped Posted October 5, 2021 Author Share Posted October 5, 2021 1 hour ago, paul said: That is a great result and shows what is possible. What are your skies like? The sky itself os pretty good (around Bortle 4/5) but local conditions are pretty awful. Capturing from my balcony overlooking a car-park and buildings with a lot of lighting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrobdlbug Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 Great image of M45 and as a bonus you’ve also got the famous UGC 2838 spiral galaxy in there - very faint but definitely there - famous in that it’s nearly always in M45 pictures, UGC2838 is a spiral galaxy that’s 232 million light years away - imaged from your balcony 👍 I’ve cropped a snapshot of your image and highlighted the galaxy - always amazes me that we can get such distant objects on our Astro images - faint fuzzies !! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonyme Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 A popular target but seldom imaged as well as this. What a cracker. Gary 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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