Wuppmupp

18 hours ago, SteveNickolls said:

You've some really nice stars there Wappmupp and a great first try. I think globular clusters and even open clusters by their nature of being points of light can be well imaged with not so many exposures. Sometime I'd like to improve my stars as the telescope I currently have suffers from 'star bloat' a lot but that's ok while I'm learning the ropes. Good luck in your future imaging sessions.

Cheers,
Steve

Thanks!  Yeah, I find globular clusters great to image while I'm still learning the basics. It seems much easier to make them pop in an image than say a much fainter nebula.

17 hours ago, The Admiral said:

You shouldn't be bashful, you've made a great start with those. Both have a lot of detail and M45 is showing some nebulosity, which you might be able to enhance further. My only criticism is that on my monitor they both look a bit green; the nebulosity in M45 should if anything be blue. That should be an easy fix in PS. With a 200P you should be able to hoover up the photons at a far greater rate than with my 102mm refractor.

Ian

Thank you!  You're right about the green. I really didn't notice that before you said anything. I must have been way too eager to upload  I'll see what I can do about it.

17 hours ago, Filroden said:

Both are great. I cannot believe how clear the nebulosity around M4 is with so few subs. I'm so jealous. I must have taken 50-100 subs of M45 and not a whisper. Well done! Likewise, you've got the core of M13 captured - you can see the cross of the propellor (I always think of Star Wars and crossed light sabres rather than a blimp coming towards me with a propellor at its nose).

You must have very dark skies? That will really help you capture detail with short subs. 

Hehe, thanks!  I was honestly quite suprised myself to see any kind of nebulosity at all. My skies are pretty dark but I'm only about a mile outside of town so light pollution is still somewhat of an issue. It's atleast dark enough to hint at the Milky Way going across the sky. I'm gonna try and find a nice spot further out of town in the future. We have almost unpolluted skies with a 30-40 min drive out.

16 hours ago, Nigel G said:

Wuppmupp.  Very nice, you've picked up the nebulosity around the star in Pleiades, both good clear images. 

Well worth sharing. 

Look forward to seeing some more. 

Nige.

Thank you! 

//Anton

I'm completely new to this whole thing so I've been a bit hesitant to upload these, but here goes. They're both quite low on frames as I had to throw a bunch in the bin. Both are taken using my dob, Skywatcher Skyliner 200p flex, and Nikon 5300.

M45, Pleiades
6x30s at ISO 800. Stacked in DSS and edited in Photoshop.

M13
11x10s at ISO 800 and 11x10s darks. Stacked in DSS and edited in Photoshop.