M53 and NGC 5053 - 4-3-08 - Canon 350D

[jcm]

First it was constant cloud then I had to be away from home for a while then I spent several days in bed with flu. Made up for it last night by imaging several objects.

130mm APO at F6 , Canon 350D at 800 ISO.

12 X 5 mins.

M53 top right and NGC 5053 lower left.

John

PS Removed colour gradient from the lower right.

[dogfish]

John

That's a cracking image. I don't think I've seen M53 yet - must look next chance I get. I liked NGC 5053 looking like a lovely hazy blob. I always like it when there's more than one object in an image frame.

Thanks, Martin

[jcm]

John

I always like it when there's more than one object in an image frame.

Thanks, Martin

Thats one advantage of the Canon its a cheap ( relatively ) way of imaging in colour with a wide field of view. I often look to see if I can include other interesting objects in the frame.

John

[Beyond_Vision]

Wonderful shot John with perfect focus and framing and lovely colours. Nice to get two for the price of one.

Regards

Kevin

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

A great shot, looks like two versions of the same thing almost, the contrast is very appealing.

Kaptain Klevtsov

[jgs001]

Nice one John

[beamish]

Great image John.

Karlo

[MartinB]

That image has everything we've come to expect from you John. Superb, tight stars in the glob. Beautifully framed and processed. An absolute gem of an image

[moondog]

Super crisp image John

8)

MD

[zhgutas]

:shock: That's a truly superb image.! Lovely couple

marius

[brendant]

Superb widefield image.

Brendan