Double cluster in Perseus

[wimvb]

The double cluster up and close. This is almost as it's framed by my camera. Only stacking edges were trimmed.

Imaged during a full moon on December 4.

Details:

Scope: SW 150PDS (750 mm fl) on a SW AZ EQ6, unguided

Camera: ZWO ASI174MM-cool at -30 C and gain = 0

• R: 55 x 30 s
• G: 54 x 30 s
• B: 62 x 30 s

(Total integration time: 85 minutes)

Processed in PixInsight.

The Double Cluster consists mostly of blue-white super giant stars. The older red stars looked unnatural when I tried to use more colour saturation, so I kept processing to a minimum. No star reduction, but deconvolution to make the stars "pop" a little more.

(click to enlarge)

[Scooot]

That’s a cracking image. The more I look at your image the more I start to see patterns I’d never noticed before.

[wimvb]

2 minutes ago, Scooot said:

That’s a cracking image. The more I look at your image the more I start to see patterns I’d never noticed before.

Thanks, Richard.