M45 The Pleiades - Modded 350D

[Psychobilly]

Not put your foot in it at all but I think there was a reason well at least I think there was at the time whilst I was doing it ...

I'll have another look working from the original 32 bit/ch image

I use CS3 with a couple of sets of Plugins

I ember now... it was because the gradient was being a PITA and both DBE and Gradient Exterminator were both eating into the nebulosity so I "cheated"... might have thrown the baby out with the bath water though

All the images from the Nebula Frenzy are going to be reworked during the next instalment of the rainy season I only spent a few minutes on each before posting them...

[saturn5]

Absolutely stunning Billy,M45 is still a bit low for me up here,neighbours house,trees etc. but M 45's like yours and Steve's are a great benchmark to aim for. :hello1:

[lunator]

Billy

It is an excellent pic. The is very striking

Cheers

Ian

[Stephen Green]

Really a great image Billy

Stephen

[narrowbandpaul]

Billy, nice image.

I see you use a modded DSLR with no filter. How do you focus your images, since most APO's arent suficiently corrected down to 760nm (where the Canon response stops). How much Chromatic Aberration do you see in your images

[Psychobilly]

i think the images speak for themselve from a focus point of view... I do use a Hutech IDAS P2 filter in the nose piece of the William Optic FF III.

The widefield setup I use is Scope is Skywatcher Equinoxe - 66 Pro Flourite - not a true apo but coupled with the WO FF II its seems to keep CA and coma well under control...

I think this filter plot for the Hutech IDAS P2 might answer your question as it got UV/IR Cut taken care off very nicely as well

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Billy...

[narrowbandpaul]

i see...the IDAS spectrum explains all

[Psychobilly]

The filter was recommended to me by Steppenwolf and I have to say its the canines danglies...

[narrowbandpaul]

it must be really good then

[Psychobilly]

It was after I got the Filter and saw taht I could more or less wipe out light pollution from the home site that I went on to build the pier and wedge and then the observatory as I never thought I'd be able to get any decent DSO imaging done from my home site...

Still don't know if I have done any decent imaging yet ....

Billy...

[narrowbandpaul]

youre too modest

[RobH]

Much too modest

Very nice image, lovely to see it in almost a binocular FOV.

Cheers

Rob

[barkis]

Hi. Billy, I remember having a practice on your M45 Image, but completely forgot about it, until doing a search for something else turned it up.

I hope you don't mind me doing this, so if it is too rubbishy I will take it off again. :oops:

Ron.

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[Psychobilly]

Play away...

[barkis]

Still playing Billy.

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