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[alacant]

Hi everyone. Near full moon so obviously a perfectly clear night. I found these clusters in Cassiopeia, l to r 659 663 654. The moon gradient comes in from the bottom; nothing I could do in gimp, but StarTools zapped it second time of asking. So I suppose the moral of the session is don't give up even though it seems like daylight. Thanks for looking and clear skies.

700d, 45 minutes

[MarsG76]

Very nice result... I was always avoiding imaging during a full, or near a full moon...your masterpiece tells me that perhaps I don't need to... Atleast on some objects.

well done.

[ollypenrice]

It doesn't look as if the final result has suffered from the moon at all. 

Olly

[Nigel G]

Cracking image, well done.

Nige.

[alacant]

1 hour ago, MarsG76 said:

avoiding imaging during a full, or near a full moon

So was I but agree that I don't think you'd get very far with say gas and dust nebulae. Last night, even with the moon and skyglow filter screwed into the cc, the maximum I could go was 2 minutes.

[Guest]

well done

[alacant]

Didn't realise there was anything left in the fits. Had another go leaving a bit more headroom for the histogram. Startools lets you re/undo the stretch(es) and the deconvolution as much as you like. So I did! Not sure If I've overdone it...

[Starwiz]

Maybe, but Ilike it.