2nd go at M3

[**Space*Hopper**]

Hi all,

After being inspired by my previous 2 x 30 second attempt on M3 I thought I would give it another go to see if I could improve the result. This time I took the trouble to block out the street lamp that was previously shinning into my scope, took more 30 sec subs, (ended up with 7 usable ones this time), and even took 4 dark frames which is a 1st for me. Anyway here is the result which I am fairly pleased with although it is not as much of an improvement over my previous attempt as I had hoped. I think it may be my processing skills which are letting me down a bit or maybe it's that I need to take lots more subs before I see a significant improvement. One good thing though, my polar aligning is getting better as M3 stayed in the middle of my camera ccd for ages so it's all good practice :hello1:

[Naz]

Looking pretty good, nice tight stars and colour coming through. Certainly good polar alignment is essential. look forward to your third attempt

naz

[Paxo]

Coming along well, keep the good work up, I can't get enough of gc's.

Steve..

[centroid]

Getting better with each attempt. , and practice/experience is what the imaging 'game' is all about.

Keep 'em' coming.

Dave

[Sam]

Looking good! There's lots of individual stars visible in that one.