Open Cluster M39

[Dann]

With so many cracking images posted this morning I feel a little silly posting this here

The weather didn't really play ball last night so plenty of time for calibration frames but I only bagged 8x 90 sec subs. Not what I was aiming for but thought I would share anyway.

On a positive note the flats I took seemed to do their job for once and this may be my final unguided image before I jump into the big bad world of guiding.

Uploading this has desaturated it a bit, its displayed a little better on flickr.

Thanks

Danny

[Sam]

That's a great image. M39 doesn't seemed to get imaged very often, it's a very nice cluster.

[Daniel-K]

i always have a peak at m39 a lovely cluster well done

[barkis]

I've no Idea why you should feel silly Danny.

On the contrary, you ought to be delighted with your image.

M39 is a very striking open cluster, and your image is a very creditable one of this lovely group of stars in Cygnus .

Ron.

[Catanonia]

Never feel silly about posting images. We have all had to start somewhere and this is way better than my first every image. This is a great image and really crisp. Not sure on the spikes if you artificially added them, but still a great image and younger well on to your way.

[Karlos]

This is gorgeous, I love the subtle diffraction spike on the stars of the cluster.

[Dann]

Thanks.

The diffraction spikes were there having used a newt but the more I looked at it the more the cluster seemed to disappear into the background.

I'm not usually fond of artificial spikes but I made them a little more obvious in this one just so the cluster stood out a bit more.

[Deneb]

thanks for sharing this, as I had forgotton about this cluster, something to do on my list for the Altair Astro 115 i've got ...

BTW it's a very good attempt, looking forward to more of your images.

Nadeem

[foundaplanet]

Good image Dann.

Good luck with the guider.