The Double Cluster

[Tommy B]

I tried to post this earlier but it seemed to vanish into thin air...maybe one of those mini black holes that pass through us stole it

Anyway, had a little bit of clear sky yesterday and thought I'd go for something a little easier than my last few targets due to the time constraints.

The Double Cluster near Cassiopeia.

22 x 80s

20 darks

no flats

Equinox 80ED and Canon 1000D

Its no fancy nebula but when I got it through DSS and photoshop I endeared to it straight away.

On a side note i'd be interested to hear how dark the sky looks to people here. I have the brightness turned down on my monitor to go easy on my eyes but Im worried the image might look too bright to others as a result:confused:

[Fenriz]

That's a nice Double Tommy, it doesn't look overly bright to me.

[RobH]

That's a lovely DC tommy...very dynamic and great star colour.

The sky does look bright to me though.

Cheers

Rob

[rocketandroll]

Beautiful... lovely star colours!

The sky does look a little bit blueish grey to me... I always overlay a block of (what I know is) solid process black in Photoshop when trying to get the background black... helps as a yardstick for where true black is.

It's not far off though. Nice pic!

Ben

[Tommy B]

Thanks guys! I think I might have dropped the red in the image too much giving it its blue tint. Think i'll have another play with it tonight and see if I can make a more refined version.