M52 & Bubble 21 Oct

[jgs001]

This is 80x30 seconds and stuffed up darks, with flats and flat darks. I processed it anyway to see what came out as it was all I had.

I have another 52x40s of this target needing stacking and I'm going to include my original pile of data. it'll be interesting what comes out of that.

[Aza]

You have a lot of data there for such short exposures. Shame the Bubble is floating off the top though

[jgs001]

Thanks Arran. I hadn't even realised the Bubble was going to be in the data anyway, it only appeared after the stacking was complete. I'd have framed it differently had I but known. I will revisit and frame it better, although it's getting a bit high for my AltAz mount now.

[Aza]

Ahh nice little bonus then!

[jgs001]

It certainly was.

[trevboyd]

Nice pic, John.

Is your 450d modded? I had always assumed that a modded DSLR would be needed to get the bubble, but if not, I'm tempted to have a go....

Trev

[Aza]

Give it a go Trev! Its very possible without the mod

[jgs001]

Thanks Trev, It's not modded. It gets too much daytime use. I'm with Arran, go for it. Bear in mind, that I'm using the equiv of an ST80 on an Alt Az mount. If I can get it, then anyone can

[trevboyd]

I'll give it a go then! I imagine it'll be pretty small, but worth a try anyway! My 350d gets way too much daytime use too...

As an aside, I like the original pic of M52 - not sure if I've ever even seen that - might have to have a look for that too!

Trev

[jgs001]

Good luck, small but perfectly formed . I managed to grab nearly another hours worth of subs, so I'm currently stacking the combined 132 frames now. The framing won't have changed, but I want to see if I can get more Bubble from it.

Thanks for the comment

[Cloudwatcher]

You got to love those 450D's,don't you! Great capture,John. I must have a go at that combination myself weather and time permitting. Have a go using the exposure,gammer correction and saturation tools in Photoshop, only 5 mins work and a lot more detail is exposed. Here's a quickie........... may have over done the saturation a tad.

[jgs001]

Thanks Dave, yep it's a belter of a camera. You're edit has, as usual, made a big difference, what did you do ? I got the saturation tools part. Where's the exposure and gamma correction ?

[Cloudwatcher]

Bit short on time today so have done a screen capture which will direct you to the 'exposure facility'. This is in Photoshop CS3 by the way. HTH,CW

[jgs001]

Cool... Cheers Dave, I'll have a play with that on my new 132 frame stack. The Bubble isn't snucked up to the edge of the frame either

[rawhead]

Nice one John

[jgs001]

Cheers Jon

[LostNSpace]

Another nice capture John, you do exceptionally well for short exp times

Mark

[jgs001]

Cheers Mark

[saturn5]

Bet you were delighted with the bubble,i know i would.

[Psychobilly]

Hi John after lookign at that result you must have a "proper" go at the Bubble

Should be a belter

Billy...

[jgs001]

Thanks S5. Cheers Billy. I've got to process the results of the stack of 132 subs this evening. The bubble and M52 are better located in the image, so I shall see how that comes out, watch this space. I will have a go at gathering even more data, archved properly and not lost