M13 - Widefield

[centroid]

I don't usually bother when the Moon full or near full, but with clear skies being a bit rare, I decided to go out and have a 'play' last night.

Not ideal, but better than watching 'the box'

So, here's yet another M13!!

Widefield, with the ED80, 50x15 sec exposures, unguided, stacked and processed in AA4.

Dave

[Martin 2]

Thats a good image, what is it about Globs ? I love em

M2

[Akyra]

By unguided, do you mean you just point it at M13, expose for 15 seconds at a time and keep recentering it in the FOV?

Great image by the way!

[barkis]

That's bootiful Dave. I am a glob. freak too, so you can post as many as you like for me.

One day I'm gonna get me one of them.

Ron.

[centroid]

By unguided, do you mean you just point it at M13, expose for 15 seconds at a time and keep recentering it in the FOV?

Yes, the scope was pointed at M13, throughout the sequence of 50x15 sec frames but , no guiding was used, and no re-centering was needed.

I should add, that my Polar alignment is fairly accurate, and the Periodic Error (PE) of the mount, with the Periodic Error Correction (PEC) active, is 5 arc secs.

In short, this means that I can image unguided for perhaps 120 secs+ exposures, especially in widefield.

Hope this explains it ok.

Dave

[Akyra]

Yes, thankyou - I must have the most useless mount possible for imaging!

Keep up the great work on the imaging, its so detailed, amazing!

[legion48]

Much better than watching the box! Great capture.

[CELESCOPE]

nice wide field Dave , good stufff

Rog

[geppetto]

Goes to show it's worth trying even when the moon's up

Very nice Dave

[Roy]

Nicely done Dave.

[zhgutas]

That's a nice glob Dave. nice color as well