NGC 7662 - The Blue Snowball (with reprocess)

[peonic]

Somewhat overcooked the exposure on this one - really could have done with some 45 and 60 second exposures too to try and get a less blown out core.

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Canon 300d

Skywatcher 250px (using Celestron Ultima Barlow)

Guided with PHD

20x90s

30x120s

Stacked in DeepSkyStacker

Layer Masked

Processed in Photoshop CS2

Nice to get outside again though!

Chris

[CELESCOPE]

thats a lovely image Chris, shuld be able to take the core down a bit in processing , Hey bet you glad i went home early sat hehehehe ,at least it gave you some clear skies

Rog

i,m up there again at the weekend , so dont hold ya breathe

well done once agin

[geppetto]

Thing I love about that object is the stunning shade of blue. 8)

Well captured Chris

[peonic]

thats a lovely image Chris, shuld be able to take the core down a bit in processing

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Had a good fiddle, and yeah - there's more detail than I thought in there! Changed the DSS DDP Brightness setting down to one - ran the DDP filter in Maxim and then played in Photoshop - much improved.

, Hey bet you glad i went home early sat hehehehe ,at least it gave you some clear skies

Rog

i,m up there again at the weekend , so dont hold ya breathe

It's getting to the point I'm seriously considering paying to send you out of the country Rog

Will have to make a point of popping along to say hello at some point!

Cheers,

Chris

[Zeffer]

One of my favourite targets - lovely image!

[centroid]

What a difference a good 'fiddle' makes

You have brought so much more out of that image, with that extra bit of work. Very nice indeed!!

Dave

[jonifive]

Thats a great image Chris, I can't get over the colour!

JV