M3 RGB - a globular basking in the moonlight

[derrickf]

The bright, almost fully illuminated moon doesn't interfere as drastically with bright objects like globular clusters as with fainter, less condensed targets.

This is an RGB image of M3 - I never bother to make L exposures with globulars these days, the signal is generally strong enough in the colour channels not to need it.

Minimal processing - just stretching and a little sharpening in PI.

12" TS/GSO RC at F/8 on a Mesu 200. Atik 383l+, AtikEFW2, ATIK OAG, Lodestar X2, Baader 36mm filters

R=G=B = 5 x600s binned 2x2. Click on the image and then select "Full Size" if you want more detail :-)

Comments welcome

Derrick

[laudropb]

Very nice image. Good detail of the core.

[pyrasanth]

That really is a very special image. I love the star colour balance & the tracking standard- it's one to be proud of.

[Astroboy239]

Great image!!  The details are really good. 

[nucdoc]

Very nice image

 

[Daniel-K]

Now thats a GLOB!! brilliant image. reminds of the views through my old 16"

[derrickf]

Thanks to all of you for your generous comments.

I have some RGB data of M13 that I will post when I have a few minutes to shoot some flats - I took the M13 images unbinned and the initial quick and dirty processing of the data (without flats) looks pretty good.

 

Derrick