M3 and M13

[alexbb]

I decided not to waste the clear skies even if the full moon was up so I spent 3h shooting M3. 1.5h of lum through the IDAS LP filter and 0.5h each RGB, all through the 200p F/6 newtonian.

As for M13, that's another story. I started strong a while ago and shot some red and infrared with the 150PDS then moved to the larger 200p. With this one I shot about 12h of luminance and some 6h of G and B. All combined then on top (or below) I added the data I had from last year, another 20h, shot with the 130PDS, but tracked with the AZ-EQ5. The old data contributed maybe 20% to the final image.

Here they are. Please click on them to go to astrobin and watch them at full resolution. M13 is more worthy.

Thanks for watching and clear skies!

Alex

[Brian Maurer]

Alex,

both are nice, but M13 is incredible.

[Jkulin]

Just replied on Astrobin, what a beautiful image of M13, simply sublime.

[alexbb]

Thank you very much, guys! I updated the original post with a better colour calibrated M13, the original one was a bit blue/green-ish.

[starbob707]

Really nice star colors also.

[alexbb]

On 24/04/2019 at 22:47, starbob707 said:

Really nice star colors also.

Thank you too!

[PaulR1]

very nice pics mate, ive been doing these two as well last few weeks .

Very cool that you got quite a nice view of IC 4617 there as well which I believe is like 500 million light years away.

Really good

[Seanelly]

Thank you for the delightful views!

[cliveharriesdeepsky7]

very nice 

[alexbb]

Thank you, all!

There are a few galaxies lurking around, indeed.

Happy that you like them!